[pp.int.general] Lissabon Treaty: very bad news

[David De La Harpe Golden]

Eve-Marie Murel wrote:
> BINGO!
> We need a song, an Irish song from saying no and meaning no,
> that everybody could sing along
> 

Sorry, (slightly) amusing aside - You, um, can't just say "no" in Irish.
 Irish *has no* simple "no" or "yes" words, unlike most languages.  You
can still say things _meaning_ "no", essentially, but you must say the
equivalent of e.g. "Do you drink coffee?"/"I do not drink [coffee]."

Whether this explains anything about irish polticians' astonishing
ability to avoid straight answers to simple questions I leave to your
imagination...