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Uncle Tommy the IRA Lunatic Choking a Guy Over Ireland

from Stewed Reunion (with Mike Recine) · #74

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3 min

Tim tells a long story about his uncle's unhinged, MAGA-hat-wearing associate Tommy who choked someone in a bar over Irish nationalist politics, getting banned from Maloney's restaurant.

In this bit4 moments
  • 26:02Tim's uncle Tommy, an IRA obsessive from Long Island, got into a fight at a bar over Britain and Ireland and choked a guy.
  • 26:58Tim notes Tommy is from wealthy Long Island, went to Ireland once, and now thinks he's Bono fighting for 'the cause.'
  • 27:22At a restaurant where Tim's uncle worked, Tommy choked someone in an argument about Ireland and Britain, forcing the bar to call cops.
  • 27:38The bar staff didn't know how to tell Tim's uncle what happened the next day, eventually explaining there was 'a situation.'
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