A young Irish fellow was preparing to ask his lass for her hand in marriage. He purchased a fake diamond ring and popped the big question. Overwhelmed with love and excitement, the young lass accepted the ring with a definite "Yes!" When the lass returned home that afternoon, she showed her father her beautiful engagement ring. Her father, an experienced jeweler, immediately recognized it as a fake. Disappointed and hurt, the lass returned the ring to her betrothed. "Why did you give me a phony diamond?" she asked. "It was in honor of St. Patty's Day," he replied. "I got you a sham rock." Now that I've gotten that bit o' Blarney out of my system, this week's prompt is: Green

I'm beginning to see you as a father-figure, EW, not because of any gender sterotyping or lack thereof, but because of all the Dad-jokes.

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GGO: Now the Blackbird, secure in G-Force's custody, is wondering what are fjords and why should he be pining for them...

He he EW... Green is the colour I'm usually the morning after a couple of St. Patrick's Day parties... Somehow I can imagine Anderson as being of Irish descent -- don't know why, it just feels this way. Will now have to come up with a fic.

Originally posted by Daniella T Somehow I can imagine Anderson as being of Irish descent -- don't know why, it just feels this way. Will now have to come up with a fic.

It makes sense: Anderson is an anglicised Viking name. You'll find it throughout the British Isles and Ireland from where Vikings first raided and later settled. Alan Dinehart (the voice actor for both Anderson and Tiny) used an east-coast American accent rather than the American equivalent of received pronounciation in the show, and the eastern US was a major destination for the Irish during and after the diaspora that occurred after the potato famine. It's highly likely, historically speaking, that the Chief of Galaxy Security could quite legitimately wear a shamrock on his lapel on St Patrick's Day. Mind you, so can an awful lot of people. Back in the early 1980s when BotP was on our screens, some 75% of the Australian population could claim to be of Irish descent. We're a bit more multicultural nowadays, but the Irish influence lives on in our language and our sense of humour.