Ireland, my exit route, and paperwork

i think it's willkommen, but otherwise its certainly a plan

not a clue, its a long time since school. I can just about stretch to 'mein Deutsche ist scheiße'

Genau.

You need two words in German. "Genau" is one of them. "Stimmt's" is the other. Use them often enough, and Germans will like you, as they will think that you're agreeing with what they say.

I bet you can't translate that in 5 words or less.

revol68's ass.

or preservation through negation.

to you i can only say Aufhebung.

And anyway I'm not even into fucking Hegel!

Thats right. I made "to hit" a reflexive verb. I guess its a catholic thing. *giggle*

So.... is endlessly posting this picture an instance of "bad infinity"?

That's overly complicated, i'll marry you up north for two grand (euro) and for three grand i'll be the wedding band at the afters.

Sorry to possibly put a crimp in your plans, but how do you plan on getting Irish citizenship without having lived there for x number of years first? I'm sure Ireland like most countries has a residency requirement. You might have been able to apply for citizenship if you were born there or if your parents were Irish citizens at the time of your birth, but other than that it seems doubtful that your plan will work very quickly. Maybe you could try and apply as a refugee seeking political asylum. These days it might work.

If you're so bent on getting an EU passport (I'll admit, it is rather handy to have for travelling and working) I read somewhere once that the easiest country to get citizenship in Europe from is Spain. Just go and work there for awhile under a residence visa until you can apply for citizenship, then move somewhere else Keep in mind you'll have to formally declare allegiance and loyalty to the country in which you apply.

"Ich muss mir selbst schlagen." You do not need to say "sich" if it is the first person. "Sich" is the reflexive pronoun for the third person plural and singular (in accusative and dative). "Ich kämme mir die Haare," aber "Er kämmt sich die Haare."

Ich wasche mich.
Er wäscht sich.
Ich wasche mir die Hände.
Er wäscht sich die Hände.

Ireland allows the grand-children of citizens to apply for dual citizenship, which then opens up an application process for the children of those grandchildren.

Claire O'brien (citizen)--->Mom-mom (applicable for citizenship)--->My Pop (applicable for citizenship; basically pay a fee and dig up some birth records)--->Me (applicable if/when my Dad get's his)

Don't be vulgar.

Put your name on it in Irish if you want it to be fairly different. Better hurry before the passports all go biometic though!

Well they show original names if you change it legally. I was just thinking a brand spanking new Irish passport would be useful to have, hopefully it'll be cheaper than the £80 I just shelled out for a british pasport.