Shame really, such an adorable puppy. Over-feeding and a lack of discipline have left it a sad travesty of what it should've been.

I was thinking earlier on Fredericksburg, the US civil war battle where Confederate Irish slaughtered Unionist Irish, (On account of having a rather sturdy wall to hide behind) after the Confederates decided to legally withdraw from the United States. If I was Irish, once the celebrations are over, I'd take careful note of that 'withdrawal' clause, and remember what history teaches us it really means.