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You Might Be a Male Irish Dancer, if…
- You and a friend have ever had a conversation that included “I know you were bored, but you can’t dance at my football practice!” Austin
- Your friends wonder how you get all the girls attention, and you show them. Timmy
- Your buddies ask you to teach them some dance moves so they can pick up girls. Timmy
- You’re almost disappointed that you can’t wear a solo dress because they look so cool! Almost... Timmy
- After 3 hours perfecting your treble jig, you are sweating more heavily than the basketball players. Timmy
- You own a shirt that says “Reel Men Dance in Heels” ;) Timmy
- When your friends ask you who you think is hot, they (a) say “besides Jean Butler, Gillian Norris, or Joanne Doyle” or (b) they don’t know who you’re talking about because they’re not from dance class. Austin
- You can kick higher than the entire cheerleading squad. Timothy
- You are 6 feet 6 inches tall when you do a toe stand. Timothy
- It was a dark day when Jean Butler got married. Timothy
- You try to persuade your school to let you letter in Irish dance. (If cheerleading is a sport, so is Irish dancing!) Timothy
- You have absolutely no qualms about regularly putting on shoes with heels. Timothy
- You went to prom in your dance uniform. Timothy
- You play basketball, and your buddies always comment on how your feet are turned out. Timothy
- You have posted a sign on your locker saying “Call me Michael Flatley one more time and I will set you on fire.” Timothy
- Pat Roddy is the man you want to grow up to be. Timothy
- You recognize or know by name all the other male dancers in your region, of which there are precisely eight. Colin
- You have defended your feis results more than once against accusations of “boy points.” Colin
- You see nothing unusual at all about spending an entire day surrounded by hundreds of girls in wigs and varying states of undress. Colin
- You know, somewhat unfortunately, what you look like in poodle socks. Colin
- The phrase ”boys are louder“ has meaning to you, and you kind of like it. Colin Colin
- You can kick higher than half the girls you know. Colin
- You’ve ever had a dream that involved you, in a solo dress and wig, in front of a crowd. Colin
- You looked kind of good in that dream. Colin
- You”ve helped a female friend into her solo dress without any trace of awkwardness. Colin
- Every time someone says “flash pants” or “spankies,” you giggle inside. Colin
- You regularly curse your hips aloud for providing you with genetically inferior turnout. Colin
- The time you tried to dance a figure in a girl”s spot was one of the most terrifying experiences of your dancing career. (“But…oh…right, lead around. What? Why are…what? Oh. Outside? What?”) Colin
- You envy girls because they get all the fun softshoe jumps and leaps. Colin
- You console yourself on a regular basis by saying smugly, “Well, at least I can do heel clicks.” Colin
- You complain aloud at dance class, “Oh man, I have to get a haircut before the feis,” and every girl in the room shoots you a withering glare. Colin
- You have found yourself calling your 4-pack “Flatley abs”. Austin
- Paying more than $300 for a costume is a lot! Austin
- You’ve been offered money to run around screaming “they’re after me lucky charms!” at the next pep rally. Austin
- You’ve ever received a St. Pat’s day card about having “nice shamrocks” and too short a kilt. Austin
- The idea of a kilt is beginning to grow on you. Austin
- You ramble on and on whenever you talk (or get this dazed look in your eye whenever you think) about the lucsious, perfectly-executed leap-overs Jean Butler did in DODG, “Grainia’s Lament”. Austin
- You understand that there is a special bond between you and your 2-hand partner, and was almost jealous when you met their boyfriend at a feis once. Austin
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