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  1. Flobo says:

    dammit!

  2. loufail says:

    Loz’s best secret is out!!

  3. Font Police says:

    Huh. First?

  4. Ana says:

    Come inside! We have handmade typical products of FAIL!

  5. James freacking Dean says:

    Uh..When I’m talking about Ireland I say England.
    And guess what’s Scotland for me…

  6. DrB says:

    It’s the new Sperm Donor disclosure laws (damn GFC!) :)

  7. Vino says:

    There Seems To Be An Over Enthusiasm To Start All of The Words With a Capital Letter On The Second Line.

  8. BurgerGerbur says:

    Not first!

    Ireland-Scotland … Scotland-Ireland … Both have awful accent.

  9. Font Police says:

    Wonder what they actually sell here…

  10. Mookie says:

    When the wind blows your kilt up, I can see your potato.

  11. GalileoAce says:

    **If I recall correctly**, the Irish were once known as the ‘Scots’ and the Scottish were known as the ‘Picts’…

    So one could assume that the shoppe is referring to Ireland’s “Scots” scottish heritage… Perhaps there’s a Pictish Shoppe in Scotland?

    • gaynorvader says:

      You recall completely incorrectly.

    • AnnietheYank says:

      The inhabitants of Scotland before the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata moved in are known as the ‘Picts’, though their exact ethnicity is debated. The early medieval term for the inhabitants of modern-day Ireland was Scotti, hence people like John Scottus, “John the Irishman”. The reason for the confusion is when the Irish (more specifically the Ulster Irish) moved into what is now Scotland en masse, people called it “the land of the Irish” – Scotland.
      And for an extra-nerdy cherry on top – the language spoken until around 900 in Scotland, Ireland, and Isle of Man was Early/Old Irish/Gaelic. Nowadays it has split into Irish, Scotch-Gaelic, Manx, and a bunch of regional dialects, but all those modern languages can be termed “Gaelic” in character.
      (From “yer wan” with a Cert in Irish Studies from University College Cork)

  12. BloodyBlahBlah says:

    That might benefit the British…

  13. Mookie says:

    I don’t get it. You mean, they’re not American?

  14. paco says:

    sort of like original dutch cheese made in germany…

  15. SYZYGY says:

    Wait, maybe it’s supposed to mean “‘Contains’ a little bit of Ireland”.
    Who knows?

  16. Mark says:

    Uh, I call fail on all of you. It’s a shop that sells scottish goods and some irish goods.

    So there’s your first lesson in Scottish/Irish humour.

  17. Wormulon says:

    maybe they mean “the Scottish shoppe, with a little bit of Ireland, also”

    • Markov Chain says:

      No, the Irish are always trying to copy Scotland. First the kilts, now they’re stealing shop names. Next thing you know, they’ll be replacing St. Patrick’s Day with William Wallis Day.

  18. Christoball says:

    The Scottish Shoppe – A little bit of Ireland: For all your Icelandic needs!

  19. LllusionX says:

    There once was a man from some station
    who was prone to pursue masterbation
    He went to the land where the scottish would stand
    But he found he was in wrong nation?

  20. Muckrak3r says:

    G’day mate!

  21. Blue2thFairy says:

    *blank look*

    Yeah, I got noth’n.

    *goes back to drinking his Baileys*

    • k-k-k-katy says:

      *joins B2th*
      Haven’t got in to see the dentist yet, and I have an impacted wisdom tooth. I’m drunker than a skunk right now from home “remedies”, and it’s not even 10 a.m. here yet. But Im typing surprisingly well regardless!

  22. Doug says:

    Where have I seen this store before…

    “Look at the bloody map. Here’s Scotland. Here’s Ireland. NOW GET OUT!

    If it’s not Scottish, IT’S CRAP!!”

    • Ryannon says:

      You didn’t inject enough r’s in your crrrrrrap. Some Scot you are, no burr and all.

    • Eoin says:

      Don’t you mean “If it is Scottish, It’s crap”

      “Its crap being Scottsh, we’re the arsehole of the world” – Trainspotting

      • slaggingham says:

        Scotland is the arsehole of the world.

        France are the pu**ies of the world.

        England lies between them.

        Therefore England is the taint of the world.

  23. Taurin says:

    If it’s like a lot of similar shops I’ve seen, The Scottish Shoppe is the main store, and A Little Bit of Ireland is their Irish corner, which would make it a Context FAIL for the poster.

  24. Pollito says:

    Funny seeing this photo while living in Northern Ireland… I guess half of its population would not see the fail, and the other half would start throwing rocks at it.

    • Loz says:

      A fellow Norn Ironer!
      Agreed, the IRA would probably try to blow it up.

      • Pollito says:

        Well, I’m just a wee foreigner in Norn Iron, but, Hiya.

        • Loz says:

          Even better! Whatcha doin’ here?

          • Pollito says:

            Workin’ at the wee university and enjoying it. Funny city, Belfast

            • Loz says:

              Queen’s? That’s where I’m at :)
              Funny in what way? It’s lovable once you get past the bigotry.
              Seems you’ve mastered our art of using ‘wee’ in every sentence!

              • Pollito says:

                You’re at Queen’s as well? Then we’d better get back to work or the VC will kick us out. Funny as in interesting (after having lived in other countries such as Ireland, Mexico, Sweden, Norway, Holland). Cheers

                • Loz says:

                  Yeah, I graduate in a few months though so there’s no real worry about getting kicked out. Only worries about failure…
                  Belfast’s quirky, I’ll give you that much. I’d much rather live in Sweden though!
                  Where are you from originally?

  25. Roger says:

    Irish haggis? Yum!

  26. Adhe says:

    I have a feeling the Scots and the Irish are a little irritated at this.

  27. Heather says:

    I’m pretty sure this store is in Calgary. They sell mostly Scottish things but they also have a small selection of Irish stuff. I’ve never been inside but the sign isn’t exactly fail, since the store sells things from both countries, just more things from Scotland.

  28. Jason Bourne says:

    LOL, thats gotta be the funniest thing Ive ever seen!

    RT
    http://www.anonweb.pro.tc

  29. ando says:

    The Scottish and Irish are equally FAILtastic.

    Still, well LOL.

  30. johhny Malcost says:

    More examples of English imperialism. The English are not happy unless they are treading down on the Celtic peoples — lumping them together, or disregarding any national identity.

    REMEMBER BOBBY SANDS!

    • Victor Ranish says:

      Okay, here we go. Bash the English time…

      Why don’t you people make a line!

    • Loz says:

      Are you from Norn Iron too?
      ♪ ‘Do ya want a pastie supper, bobby sands? …’ I won’t finish that ;)
      (I don’t take sides in the fighting.)

  31. theirishboxer says:

    I’m deeply offended by this pic…..LOL

  32. KrisRap says:

    YOU IDIOTS?
    WHAT FALE HERE I CANT SE?????

    NO REALLY CUZ SCOTTS COUNTRY IS IRELAND..
    I AM FROM EUROPE AND I KNOW THIS SHIT..
    I BEEN THERE LIKE 10 TIMES….

  33. MAlik says:

    This is soooooooo not a fail

  34. Lady Cooper says:

    I know this place. It’s in Calgary, Canada. Unfortunately, it’s not as FAIL as it looks like, it’s two shops, one Scottish and one Irish that now share a storefront.

    I did have a FAIL doubletake when I saw it in person the first time, though.

    • Drak says:

      Same here! I looked at it and I thought, “WTF?” It just never occurred to me to put it on FAILBlog.

      I’m also shocked to see how many fellow Calgarians are reading FAILBlog. Woot!

      As a note, Calgary is a good, Scotland-derived name. This area was partly settled by Ulster Scots. So . . . Scotland and Ireland together? It can work.

  35. irishgirl says:

    It is funny, and it does look like a fail initially. “Scott’s Country” eh? Well, thanks for visiting 10 times, I live here and I’ve never heard of this Scott’s Country. Scotland on the other hand, that’s above England. Scotland and Ireland aren’t even on the same landmass.

  36. L_W_F says:

    Perhaps they have an aisle of the Isle?

  37. acce245 says:

    makes me glad to be part Scoth-Irish…

  38. sirstupid45 says:

    lol-they even spelt shop wrong

  39. Kirsten says:

    Not really sure that this is a fail… Usually Irish shops and Scottish shops have both Irish and Scottish stuff in them, since the two DO share a lot of culture, much as they hate to admit it. ;) I may be wrong, but I think this is saying, “Scottish shop, with a bit of Irish stuff as well,” as opposed to, “Scottish stuff from Ireland!” But it’s funny nonetheless. ;P

  40. Ken says:

    All this could be solved with the word “and” starting the second line.

  41. David says:

    The aboriginal Scots, the Picts, were gradually displaced by Northern Irish immigration to Scotland from the 4th to 11th century. Scotland and Ireland spoke the a mutually intelligible language until ~15th century. The Orcadians of the Island of Orkney are the aboriginal Scots, they are a mixture of Picts and Scandinavian Vikings. The So, yea the sign is wrong, there is allot of Irish in Scotland.

  42. max says:

    I live next door to that shop it`s on 17th ave,SW Calgary Alberta,Canada (for total dorks) just of 10th (or9th). But it`s not a fail it`s two shops with the same store front.
    I anyway thought of posting it on FB but now I see it would be a waste of time.

  43. GVC says:

    technically the word Scot, from which ‘Scotland’ and ‘Scottish’ come from is Latin for Irish or pertaining to Ireland….so in fact the sign is completely true, so no fail!

    • Taurin says:

      ‘technically FAIL’
      Actually, the Romans referred to Ireland as Hibernia. The Scoti was the Gælic tribe that went over to Scotland from Northern Ireland, giving their name to the country…but the sign is still not a FAIL.

  44. Will says:

    Not actually a Fail, since the Scoti is a tribe from ireland which went to scotland and is named after :P

  45. harry says:

    ive been there man the managers retarted its in calgary


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