If we weren't alive we'd be dead
Deep Irish philosophy for funerals, bus stops and bad news. Unanswerable, which is the point.
Ah sure look, as de fella says, if we weren't alive we'd be dead.
Shall I translate it into posh English for you, sham?
Splendid, company at last. Here it is in posh English.
Well, as a wise man once observed, were we not among the living, we should be numbered among the deceased.
Questions
What does if we weren't alive we'd be dead mean in Ireland?
Deep Irish philosophy for funerals, bus stops and bad news. Unanswerable, which is the point.
How do you use if we weren't alive we'd be dead in a sentence?
“Ah sure look, as de fella says, if we weren't alive we'd be dead.”
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