"Aye, Laddie! I warned ye smokin' would stunt yerrr growth!!"
   DAVID L. GARRETT, Albuquerque

   "Funny... You don't look Jewish."
   LINDA SOLOMON, Albuquerque

   "Hey little green man, the government will be taxin the whiskers on our beards next! Indeed, its a sham, Mr. Rock."
   DREW J. GOODMANN, Albuquerque

   Ambassadors from the Emerald Isle arrive to address and settle the "Red or Green" question. Unbiased, yeah right.
   ARTHUR D. ORTEGA, Albuquerque

   "Aye Laddie! Be glad you're not passing a blarney stone like me this year!"
   MARK L. CHAVEZ, Albuquerque

   Blue Cross executive convinces New Mexico insurance regulators, in compelling testimony, that the company actually reduced its rates in certain demographics.
   COLLEEN AYCOCK, Albuquerque

   "Sure and Begorrah, a pint of Guinness fer'me and a half pint fer'me friend."
   HORACIO S CHAVEZ, Albuquerque

   Building upon his recent Oscar success, Jeff Bridges signs on as co-spokesperson for Irish Spring!
   CLAY K. BENARD, Albuquerque

   "I think I had a little too much corned beef and cabbage for lunch, Danny boy, so you might not want to light your pipe just now."
   MARK B. YARNELLE, Albuquerque

   Luck o' the Irish — the New Mexico Legislature did not go after higher pipe tobacco taxes.
   GEORGE LANE, Albuquerque