Lunar, if you are Irish then I apologise and I am sure that jinglejim would have done so as well. My 99% may well have been creative but it was based on the many Irish people I have known and worked with who (like most helicopter pilots) don't take themselves too seriously and certainly wouldn't have taken offence to the lighthearted remark that jinglejim made.
If your superior deductive reasoning concludes that I am small-minded because I dislike political correctness and all it stands for then so be it - I can live with that without taking umbrage.