As a pasty short Irish looking guy...I think they are a heck of a lot better looking than I am !
The idea is silly but some people will do anything to make someone else feel bad about themselves.then If they can make someone else suffer, they feel satisfaction.
@JimBell1984 Yes Americans. They interested in having a good time, not laying stink bombs as Insee you have made a few unhappy remarks elsewhere.
One can see every nationality and race playing in NE pipe bands, from Italians
to Germans, Blacks,and various Asians and English trying to enjoy thems...