Islandgurl

I'm planning a pub crawl of all the nearest Irish pubs I can find to celebrate my upcoming unemployment...anyone else? I just started a few weeks ago, but being put through the miller with them taking exception to all my 'foreign' travel back home...and here I was thinking UK was friendly..

tonrob

I'll be setting up camp in an Irish pub in Boston this weekend, but for Six Nations watching purposes.

Sorry to hear about the twatty employer situation though!

Islandgurl

I got laid off in Jan..was lucky enough to pick up a another job within 2 weeks...but since its federal contractor, I need clearance,and employment is contingent on that....and I have a LOT of trips..

Bob

Paddys day is shite....filled with plastic paddy's poncing around asking if you celebrate it back in England.

Meh...and I've got to drive to Worcester to take the missus to some work class thing too, double pain in the arse.....Worcester and paddy's day.

Chi_town

Oh look, I am Irish and 'dread' St Patrick's day here (or St Patty's day as it's sometimes called, whatever!) Anyway I really try to keep a low profile that day because as soon as I open my mouth people pounce on me with inane questions about wee men and pots of gold (sigh)!

To make it worse this year my son has a cub scouts event on Tuesday night that we have to attend. So cue loads of silly comments about drunken Irish and questions about whether we are still 'at war' with the British Oh, and my favorite: RANDOM PERSON : 'Well, I am Irish too' ME: 'Really, where are you from?' RP 'Oh. My Great-Grandfather was from Mayo.....'

I know I sound grumpy about it but oh boy after 5 years it gets so, so old....

SpoogleDrummer

It makes me laugh how many people are suddenly Irish when it comes around. My dad was born in Dublin but I don't think I've ever celebrated it as I'm not Irish, I was drunk once or twice on the day but was a student so was drunk every day anyways and Guinness has always been my drink of choice.

Lorna at Vicenza

I do not consider myself a fully blown Irish person but my Dad was born and grew up in Cork and left when he was 13 to come to England.

I was born in England of an Irish father and an English mother. I have always considered myself as a kind of half and half. But all my life was a kind of half and half

Thousands of Irish relatives that we are all in touch with ........ thousands more that we aren't .......... the sayings ........ the expressions ............ the blasphemy that was and isn't ever considered as bad as the English swearing - Jesus Mary and Joseph ........ the crack ....... the songs.
My Granny who permanently had her radio tuned into Radio Dublin and wouldn't let me listen to the top 40 for fear that she wouldn't find the right setting again.
The irish who came over for holidays and funerals with strange coins in their pockets and accents that you could cut with a knife.

My cousin who asked her mother to buy her something in England.
My Aunt who replied "I will in me hole I will"
Another Aunt who told somebody "I'll take me hand off yer face one day."


I love it ....... all of it !

ironporer

Make sure you cook a 'Traditional Irish Meal'...Corned Beef and cabbage.

Octang Frye

You mean craic, right, not crack?

I'm working the door at the Irish Snug on Colfax tomorrow night. Don't give me any trouble unless you want a pop with my shillelagh.

Norri

you certainly sound Irish

Patrick Hasler

What ya doin in Boston then yer old tart ?
Thought you dwelled in California

Anyway ... I will be working more than likely

tonrob

California? Nah, not me! You must be mixing me up with that other tonrob - you know, the sprout-eating puff.

Boston's just up the road from me (well, an hour and a half). I live near Springfield.

cindyabs

The party started in Savannah last week and will continue on through the 17th. Big stuff here.

Oh yeah Mandy Moore and whoever she took up with again got married here last week. that's my ET nugget for the week.

Patrick Hasler

OMG

Thats really worrying ! ... You live that close to me And very close to one of my other FB friends

tonrob

If it's who I think it is (Easthampton?) then I know him - we go of for beers quite often.