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-   -   St Patricks Day (https://britishexpats.com/forum/usa-57/st-patricks-day-425843/)

Britgal Mar 12th 2007 1:47 pm
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by Bob (Post 4511751)
punt him in the balls when you open the door :D
no no - he was really rather sweet :D :D :D

Britgal Mar 12th 2007 1:55 pm
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by Bob (Post 4511751)
punt him in the balls when you open the door :D
Hang on - come to think of it - was it green - it may have been white !!

Boylerz Mar 12th 2007 2:42 pm
Re: St Patricks Day
 
I am going to NYC for it. Leave Wednesday and back Tuesday. I am meeting 7 of my Irish friends there. Should be a few days of debauchery!

ironporer Mar 12th 2007 9:50 pm
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Got our Corned beef and cabbage, a nice bottle of whiskey is always in the cupboard (no green beer thank you)...we are ready to be Irish for a day!!:p


And I know corned beef is not Irish... but I just love it, even though it's 50%fat!!

danfan Mar 13th 2007 12:42 am
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by para22 (Post 4390093)
Is it only me, or does it get up anyone else's nose the way the yanks celebrate St Patricks Day.

Dont get me wrong, Ive nothing against the irish.
I did 6 tours over there, and at one time was even engaged to an irish girl.

But what really pisses me off, are the clowns over here, who will tell you they are ' Irish' and they've never even seen the sky over I.

These are the same wallies, who ride around in a truck with a plate on the front announcing 'God made the Irish # 1"

They seem to have some romantic notion about the irish, that they are a downtrodden nation existing in the shadow of the UK;

Or if its not Ireland, they'll tell you the are a fifth Scottish, a fifth Ukranian, one tenth portugese, need I go on?

Any thoughts anyone, or am i out of order?
I had this discussion y/day when my kids came home from school asking what Irish games they could play at their party at school. How the heck should I know? Apparently DS's teacher thought I would know.

Anyway, thinking of the other thread on this subject, I asked my son how many Irish were in his class? "Most of them are Irish!" he said. Oh yeah, they're immigrants like me then? He looked confused. "No". Oh their parents are? "No. They are part Irish". Well what about having parties for the people that are part Polish, part Italian, part Scottish? If you're going to celebrate heritage, why be exclusive to Irish heritage?
I just don't understand the whole thing here or why people would wish me a Happy St Patrick's Day. Huh?

I've nothing against the Irish celebrating it. I celebrate St George's & spend the day being obnoxiously patriotic.

Tracym Mar 13th 2007 12:52 am
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Originally Posted by Tegwyn (Post 4391659)
My DH hails from Glasgow and still has the "accent" which usually triggers the family tree discussion. I've got to say that I am enormously impressed with just how active the Scots were in going forth and multiplying so many Americans.:lol: No wonder they all looked so tired.;)
LOL. My Scottish fiance always gets the family tree thing too - no wait - CLAN of course. Drives him nuts. However, the person who insisted on blasting bagpipe music at full volume through dinner was worse. Sadly, he's losing his accent, and hasn't even moved over here yet. I keep saying he'll have to regularly call his mum for speech therapy.

St. Patricks here is just an excuse for a party and corned beef on sale. mmmm... Ruebens!

jumping doris Mar 13th 2007 12:53 am
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by danfan (Post 4513155)
I had this discussion y/day when my kids came home from school asking what Irish games they could play at their party at school. How the heck should I know? Apparently DS's teacher thought I would know.

Anyway, thinking of the other thread on this subject, I asked my son how many Irish were in his class? "Most of them are Irish!" he said. Oh yeah, they're immigrants like me then? He looked confused. "No". Oh their parents are? "No. They are part Irish". Well what about having parties for the people that are part Polish, part Italian, part Scottish? If you're going to celebrate heritage, why be exclusive to Irish heritage?
I just don't understand the whole thing here or why people would wish me a Happy St Patrick's Day. Huh?

I've nothing against the Irish celebrating it. I celebrate St George's & spend the day being obnoxiously patriotic.
People keep asking me what special things we do for St Patricks day. They are very surprised when I tell them we don't do anything because we are English. Then I mention Saints George, Andrew and David and they look even more stunned.
Usually someone will say that they expect Britain has massive St Patricks Day celebrations. I've never noticed.
Then we go through the "50,000 years ago one of my aunts,cousins,mothers toenails moved here from Ireland and so I'm Irish" and of course you can substitute any nationality for Irish.

TruBrit Mar 13th 2007 12:55 am
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by para22 (Post 4390093)
Is it only me, or does it get up anyone else's nose the way the yanks celebrate St Patricks Day.

Dont get me wrong, Ive nothing against the irish.
I did 6 tours over there, and at one time was even engaged to an irish girl.

But what really pisses me off, are the clowns over here, who will tell you they are ' Irish' and they've never even seen the sky over I.

These are the same wallies, who ride around in a truck with a plate on the front announcing 'God made the Irish # 1"

They seem to have some romantic notion about the irish, that they are a downtrodden nation existing in the shadow of the UK;

Or if its not Ireland, they'll tell you the are a fifth Scottish, a fifth Ukranian, one tenth portugese, need I go on?

Any thoughts anyone, or am i out of order?
haha para this made me laugh...you'd better get used to it...it's one of the reasons i with a lot of others say the americans are ott :lol:

lots of houses here decorated with all the wreaths, bells and whistles you could imagine for st paddy's day ...simply no taste whatsoever imo.

TruBrit Mar 13th 2007 12:57 am
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by jumping doris (Post 4513193)
People keep asking me what special things we do for St Patricks day. They are very surprised when I tell them we don't do anything because we are English. Then I mention Saints George, Andrew and David and they look even more stunned.
Usually someone will say that they expect Britain has massive St Patricks Day celebrations. I've never noticed.
Then we go through the "50,000 years ago one of my aunts,cousins,mothers toenails moved here from Ireland and so I'm Irish" and of course you can substitute any nationality for Irish.
when is it doris? i know it's imminent coz the decorations on the houses are going up fast :lol:

jumping doris Mar 13th 2007 12:59 am
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by TruBrit (Post 4513204)
when is it doris? i know it's imminent coz the decorations on the houses are going up fast :lol:
I was about to say..no idea but then I realised it's this saturday. We are going out and the people we are seeing didn't know if we would be able to make it as it's St P's day and they thought we would be celebrating, being as we are British.

dan_alford Mar 13th 2007 1:10 am
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by jumping doris (Post 4513208)
I was about to say..no idea but then I realised it's this saturday. We are going out and the people we are seeing didn't know if we would be able to make it as it's St P's day and they thought we would be celebrating, being as we are British.
Think its Friday. Work are having a pot luck. Have planned to take the day off to avoid the stupid questions and plastic paddy wannabees :D

penguinsix Mar 13th 2007 1:18 am
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Wow, can just imagine what the Mexican-expat message boards are saying about Cinco de Mayo....;)

TruBrit Mar 13th 2007 1:22 am
Re: St Patricks Day
 
Originally Posted by jumping doris (Post 4513208)
I was about to say..no idea but then I realised it's this saturday. We are going out and the people we are seeing didn't know if we would be able to make it as it's St P's day and they thought we would be celebrating, being as we are British.
ok tks..i'll be in blighty so no worries.

Texas Mom Mar 15th 2007 4:14 am
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Hubby got his first green pint of Bud yesterday!
He was not a happy camper as he was in the Dallas Rangers Supporters Club watching his team at the time. The look on his face was great. He soon changed his drink of choice to Shiner! ;)

Glos2PA Mar 15th 2007 4:15 am
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This happened to me twice yesterday! A bloke came round to inspect our deck, complimented me on my "cute" English accent and said he was sure I'd be looking forward to celebrating St Paddy's Day. Then my new next door neighbour introduced herself and told me she was German so we'd have something in common. Turns out some uncle of hers had once been to Germany!


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