St Patrick's Day
 

Ah, shit. That's this week, isn't it?

:p

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Yeah, glad I'm not heading into beantown till next week :D

On the plus side, Trader Joes were selling pretty good bangers for paddy's day :D

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I'm not Irish
I'm not in Ireland
so why the hell is Paddys night being celebrated by a bunch claiming to have some vague irish link, which just so happens to be far far less than any irish links I may have (and bring up when the situation demands)
and why corned beef, which isnt corned beef.

it surreal

and not a thing on the 12th of July when people with vague irish (of sorts) links; did celebrate back in the old country, though again not me (old country being Liverpool)

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Well, what you've written seems all Irish to me. :confused:

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They are getting ready to swarm into Savannah for the parade and all. Good reason to stay at home. :lol:

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Cos they're thick as pigshit* tossers. Like the twat who came up to me last week, telling me he was Scottish and might decide to live in his people's homeland one day. :rolleyes:



* which aspect, at least, is authentically Irish. :p

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It's as good an excuse to go get drunk as any I suppose; as good as Cinco de Mayo (even though were not Mexicans).

Corned beef?? Simple, poor Irish immigrants in NYC lived in poor neighborhoods alongside poor Jewish immigrants and corned beef was the cheapest protein available.

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As ironporer says, its just an excuse for a pissup. Noone really cares about the Irish link, other than that. Have fun!

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It never really did make much sense to me, even when I lived in Northern Ireland, but at least we got a day off work there. And two for the 12th of July :)

What bothers me more here is how people get all surprised that I don't get into it and go all "but you're Irish aren't you', which then means I have to explain all over again that I identify myself as British but I might as well be talking to a brick wall, and for some reason I always come off as a whiner but hey ho.

It makes no sense that they would ignore St George, St Andrew and St David though - that's 3 more piss ups right there, and none of that awful looking green beer that looks like a glass of Fairy liquid :eek:

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Oh no, Paddy's day coming up again? Thanks for the head's up -- I'll have to dig out my orange shirt again I suppose..

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Now there's a good idea!

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I wouldn't mind if people just got drunk like they do on Cinco De Mayo, but they don't. They get fracking shitfaced. And worse, they get fracking shitfaced before I'm even on my way home from work. I have to deal with these plastic paddy bastards on the commute home from NYC tomorrow, and those are the lightweights who have wimped out at 7pm. Maybe I'll just take the day off. I'd get drunk with them if I could even find a bar I can get into without being thrown up on.

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Yep; if you can't beat 'em, might as well join 'em...might make your commute back a bit more bearable if you are in the same state! :beer:

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Emulating the true Irish perhaps?;)

I never understood it myself; as a German/English/Dutch/irish/+a bit of god only knows what mutt I really can't identify myself as an _____ American of any type; but then again I really don't need a 'good' reason to get drunk...

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Like I said, I probably would, if I could ever make it to the bar. Every place in Midtown Manhattan is heaving by the time I finish work.

Maybe I'll buy a couple of tinnies and drink them in a paper bag with the other saddos.

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It's not just a piss up for people round where I live. They've all got Shamrocks on the doors, and all the kids wear green to school that day.

Maybe i'm just a miserable sod but it all seems a bit stupid to me. Not the piss up bit, I'm well up for that. I mean all the other nonsense.

For the last month everytime I go in a shop there's a whole section with green St Patrick's Day t-shirts, hats, etc. Do people really buy that crap just for one day of the year?

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I do most of my shopping at Walmart (apart from convenience stores, it is the only decent store within 50 miles of here.) I notice that the poorer the people, the more money they seem to spend on totally useless, holiday-related crap??

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To defend them from being hit for not wearing green I always made sure the kids had something green for school. OH likes corned beef and it's on sale so we always have some about this time. The rest of the celebrations they can keep.

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Well, it's March 16 today. That means it's St. Urho's Day, so I'll be posting the rest of the day from the pub, drinking Sahti, reciting the Ode to St. Urho and toasting with a loud Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen!

Unfortunately the parade, just like it is every year, was canceled.

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The t-shirts even have 2010 on them so thay are literally good for one day!

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That won't stop them from continuing to wear them, ie band concert tour tees, :D

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The pub I occasionally play in is still using their 2008 Paddy's day pint glasses. No expense spared there . . .

Hopefully the beer they put in isn't the 2008 beer :eek:

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I've noticed this too. As soon as one faux holiday is done, you get a day of the crap being reduced to half price, a day at quarter price, then the shite for the next holiday goes up.

God help you if, like round our way, you get snow after Valentine's day, because all the ice melt is gone, replaced by barbecues, Paddy's day and Easter.

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We drove past a house at the weekend that had their entire perimeter fence covered with "tacky" plastic shamrocks, I did point out to my OH that if I was going to go to that much effort I would at least remove the white sticky price labels so they weren't showing in my display - it only added to the "tackiness!!!";)

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If people just got pissed up that would be fine, but to suddenly become Irish all of a sudden and drink Guinness the one time is a bit daft.

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band t-shirts are cool though :D

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I decided to have some sport on saturday night as I was sick of hearing 'St Patty'

I was talking to Josh an american friend........
Josh 'So are you coming out for St Patty's?'
Me 'Who's St Patty?'
Josh 'You know it's Irish, St Patty's day'
Me 'Oh I know yes. St Patty. I've heard of her a bit like Mother Teresa wasn't she, no I wont be coming out'

I was then faced with that blank look before he wondered off no doubt to google who is the female St Patty :rofl:

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There's nothing worse than having to bartend or waitress in an Irish bar in NYC on St. Patty's day! You get a bunch of out of town morons who are drunk and throwing up by noon and starting fights. I have worked in several and it's just no fun. The place I work in now doesn't get the Patty's Day crowd Thank God!

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I used to get annoyed over it, St Patrick being English, the plastic paddies etc.
Now I just go along and have a bit of fun.

The important question that needs to be asked: where can I find real corned beef over here? Can it be purchased? I haven't had that stuff for years. It's tempting...

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What do you mean, English?? He was British...

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Alright, English, British, whatever.

What about the bully beef/corned beef? Where can I buy it. I'm really jonesin' right now.

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They've probably kept the receipt and are going to take them back to the store to get a refund.;)

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All the Easter stuff is discounted already :confused:

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Peeps too?:eek:

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Huh?? Peeps????????? am I missing something - explain please:confused:

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They're only good when they go all stale and crunchy. :)

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Little marshmallow-y ducklings/chicks. Yellow/blue/pink spongy things covered in sugar. Quite nice really!

You'll have seen them in the shops I'd be prepared to bet.

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European surely?

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