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(Chicago Sun-Times) Sad If you were at Chicago's South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade this year, congratulations; because of you, this year was the last parade   (suntimes.com) divider line 123
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This Is Bold Text [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 05:40:42 PM  
BAHAHA I was in it! I held a line for kermit
www.trevoroldak.com

 
NittLion78 [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 06:05:22 PM  
Looks like Casimir Pulaski Day just got a lot more popular.

 
Antidamascus 2009-03-25 06:37:05 PM  
I don't live in Chicago, so I don't care.

 
GoSurfing 2009-03-25 06:39:11 PM  
St Patty's sucks anyways.

 
Car_Ramrod [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 06:40:02 PM  
Goddamn tourists.

 
Ecobuckeye 2009-03-25 06:43:34 PM  
WHAT! Bragh!

 
No_he_didnt 2009-03-25 06:43:44 PM  
This is not relevant to my interests.

 
netringer 2009-03-25 06:44:25 PM  
Car_Ramrod: Goddamn tourists.

Goddamn suburbanites who think Chicago is Great America - nobody actually lives there.

//Usta live next to Wrigley, knee deep in beer bottles BEFORE it got trendy.
///Am a suburbanite now.

 
rathoth 2009-03-25 06:44:28 PM  
GoSurfing: St Patty's sucks anyways.

Watch your mouth!

 
Belatryx 2009-03-25 06:44:47 PM  
They should move it to the North side, the South is full of Sox fans.

/shudder

 
TheSilverOne 2009-03-25 06:47:01 PM  
But the South Side Irish is the real parade. The downtown one isn't half as fun.

This blows, I marched in that thing for four years in the Marist Band.

 
ChiKen70 2009-03-25 06:47:12 PM  
Good. It's more fun without all of the puking slobs.

 
Car_Ramrod [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 06:48:23 PM  
Also, the dyeing of the Chicago River is the most anti-climatic thing I've ever witnessed. This crowd:

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Waited over 90 mins for this:

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Which resulted in this:

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Woo?

 
black_knight 2009-03-25 06:48:28 PM  
i410.photobucket.com

 
tim2028 2009-03-25 06:49:57 PM  
North siders win again!

 
Car_Ramrod [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 06:50:16 PM  
netringer: Car_Ramrod: Goddamn tourists.

Goddamn suburbanites who think Chicago is Great America - nobody actually lives there.

//Usta live next to Wrigley, knee deep in beer bottles BEFORE it got trendy.
///Am a suburbanite now.


I'm living 3 blocks away from Wrigley right now, and I'm bracing for the start of another season.

 
osdrcomputers 2009-03-25 06:50:20 PM  
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What you're seeing is a total disregard of everything St Patrick's Day stands for. All this drinking, violence and destruction of property -- are these the things we think of when we think of the Irish?

 
FlyingJ 2009-03-25 06:50:36 PM  
NittLion78 Looks like Casimir Pulaski Day just got a lot more popular.

Ha I'm related to him on my Buscia's side, but I always thought St. Joseph's Day is the celebrated Polish holiday in March-& if you think the Irish drunks are bad there's all sorts of surprises for you-'specially in Chicago...
Link (new window)

/Chi-town friend claims "the only fans of the White Sox are the Poles & Blacks" Now why is that?

 
hurdygurdy27 2009-03-25 06:52:14 PM  
Erin go bragh humbug.

 
KatjaMouse [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 06:52:16 PM  
osdrcomputers: What you're seeing is a total disregard of everything St Patrick's Day stands for. All this drinking, violence and destruction of property -- are these the things we think of when we think of the Irish?

Thread. Over.

 
Great Janitor 2009-03-25 06:52:22 PM  
GoSurfing: St Patty's sucks anyways.

Much better holiday than Cinco de Mayo.

 
Iron Chef Scottish 2009-03-25 06:52:59 PM  
A catastrophe for the plastic bog trotters.

 
ill_83 2009-03-25 06:53:17 PM  
Car_Ramrod: Also, the dyeing of the Chicago River is the most anti-climatic thing I've ever witnessed. This crowd:
Waited over 90 mins for this:
Which resulted in this:
Woo?


Uh, wtf were you expecting?

Belatryx: They should move it to the North side, the South is full of Sox fans.

/shudder


...and a big Irish-American population, which is largely the reason St. Patty's is supposed to be such a big deal in Chicago. Besides, if you want the sloppy drunk fest on the north side, you already have it.

 
Xed Ping 2009-03-25 06:54:42 PM  
Car_Ramrod: Also, the dyeing of the Chicago River is the most anti-climatic thing I've ever witnessed. This crowd:



Waited over 90 mins for this:



Which resulted in this:



Woo?



And you...

Have photographic evidence...

Of the event.

Woo?

 
Hyaku-Shiki 2009-03-25 06:54:57 PM  
tim2028: North siders win again! haven't won in a hundred years!

FTFY

 
Car_Ramrod [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 06:59:04 PM  
ill_83: Uh, wtf were you expecting?

More than one boat going down the river. Or maybe green fireworks over the river, coloring it that way:

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Xed Ping: And you...

Have photographic evidence...

Of the event.

Woo?


You are very welcome!

 
FeeltheIllinoise 2009-03-25 06:59:57 PM  
its a farking zoo parade anyway, good riddance

 
Frank N Stein [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:00:15 PM  
Damn. I was gunna go this year, but got too drunk the night before to wake up early enough for it.

 
Jamdug! 2009-03-25 07:00:21 PM  
Car_Ramrod: Also, the dyeing of the Chicago River is the most anti-climatic thing I've ever witnessed. This crowd:

Waited over 90 mins for this:

Which resulted in this:

Woo?


i410.photobucket.com

 
Lando Lincoln [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:01:53 PM  
tim2028: North siders win again!

That ought to get them to change their minds.

"That's okay - the North Side Irish Parade is more than capable of handling the increased crowds! Chicago doesn't need two parades - a single North Side one will work just fine!"

"OH YEAH?! WELL, WE CHANGED OUR MINDS! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWICE THE PARADE NEXT YEAR, YA FOOKIN' NORTH SIDE SHYTES!"

 
namatad [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:02:36 PM  
TheSilverOne: But the South Side Irish is the real parade. The downtown one isn't half as fun.

and this is WHY YOU FAIL
the downtown parade WAS the REAL parade
but you far south tards decided you didnt want to go "into the city" and created your own special parade

well suck it

 
Lando Lincoln [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:04:37 PM  
ill_83: Besides, if you want the sloppy drunk fest on the north side, you already have it.

Right. South siders aren't big on drinking. A regular bunch of teetotalers, they are.

 
downtownkid 2009-03-25 07:05:18 PM  
I blame Bush.

 
Frank N Stein [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:06:02 PM  
tim2028: North siders win again!

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ill_83 2009-03-25 07:07:02 PM  
Car_Ramrod: ill_83: Uh, wtf were you expecting?

More than one boat going down the river. Or maybe green fireworks over the river, coloring it that way:


Being the Chicago north side repper that you are, you should have realized that they have done the same anti-climactic thing for years.

 
GQueue 2009-03-25 07:08:38 PM  
Belatryx: They should move it to the North side, the South is full of Sox fans.

/shudder


The escalating drunkenness and asshattery couldn't possibly be related to more and more bars in Wrigleyville and Lincoln Park offering bus packages down to the parade. Nope, not related in any way.

 
NorCalLos [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:08:55 PM  
Dang Europeans and their ethnic parades. If you guys are going to come to this country, you need to assimilate.

 
TheShavingofOccam123 [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:10:12 PM  
Farkin Pope and his condom rules. If they use condoms, there'd be less Irish congesting the streets.

 
CrackeurJacque 2009-03-25 07:10:39 PM  
It doesn't look like the South Side will ever have a crowd that large ever again.

 
555-FILK 2009-03-25 07:11:30 PM  
FIBers

/just wanted to post that
//that is all

 
DoWhatNowToWhat 2009-03-25 07:12:27 PM  
300,000 people attended (estimated)
54 arrest
.00018% arrest rate

Who complains about that? That is a pretty good average for an Irish parade.

 
Nexus of the Crisis 2009-03-25 07:13:11 PM  
NorCalLos: Dang Europeans and their ethnic parades. If you guys are going to come to this country, you need to assimilate.

And while you're at it, learn the language.

 
ill_83 2009-03-25 07:13:33 PM  
555-FILK: FIBers

/just wanted to post that
//that is all


Learn to drive and get back in the right lane.

 
Car_Ramrod [TotalFark] 2009-03-25 07:14:16 PM  
ill_83: Being the Chicago north side repper that you are, you should have realized that they have done the same anti-climactic thing for years.

I've been to the downtown parade a few times, but never felt the desire to go see the river thing before. Now I never have to again.

 
ill_83 2009-03-25 07:16:21 PM  
Car_Ramrod: ill_83: Being the Chicago north side repper that you are, you should have realized that they have done the same anti-climactic thing for years.

I've been to the downtown parade a few times, but never felt the desire to go see the river thing before. Now I never have to again.


Haha, I went once when I was in junior high and made that decision back then.

 
NDP2 2009-03-25 07:16:21 PM  
Great Janitor: GoSurfing: St Patty's sucks anyways.

Much better holiday than Cinco de Mayo.


At least Cinco de Mayo has better food.

/Mexican food > Irish food
//but, to be fair, Irish beer > Mexican beer

 
JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm 2009-03-25 07:17:27 PM  
Anyone who lives in Tampa... They are thinking of moving Gasparilla next year.

Apparently the wealthy residents of south Tampa don't appreciate underage drinkers puking and peeing all over their lawns.

/Who would have thought.

 
Ikam 2009-03-25 07:17:55 PM  
tim2028: North siders win again!

More like some North-Sider frat boy pays $30 to take a bus down to the south-side and so he can pay another $20 to get into Cork & Kerry's to then puke his JagerBomb on his girlfriend's Cubs jersey that she wore to the south-side Irish parade to 'show them'.

I used to go to this parade all through the 80's and 90's (I think I went for the first time with my parents in 1981) and back in the 80's it was a lot of fun for a kid. It wasn't until the northsiders started to arrive en masse in their chartered buses that it started to get out of hand.

Of course there was always partying and drinking of which I often took part in, especially on the West side of Western (I have fond memories of sneaking over to that side of the street and sneaking a few drinks when I was a teenager), but it was a much smaller affair back then with much less puking on ones shoes. Over the years it ceased to be a fun south-side event for families and a few unruly drunkards on 'the other side of the street' to a full-on frat party.

I went to the parade this year, and honestly did not enjoy myself that much despite the lovely weather, it was just way too much, and I'm glad that I didn't bring my niece and nephew this year as even the family side of Western seemed to be overrun with staggering, puking, urinating drunkards.

 
wmoonfox 2009-03-25 07:18:38 PM  
So... what happens when even more people show up next year? The police have already admitted that they can't control the crowd. If 350K people show up for and put on a parade, are they going to start doing mass arrests like they did in NYC during the RNC?

 
hyperspacemonkey 2009-03-25 07:18:43 PM  
fta There were literal bottlenecks of people.

What the hell...? Metaphor much?

 
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