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Mugato [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 12:13:03 PM
It may come as a disappointment to learn that green beer and the four-leaf clover have nothing to do with the patron saint of Ireland

...and Easter has nothing to do with an anthropomorphic bunny laying colored eggs, Christmas has nothing to do with a fat guy sliding down chimneys, Halloween has nothing to do with kids dressing up as Harry Potter for free candy and Thanksgiving has nothing to do with having dinner with people who were scheduled for genocide. What is this guy's point?
 
highwayrun
2010-03-17 12:14:16 PM
Every Celtic festival is alcohol-infused. Jeez.
 
JohnCarter
2010-03-17 12:14:36 PM
BestIrish.Movie.Evah

www.dunkirkma.net
 
Putter
2010-03-17 12:15:44 PM
Mugato: It may come as a disappointment to learn that green beer and the four-leaf clover have nothing to do with the patron saint of Ireland

...and Easter has nothing to do with an anthropomorphic bunny laying colored eggs, Christmas has nothing to do with a fat guy sliding down chimneys, Halloween has nothing to do with kids dressing up as Harry Potter for free candy and Thanksgiving has nothing to do with having dinner with people who were scheduled for genocide. What is this guy's point?
Let me just be the first to say...

That.
 
the lunatic fringe
2010-03-17 12:15:47 PM
Pffft....the Irish never before needed a reason to get drunk in public
 
steve_s
2010-03-17 12:16:18 PM
I live in a town with two universities and somehow the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.
 
Sir Charles
2010-03-17 12:17:06 PM
I've been to Ireland twice, it's not a stereotype.

They made my rampant alcoholism look normal.

A pint with breakfast for ya?

and then they drink and fight and drink and fight. good thing they're all little farkers.
 
WindBreaker
2010-03-17 12:17:08 PM
St. Patrick's Day, or as we regulars at O'Gara's Pub call it, "Amateur Night."
 
JohnCarter
2010-03-17 12:17:09 PM
Mugato: It may come as a disappointment to learn that green beer and the four-leaf clover have nothing to do with the patron saint of Ireland

...and Easter has nothing to do with an anthropomorphic bunny laying colored eggs, Christmas has nothing to do with a fat guy sliding down chimneys, Halloween has nothing to do with kids dressing up as Harry Potter for free candy and Thanksgiving has nothing to do with having dinner with people who were scheduled for genocide. What is this guy's point?

Mexicans don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo - so what's your point
 
ConConHead
2010-03-17 12:17:23 PM
As someone performing in a Irish/Celtic Rock band tonight at a St Patty's day concert at a bar, I'm getting a kick out of these replies.
 
cettin
2010-03-17 12:18:26 PM
Sir Charles: I've been to Ireland twice, it's not a stereotype.

They made my rampant alcoholism look normal.

A pint with breakfast for ya?

and then they drink and fight and drink and fight. good thing they're all little farkers.

And there is a problem where?
 
WindBreaker
2010-03-17 12:18:42 PM
steve_s: I live in a town with two universities and somehow the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.

Braggin' or complainin', Laddie?
 
CygnusDarius
2010-03-17 12:18:53 PM
What about irish working for italian mobsters?.
 
VanBurenBoys
2010-03-17 12:18:56 PM
The Parade in NY has been this for a very long time... But New Yorks always had enough Irish to keep it fun.
 
ronaprhys
2010-03-17 12:19:21 PM
To the writer of the article.

You go to hell. You go to hell and you die.

/20 GOTO 10.
 
featherspy
2010-03-17 12:19:22 PM
steve_s: I live in a town with two universities and somehow the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.

What? They turned it into Tuesday? Every day is a slutty holiday in a gown-town. If you like your sluts basting in their uggs and northface jackets, of course.
 
cettin
2010-03-17 12:19:37 PM
steve_s: I live in a town with two universities and somehow the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.

And where is your problem?!
 
Stiz
2010-03-17 12:20:01 PM
steve_s: I live in a town with two universities and somehow the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.

And you have a problem with this?

/YKHIKYG?
 
miltonbabbitt
2010-03-17 12:20:18 PM
Recent years? Huh?

farm1.static.flickr.com
 
hobnail
2010-03-17 12:20:44 PM
Previously, St. Patrick's Day was a more sombre occasion when people were obliged to attend mass, abstained from liquor and spent time with family.

Yeah, right.
 
me_onthenet
2010-03-17 12:20:45 PM
www.kensavage.com

/hat as the right is not
 
WindBreaker
2010-03-17 12:21:10 PM
steve_s: the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.

Eagerly awaiting photographic evidence of this favorable turn of events!
 
CygnusDarius
2010-03-17 12:21:31 PM
steve_s: I live in a town with two universities and somehow the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.

... And this is a problem, how?.

/I could conceive a couple of problems
//One involving herpes, the other involving lack of booze
 
astralvortex
2010-03-17 12:21:46 PM
pages.prodigy.net

/approves
 
CygnusDarius
2010-03-17 12:22:33 PM
me_onthenet: /hat as the right is not

Hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it, aaand yeah I'd hit her, too.
 
tgregory
2010-03-17 12:22:51 PM
now if we can just legalize pot and find a jamaican holiday to celebrate.
 
vernonFL [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 12:23:22 PM
WindBreaker: St. Patrick's Day, or as we regulars at O'Gara's Pub call it, "Amateur Night."

LOL That is what we call it too. New Years Eve also.
 
Seth'n'Spectrum
2010-03-17 12:23:45 PM
"Only in recent years has St. Patrick's Day become the alcohol-infused Celtic festival celebrated around the world with music, parades, leaping leprechauns and public mischief... a good holiday."

FTFY
 
ronaprhys
2010-03-17 12:24:01 PM
me_onthenet: /hat as the right is not

One of these things is not like the other. Now find some flour and roll her in it.
 
Joy25
2010-03-17 12:25:13 PM
CygnusDarius: me_onthenet: /hat as the right is not

Hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it, aaand yeah I'd hit her, too.


You are a man-whore.
 
grinderman
2010-03-17 12:25:25 PM
miltonbabbitt: Recent years? Huh?

A history professor of some local college came in to my place of business who claimed he was a teacher of modern history. I asked if he was covering Reagan and Thatcher sorts of topics, and he said in a very snotty way, "No, that's contemporary. Modern is Napoleon." Oh.

/I still call bullshiat on that.
 
Farkwaddle
2010-03-17 12:26:52 PM
As the token office leprechan, I could probably get away with drinking at work today. Might have to try it. Not drinking green beer or Guinness though. I have my own St. Paddy's day homebrew!

Oh yeah, bagpipes are NOT Irish people. Uillean pipes are.

/they're always after me lucky charms
 
Hershey Highway Patrol [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 12:28:02 PM
tgregory: now if we can just legalize pot and find a jamaican holiday to celebrate.

I believe that would be Ash Wednesday. Which appears to be a public Holiday in Jamaica.
 
Inquisitive Inquisitor
2010-03-17 12:28:56 PM
steve_s: I live in a town with two universities and somehow the young women of these fine institutions have managed to turn it into yet another slutty holiday.

God BLESS those young women.
 
Lollipop165
2010-03-17 12:29:06 PM
Hershey Highway Patrol

I believe that would be Ash Wednesday. Which appears to be a public Holiday in Jamaica.

It is.

I thought we already had a pot holiday? 4/20? At least, we used to "celebrate" it in high school and college.
 
Rapmaster2000
2010-03-17 12:29:07 PM
So what? These people weren't even considered white 100 years ago and now we all pretend to be one. Fire up the Paddy Wagon, it's St. Paddy's Day.
 
ConConHead
2010-03-17 12:29:13 PM
I'm just waiting to see how many people request our tenor sing 'Oh Danny Boy.' He'll probably punch them. Hehehe.

/wrote a song about whiskey
//will be performing it tonight
///woot!
 
CygnusDarius
2010-03-17 12:29:14 PM
Joy25: CygnusDarius: me_onthenet: /hat as the right is not

Hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it, aaand yeah I'd hit her, too.


You are a man-whore.

I've come to understand a few things in life:

1.- If you love what you do for a living, you never feel like it's work.
2.- There is no such thing as bad words, only misused words.
3.- Drink sparingly, but always of the good stuff.
4.- Sex is a wonderful thing.
5.- Be picky, not judgemental.
6.- When eating and drinking, always try things thrice: Once to try, second to confirm, third to remove any ounce of doubt you had the first two times.
 
ronaprhys
2010-03-17 12:30:06 PM
grinderman: miltonbabbitt: Recent years? Huh?

A history professor of some local college came in to my place of business who claimed he was a teacher of modern history. I asked if he was covering Reagan and Thatcher sorts of topics, and he said in a very snotty way, "No, that's contemporary. Modern is Napoleon." Oh.

/I still call bullshiat on that.

Do you give him a bit of "Monkey Snatching Peaches" for that tone and comment? 'Cause it'd be justified.

And legal.
 
syberpud
2010-03-17 12:30:10 PM
Sir Charles: I've been to Ireland twice, it's not a stereotype.

They made my rampant alcoholism look normal.

A pint with breakfast for ya?

and then they drink and fight and drink and fight. good thing they're all little farkers.

Agree, but what they were drinking made me sad: Becks, Budweiser and "alcho-pop" drinks. Mainly by the young looking to get drunk quickly for the least amount of money.

What we need is a Belgian holiday - mussels and beer for all!
 
Shrinkwrap
2010-03-17 12:31:06 PM
CygnusDarius: me_onthenet: /hat as the right is not

Hit it, hit it, hit it, hit it, aaand yeah I'd hit her, too.

I wouldn't yet. But after a long beer-infused St. Patrick's day...
 
This One Guy
2010-03-17 12:31:26 PM
me_onthenet:[pic] /hat as the right is not

*Ahem* From left to right,
Yes*, Yes, Oh hells yeah!, Yes**, What is that, a linebacker in a gunny sack?

* Butterface
** Sweetie, your eye shadow doesn't have to match your bra.
 
CygnusDarius
2010-03-17 12:32:16 PM
syberpud: Sir Charles: I've been to Ireland twice, it's not a stereotype.

They made my rampant alcoholism look normal.

A pint with breakfast for ya?

and then they drink and fight and drink and fight. good thing they're all little farkers.

Agree, but what they were drinking made me sad: Becks, Budweiser and "alcho-pop" drinks. Mainly by the young looking to get drunk quickly for the least amount of money.

What we need is a Belgian holiday - mussels and beer for all!

Don't forget feather bowling, as well.

/But
//If you serve Duvel
///Beware the consequences
 
Finger51
2010-03-17 12:33:05 PM
vernonFL: WindBreaker: St. Patrick's Day, or as we regulars at O'Gara's Pub call it, "Amateur Night."

LOL That is what we call it too. New Years Eve also.

Please add Halloween to that list as well. And while you're at it just add Friday and Saturday too. Real pros drink on weeknights.
 
Khellendros
2010-03-17 12:33:42 PM
Mugato: It may come as a disappointment to learn that green beer and the four-leaf clover have nothing to do with the patron saint of Ireland

...and Easter has nothing to do with an anthropomorphic bunny laying colored eggs, Christmas has nothing to do with a fat guy sliding down chimneys, Halloween has nothing to do with kids dressing up as Harry Potter for free candy and Thanksgiving has nothing to do with having dinner with people who were scheduled for genocide. What is this guy's point?

Woah, there. Let's not go off there. They weren't SCHEDULED for genocide at that point...
 
Lollipop165
2010-03-17 12:34:37 PM
syberpud

What we need is a Belgian holiday - mussels and beer for all!

Lol that's how my friends and I celebrate Cinco De Mayo. The Belgian places in New York are the ONLY places not packed that day. It became a tradition!
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 12:34:50 PM
hobnail: Previously, St. Patrick's Day was a more sombre occasion when people were obliged to attend mass, abstained from liquor and spent time with family.

Yeah, right.

If that's true, they were spending time with their families suffering from withdrawals and having seizures.
 
Seth'n'Spectrum
2010-03-17 12:36:02 PM
grinderman: A history professor of some local college came in to my place of business who claimed he was a teacher of modern history. I asked if he was covering Reagan and Thatcher sorts of topics, and he said in a very snotty way, "No, that's contemporary. Modern is Napoleon." Oh.

/I still call bullshiat on that.

He sounds like a dick, but that's how the academic field is divided up. 'Modernity' is a contested subject, but usually dates back to mid-18th Century. Just search Wiki for 'Modernity' or 'Modernism'. Definitions are just tools, nothing to do with reality.
 
IdBeCrazyIf
2010-03-17 12:36:04 PM
the lunatic fringe: Pffft....the Irish never before needed a reason to get drunk in public

Exactly, its everyone else looking for an excuse

/Irish
//We run on 80 proof
 
macadamnut
2010-03-17 12:36:16 PM
JohnCarter: BestIrish.Movie.Evah

www.bluekitchen.net

/take your "Irish" movie and dangle
 
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