As a man who will drink many liquid sammices tonight I approve of these shenanigans. As long as Obama wears an Orange shirt.

Will I finally get my towel now?

Another Guinness thread already?

What an Irish Obama might look like...

Did Obama also meet with the two gay Irishmen, Patrick Fitzgerald and Gerald Fitzpatrick?

So is that technically a black & tan?

mmmm, black and tan...nom, nom, nom.
Is it too early to pour my first?

DukeBabe: mmmm, black and tan...nom, nom, nom.
Is it too early to pour my first?

Never.

DukeBabe: mmmm, black and tan...nom, nom, nom.
Is it too early to pour my first?

No. Bottoms up!

/cheers

mediablitz: What an Irish Obama might look like...

Obama IS Irish already!

Davey Croquette: What an Irish Obama might look like...

Phil Lynott? Awesome! I really loved Nazareth as a kid. "Jailbreak" was the first song I learned on the electric guitar.

Or Thin Lizzy, either way.

Yeah!! Work is getting so much more bearable now.

If I was President, I would definitely find excuses to hit up the world's great parties. Carnivale coming up? Time to go keep up Brazillian trade relations! Oktoberfest? Time to go honor the 67th anniverasy of "Ich bin ein Berliner!"

Sapper_Topo: As a man who will drink many liquid sammices tonight I approve of these shenanigans. As long as Obama wears an Orange shirt.

What's this wearing orange thing I've been hearing about today? Some kind of protest?

Davey Croquette: Or Thin Lizzy, either way.

No. You're thinking of Uriah Heap. They had a song called "April Wine" that was also popular at the time.

That was Krokus. They had that funny "If You See Kay" song too.

Since St. Patrick's Day is for Catholics, wearing orange can show your support for Protestants. Or... it can also symbolize support for thousands of years of oppression at the hands of the English.

mediablitz 2010-03-17 12:52:45 PM

Davey Croquette: Or Thin Lizzy, either way.

No. You're thinking of Uriah Heap. They had a song called "April Wine" that was also popular at the time.

That was Krokus. They had that funny "If You See Kay" song too.


That was the band "April Wine".

Corvus: mediablitz: What an Irish Obama might look like...

Obama IS Irish already!

Meh. The tiniest bit maybe, but not SERIOUSLY Irish...

/no, English is not Irish

doubled99: mediablitz 2010-03-17 12:52:45 PM

Davey Croquette: Or Thin Lizzy, either way.

No. You're thinking of Uriah Heap. They had a song called "April Wine" that was also popular at the time.

That was Krokus. They had that funny "If You See Kay" song too.


That was the band "April Wine".



Would you like me to make the "WHOOSH" sound for you, or would you like a link?

By iriestx at 2010-03-17

Present at the Guinness summit?


/you don't need to see this hotlink
//we can go about our business

My ancestry on my paternal grandfather's side is Northern Irish, so I should be wearing orange.

/mother's side is Catholic Italian
//she was adopted and her biological ancestry is German and Polish
//father's side is N. Irish and Welsh Protestant
///so that explains why I'm pale, occasionally ditzy, talk with my hands, stubborn and can hold a decent amount of alcohol
////cool story sis

The Onanist:


Yum.

Say, that image reminds me...can you brew beer with MJ in place of or in addition to hops?

Will it work?

Anybody know?

Hello...hello? Is this thing on?

[/threadjack]

Why can I not find the picture of homer with a beer barrel on his head yelling "I'm the Prime Minister of Ireland!" The internet fails me.

Yummie! Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes, and then some!!

Irish, getting a kick, etc.

St. Patrick's Day in North America always felt more than a little bizarre, the big deal people make of Ireland's national holiday. Quebec's fete nationale, the feast of St. John the Baptist, is June 24th, for example, but even in New England, AFAIK (with its French Canadian heritage) you never see pubs serving blue beer on la St-Jean-Baptiste or making the barmen dress like lumberjacks or voyageurs. And, of course, the premier of Quebec has better things to do that day than visit the States.

God knows too the President of the United States has better things to do on the Fourth of July than visit the Taoiseach. Very strange.

/yes, I know it's a scam to sell beer
//not even that fond of Irish beer
///give me Maudite over Guinness any day

fb-: By iriestx at 2010-03-17

Arugula?

MikeyFuccon: Irish, getting a kick, etc.

St. Patrick's Day in North America always felt more than a little bizarre, the big deal people make of Ireland's national holiday. Quebec's fete nationale, the feast of St. John the Baptist, is June 24th, for example, but even in New England, AFAIK (with its French Canadian heritage) you never see pubs serving blue beer on la St-Jean-Baptiste or making the barmen dress like lumberjacks or voyageurs. And, of course, the premier of Quebec has better things to do that day than visit the States.

God knows too the President of the United States has better things to do on the Fourth of July than visit the Taoiseach. Very strange.

/yes, I know it's a scam to sell beer
//not even that fond of Irish beer
///give me Maudite over Guinness any day

I thought it was a scam to turn the river green in Chicago.

feanturi: Sapper_Topo: As a man who will drink many liquid sammices tonight I approve of these shenanigans. As long as Obama wears an Orange shirt.

What's this wearing orange thing I've been hearing about today? Some kind of protest?

It's like wearing "Blood" colors on "Crip" turf, only it's a way of continuing a fight from 300 years ago.

Link (new window)

Forgot to mention..

Happy St. Patty's Day

fb-: By iriestx at 2010-03-17

holy shiat, fb-! Haven't seen you around in a while. how are the kids?

A toast to you mr.president and all sons and daughters of Ireland!

HighOnCraic: feanturi: Sapper_Topo: As a man who will drink many liquid sammices tonight I approve of these shenanigans. As long as Obama wears an Orange shirt.

What's this wearing orange thing I've been hearing about today? Some kind of protest?

It's like wearing "Blood" colors on "Crip" turf, only it's a way of continuing a fight from 300 years ago.

Link (new window)

Weird, I've only ever heard about wearing green on St. Paddy's, nobody has ever mentioned orange to me until this year. The more you know.

MikeyFuccon: Irish, getting a kick, etc.

St. Patrick's Day in North America always felt more than a little bizarre, the big deal people make of Ireland's national holiday.

I don't know, but it could be the fact that there are a lot of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so-on Irish immigrants living in the U.S.
Something, something, potato famine, something.

/Irish.

Every goddamn year, the Irish PM has nothing better to do on St. Patrick's Day than show up in DC with a bowl of clover.

This confused me the first thirty or so times I noticed it, until I learned that the Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day with about the same fervor that Americans celebrate Arbor Day.

But what do I know, my pollack ass is drunk off green Schlitz. Hey, it's five o'clock somewhere, right? Actually, it's five o'clock in Ireland! WOOOOOOOO!

semiotix: Every goddamn year, the Irish PM has nothing better to do on St. Patrick's Day than show up in DC with a bowl of clover.

This confused me the first thirty or so times I noticed it, until I learned that the Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day with about the same fervor that Americans celebrate Arbor Day.

But what do I know, my pollack ass is drunk off green Schlitz. Hey, it's five o'clock somewhere, right? Actually, it's five o'clock in Ireland! WOOOOOOOO!

Oddly enough, when I lived in Ireland, there were more Polish speakers there than Gaelic speakers.

/Nasdrowia!
//Not sure if I spelled that right, but it's Polish for "Slainte!"

mediablitz 2010-03-17 12:57:31 PM

doubled99: mediablitz 2010-03-17 12:52:45 PM

Davey Croquette: Or Thin Lizzy, either way.

No. You're thinking of Uriah Heap. They had a song called "April Wine" that was also popular at the time.

That was Krokus. They had that funny "If You See Kay" song too.


That was the band "April Wine".



Would you like me to make the "WHOOSH" sound for you, or would you like a link?


No thanks. Just saying the band April Wine did the song "If You See Kay"
You can google it if you like.



/raspberry

YoMammaObama: Try this instead, subby.

Fer feck's sake, what are ye on about, lad? This is clearly the best Oirish beer:

There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama

Link (new window)

YoMammaObama: HighOnCraic: Fer feck's sake


Feck?! Drink!?!

Well played!

Slainte!

MikeyFuccon: Irish, getting a kick, etc.

St. Patrick's Day in North America always felt more than a little bizarre, the big deal people make of Ireland's national holiday. Quebec's fete nationale, the feast of St. John the Baptist, is June 24th, for example, but even in New England, AFAIK (with its French Canadian heritage) you never see pubs serving blue beer on la St-Jean-Baptiste or making the barmen dress like lumberjacks or voyageurs. And, of course, the premier of Quebec has better things to do that day than visit the States.

God knows too the President of the United States has better things to do on the Fourth of July than visit the Taoiseach. Very strange.

/yes, I know it's a scam to sell beer
//not even that fond of Irish beer
///give me Maudite over Guinness any day

I think it originally started as a political thing. The Irish immigrants to the US were received about as well as any other group, that is to say everybody here ahead of them hated them and their papist ways. However once they settled in and got used to US politics they (or rather their community leaders) figured out that they could get their groups to vote in a block. They then tapped into the patronage system that infests many major cities, especially on the East Coast, across the US. St. Patrick's Day then became a way for politicians to court the Irish immigrant voting block as the group that had given them the best patronage placements was given place of honor for festivities thus serving as an implicit endorsement. Over the last few decades this has fallen off being anywhere as overt but still serves as a way for politicians to get their faces on the news now that the Irish are not as monolithic a voting block. Now, if you've read through all that go drink a good beer.

Hoarseman: MikeyFuccon: Irish, getting a kick, etc.

St. Patrick's Day in North America always felt more than a little bizarre, the big deal people make of Ireland's national holiday. Quebec's fete nationale, the feast of St. John the Baptist, is June 24th, for example, but even in New England, AFAIK (with its French Canadian heritage) you never see pubs serving blue beer on la St-Jean-Baptiste or making the barmen dress like lumberjacks or voyageurs. And, of course, the premier of Quebec has better things to do that day than visit the States.

God knows too the President of the United States has better things to do on the Fourth of July than visit the Taoiseach. Very strange.

/yes, I know it's a scam to sell beer
//not even that fond of Irish beer
///give me Maudite over Guinness any day

I think it originally started as a political thing. The Irish immigrants to the US were received about as well as any other group, that is to say everybody here ahead of them hated them and their papist ways. However once they settled in and got used to US politics they (or rather their community leaders) figured out that they could get their groups to vote in a block. They then tapped into the patronage system that infests many major cities, especially on the East Coast, across the US. St. Patrick's Day then became a way for politicians to court the Irish immigrant voting block as the group that had given them the best patronage placements was given place of honor for festivities thus serving as an implicit endorsement. Over the last few decades this has fallen off being anywhere as overt but still serves as a way for politicians to get their faces on the news now that the Irish are not as monolithic a voting block. Now, if you've read through all that go drink a good beer.

Yeah, but that would involve local Irish-American leaders, not the fecking Irish Premier

TheSilverOne: Why can I not find the picture of homer with a beer barrel on his head yelling "I'm the Prime Minister of Ireland!" The internet fails me.

I tried to help, I really did. The best I could do is this image from just seconds before:

RockIsDead: Since Ireland has generally been a friend of the USA I'm assuming that he wants to scold them over some lameass thing.

such as them dragging their heels in not killing each other any more?

RockIsDead: Since Ireland has generally been a friend of the USA I'm assuming that he wants to scold them over some lameass thing.

I think he's just whining about "oh no! Americans have their own cultural traditions now!", although the rest of the year he's a-yammering on about how America is a heathen nation without any cultural heritage of its own, especially not amongst white people.