Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh!
Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone!
So anyone have plans for today?
Is it celebrated where you live?
Bah!
I plan to wear as much orange as I can today. <_<
Quote from: Barrister on March 17, 2009, 12:36:17 AM
Bah!
I plan to wear as much orange as I can today. <_<
Fair enough. :)
Orange is part of our tricolour too.
Quote from: Cerr on March 17, 2009, 12:37:36 AM
Quote from: Barrister on March 17, 2009, 12:36:17 AM
Bah!
I plan to wear as much orange as I can today. <_<
Fair enough. :)
Orange is part of our tricolour too.
Your tricolour, not mine. <_<
Quote from: Barrister on March 17, 2009, 12:38:42 AM
Your tricolour, not mine. <_<
Does St Patrick's Day really bother you?
Quote from: Cerr on March 17, 2009, 12:43:06 AM
Quote from: Barrister on March 17, 2009, 12:38:42 AM
Your tricolour, not mine. <_<
Does St Patrick's Day really bother you?
He's an odd pleated plants wearing Ukrai-nadan
Parade Day was saturday, aka the day when everyone becomes Irish for a day to exhibit their drunkenness and failure. I'm hoping for maybe a smaller more civilized day tomorrow as I was stuck working on Parade Day. I definately wanted to wear an orange shirt under the mandatory green one on Saturday, or failing that a black and tan ensemble just to be a dick.
Hanging out with Irish friends (no plastic Paddies here) drinking fine wine and eating trout. We may drive some snakes out of somewhere in the name of tradition.
I wonder how
Quote from: Barrister on March 17, 2009, 12:36:17 AM
Bah!
I plan to wear as much orange as I can today. <_<
Why is that? Would you find it amusing if someone wore a red t-shirt with a sickle and a hammer on it on some Ukrainian national holiday just to spite you?
Quote from: Brazen on March 17, 2009, 03:00:27 AM
eating trout
It's been ages since I had fried or smoked trout. :(
Unfortunately fish costs a fortune these days, esp. in countries not known for bordering fish rich waters.
Quote from: Martinus on March 17, 2009, 03:11:23 AM
I wonder how Quote from: Barrister on March 17, 2009, 12:36:17 AM
Bah!
I plan to wear as much orange as I can today. <_<
Why is that? Would you find it amusing if someone wore a red t-shirt with a sickle and a hammer on it on some Ukrainian national holiday just to spite you?
Yeah it is pretty strange alright. I wonder does he have something against Irish people or maybe he's just being a gobshite.
It isn't celebrated where I live. But I ate some fruit cake, since my boss is Irish and he (his wife) baked some cake.
I forgot about it. Don't really like Irish pubs though, so doubt I'll go out. Would have bought some good beer at the supermarket yesterday if I'd thought of it.
I live in Dublin, and the secret to a nice St Patrick's day is to stay at home. Which I intend to do :)
Kevin
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL_EQi3M3o
There was a parade Saturday in Detroit. There's a couple hold out Irish bars in Detroit's old Irish ghettos; today they'll open around 6 AM and have long lines around them.
The most entertaining St. Patrick's day I've ever spent was in Modena where the piazza outside the city's only Irish bar was packed with people drinking Guinness while inside a very loud and very bad band from Australia banged out some Irish like tunes. :)
This thread surprises me. Are there really that many Irish around the world?
Quote from: Monoriu on March 17, 2009, 06:04:25 AM
This thread surprises me. Are there really that many Irish around the world?
They do have 12 kids apiece.:contract:
I sang a couple of Irish tunes at Friday night karaoke. Talked an ex-stripper with a masectomy and her friend into standing up and doing the hand motions to the Unicorn Song.
Was thinking about visiting the family at the pub. But that's a drive and traffic will be messy. Probably leave work early and get a hair cut.
I was in Ireland during the world cup. England had made it in and Ireland did not. There was a lot of discussion on talk radio that the Irish wouldn't support the English team and McDonalds' twisted the lion's tail by running an ad saying that one could ease their disappointment of England's success by having a Big Mac. So, Beeb, if you want to offend the Harps don't wear orange, wear a Union Jack or better still an English soccer jersey.
Is Cerr --- ?
And for Barrister Boy, here's my favorite work from my favorite Orange poet:
An Irish Airman foresees his Death
I KNOW that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public man, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
Quote from: Monoriu on March 17, 2009, 06:04:25 AM
This thread surprises me. Are there really that many Irish around the world?
In terms of people of Irish descent, yes. There are a very large number of Irish-Americans (according to wiki 12% or so of the U.S. population); in New England it's got to be close to 50%.
I think there are also large numbers of Canadians and Australians with Irish ancestry.
Oh, and in honor of the holiday: :)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Ff%2Ff4%2FNina3.jpg&hash=4e9dd304702e31dcfc659c69d04175d7caebf2a1)
I'll wear green & watch part of the Parade on TV
Montreal loves it's Irish.
What's wrong with Beeb wearing orange? The Orange Order are Irish too.
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 07:48:24 AM
What's wrong with Beeb wearing orange? The Orange Order are Irish too.
Nothing.
The only one with a stick up his ass has been Beeb. :P
Quote from: katmai on March 17, 2009, 07:52:55 AM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 07:48:24 AM
What's wrong with Beeb wearing orange? The Orange Order are Irish too.
Nothing.
The only one with a stick up his ass has been Beeb. :P
Not at all. He said he was going to wear orange, a sign of his protestant faith and lack of traitorous guile. Then everyone was jumping on him about hating Irish people.
Traditionalists should be wearing St Patrick's blue, not green :smartarse:
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 07:59:22 AM
Not at all. He said he was going to wear orange, a sign of his protestant faith and lack of traitorous guile. Then everyone was jumping on him about hating Irish people.
Everyone =Martinus then yes. :D
Boston has the day off, holiday called Evacuation Day. March 1776, British troops were forced to evacuate Boston during the early days of the American Revolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(Massachusetts)
Quote from: katmai on March 17, 2009, 08:03:23 AM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 07:59:22 AM
Not at all. He said he was going to wear orange, a sign of his protestant faith and lack of traitorous guile. Then everyone was jumping on him about hating Irish people.
Everyone =Martinus then yes. :D
And Cerr.
I've decided to take the family to Ireland in July. County Cork with a side trip to County Donegal, and avoiding the occupied areas.
The wife's cousins there are a hoot. They have made English hating a sport.
well, it's a good day to attack Wales and take home some slaves.
I be wearin' me orange as well, Beeb :)
you are also supposed to march around and bang drums. have fun!
Quote from: saskganesh on March 17, 2009, 09:28:31 AM
you are also supposed to march around and bang drums. have fun!
I may just do that if I have enough Bushmills tonight :D
Quote from: katmai on March 17, 2009, 08:03:23 AM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 07:59:22 AM
Not at all. He said he was going to wear orange, a sign of his protestant faith and lack of traitorous guile. Then everyone was jumping on him about hating Irish people.
Everyone =Martinus then yes. :D
Logic does not lie:
A. Everyone is mortal
B. Martinus is mortal
C. Therefore everyone is Martinus
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 07:59:22 AM
Quote from: katmai on March 17, 2009, 07:52:55 AM
Quote from: Neil on March 17, 2009, 07:48:24 AM
What's wrong with Beeb wearing orange? The Orange Order are Irish too.
Nothing.
The only one with a stick up his ass has been Beeb. :P
Not at all. He said he was going to wear orange, a sign of his protestant faith and lack of traitorous guile. Then everyone was jumping on him about hating Irish people.
Sheesh - when did Languish get the stick up its ass? Of course I'm just having a bit of fun.
I couldn't find my orange shirt, so I just wore black. And why do I want to wear orange? I'm half Ukrainian, but my mother is 3/4 Irish. Irish Protestant from Ulster, and I have it on good authority from my maternal grandmother that back in the day no one in her family would ever celebrate that catholic holiday.
So wearing orange is a celebration of
my roots. If you're Irish Catholic though go at it. Be proud of your heritage, no matter what it might be.
loosen up. it's just an excuse to get drunk. if that's all the Irish have going for them, more power to them.
I'm wearing a solid light blue shirt today. :-\
Quote from: Caliga on March 17, 2009, 10:27:34 AM
I'm wearing a solid light blue shirt today. :-\
Solid? Must have been hard to get on.
I'm a Rican wearing a green St Paddy's Day tshirt from a 5K I ran in Kuwait in 2006. ;D
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 17, 2009, 05:43:32 AM
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL_EQi3M3o
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6wrxy_irish_fun :D
Quote from: Brazen on March 17, 2009, 10:29:08 AM
Quote from: Savonarola on March 17, 2009, 09:52:24 AM
B. Martinus is mortal
You have no proof of this.
You're right. We should kill him and see if it sticks. :p
I wore a light green shirt today. Meh.
Quote from: Brazen on March 17, 2009, 10:29:33 AM
Solid? Must have been hard to get on.
There was an accident involving starch. :-[
Quote from: Cerr on March 17, 2009, 12:29:57 AM
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh!
Happy St Patrick's Day to everyone!
So anyone have plans for today?
Is it celebrated where you live?
Hell no. Hell no.
Just got home after a full day at 7.
I'll try but....considering Sweden isn't actually a buzz about it anyway....
Quote from: fahdiz on March 17, 2009, 10:59:33 AM
I wore a light green shirt today. Meh.
I got pinched. :(
Whats with this pinching thing anyway?
I saw it on The Simpsons once. Most odd.
Quote from: Drakken on March 17, 2009, 10:46:44 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 17, 2009, 05:43:32 AM
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL_EQi3M3o
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6wrxy_irish_fun :D
Lol, loved the two leprechauns and the Hulk and Thing going at it! :D
Quote from: garbon on March 17, 2009, 01:45:43 PM
I got pinched. :(
Actually, I did too, even with the green on.