Happy St. Patrick's Day

[NWI_Irish96]

My wife's family is Irish, so I though I'd share this limerick with you for St. Patrick's Day:

[tolbs17]

I was wearing all green today.

[Rothman]

I was wearing all green today.

Saint Patrick's Day is tomorrow...

[kevinb1994]

A happy St. Patrick's Day from outside of one of the oldest settlements in America. Although I'm not really Irish myself, I still help my family celebrate whenever we feel like it.

I will probably just see whatever festivities are on the news here. Don't see a need to go anywhere.

[tolbs17]

I was wearing all green today.

Saint Patrick's Day is tomorrow...

Well, it's March and the week of the holiday so could be either way. Anyways, I want to get those donuts from Krispy Kreme!

[Scott5114]

I was wearing all green today.

Saint Patrick's Day is tomorrow...

Well, it's March and the week of the holiday so could be either way.

No, it couldn't.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Who changed the date for St. Patricks Day?!?! 

[NWI_Irish96]

Who changed the date for St. Patricks Day?!?! 

Gotta start celebrating early.

[Big John]

I was expecting a European user to open this this early.

[jlam]

A dozen, a gross, and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared and not a bit more

[kkt]

A dozen, a gross, and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared and not a bit more

[english si]

I was expecting a European user to open this this early.

Why would we do that? Even putting aside that I don't believe there's Irish members, why would we Europeans wish Americans a happy Irish national day?

Sure its a holiday in Ireland, but the Liffey, Shannon or Lagan don't get turned green, nor do they look kindly to the 'celebrations' elsewhere like 'drink 5 Guinnesses, get a free hat' promotion and other stuff that flattens Irish culture to little more than getting drunk (though to be fair, that is something many many Irish people will do today. I would say that Brits do the same on Bank Holidays, but pointing to a shared culture is just going to annoy the Irish).

There is a parade in Dublin, but that was started relatively recently and for the American tourists who came over and expected big things and were disappointed. The Irish are a friendly bunch who are willing to put on a show, on their day, for the 'plastic paddies' who make the trip, but that doesn't mean that they see St Patrick's Day the same as Americans.

I was going to say it's odd as you don't do anything for the larger group of Americans of Scottish descent celebrating 'the culture' of the home they've long since forgotten (something Europeans really don't get) but there's apparently Tartan Day, which isn't a thing in Scotland. It's quite illustrative wrt St Paddy's Day actually - Americans have made up a load of celebrations for a homeland they don't know, ignoring what actually goes on back in the land their great-great-great grandparents left. The difference is that the American celebration of Ireland is on the Irish national day, rather than day that's totally invented like with the Scots (Jan 25th Burns Night is the key celebration, but 30th November St Andrews Day is the day the Scots get off work).

[Rothman]

Brit got triggered.

Raining on parades is never a good look.  Not sure what's so bad about coming up with a day to have an excuse to have some fun.

[Henry]

Back home, they're probably dying the Chicago River green again, which is something I miss about it. But that sight always makes me smile

[NWI_Irish96]

Back home, they're probably dying the Chicago River green again, which is something I miss about it. But that sight always makes me smile

They dyed the river Saturday. Indy has copied this and does it as well.

[abefroman329]

I was going to say it's odd as you don't do anything for the larger group of Americans of Scottish descent celebrating 'the culture' of the home they've long since forgotten (something Europeans really don't get)

Without even taking into account the sheer mountains of manure that are shoveled out regarding the Irish-American experience, I wonder if the Scots (or Welsh, for that matter) emigrated to America in the same numbers as the Irish.

[GaryV]

Detroit had it's parade again, after being cancelled for 2 years. Of course they had it on a weekend, because no one gets the actual "holiday" off.

As to why it's celebrated, after many years of being downtrodden immigrants, the Irish achieved some respectability (at least in comparison to new more-downtrodden immigrants). And many Americans have some Irish ancestry, since it was no longer anathema to marry an Irish lass. The fact that they know very little about actual Irish culture and holidays is irrelevant.

[kphoger]

I was going to say it's odd ... It's quite illustrative wrt St Paddy's Day actually - Americans have made up a load of celebrations for a homeland they don't know, ignoring what actually goes on back in the land their great-great-great grandparents left.

Irish Americans started celebrating St Patrick's Day as a way of remembering their homeland.  Celebrations in Boston and New York go back to the 18th Century.  I don't see why they ought to have been obligated to make sure the scope of their celebrations didn't exceed those in Ireland.

[kkt]

I was expecting a European user to open this this early.

Why would we do that? Even putting aside that I don't believe there's Irish members, why would we Europeans wish Americans a happy Irish national day?

Sure its a holiday in Ireland, but the Liffey, Shannon or Lagan don't get turned green, nor do they look kindly to the 'celebrations' elsewhere like 'drink 5 Guinnesses, get a free hat' promotion and other stuff that flattens Irish culture to little more than getting drunk (though to be fair, that is something many many Irish people will do today. I would say that Brits do the same on Bank Holidays, but pointing to a shared culture is just going to annoy the Irish).

There is a parade in Dublin, but that was started relatively recently and for the American tourists who came over and expected big things and were disappointed. The Irish are a friendly bunch who are willing to put on a show, on their day, for the 'plastic paddies' who make the trip, but that doesn't mean that they see St Patrick's Day the same as Americans.

I was going to say it's odd as you don't do anything for the larger group of Americans of Scottish descent celebrating 'the culture' of the home they've long since forgotten (something Europeans really don't get) but there's apparently Tartan Day, which isn't a thing in Scotland. It's quite illustrative wrt St Paddy's Day actually - Americans have made up a load of celebrations for a homeland they don't know, ignoring what actually goes on back in the land their great-great-great grandparents left. The difference is that the American celebration of Ireland is on the Irish national day, rather than day that's totally invented like with the Scots (Jan 25th Burns Night is the key celebration, but 30th November St Andrews Day is the day the Scots get off work).

If I drank five Guinesses I hope I would get a free bed for the night

[MATraveler128]

South Boston will be holding their St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday for the first time in 3 years.

[skluth]

I was expecting a European user to open this this early.

Why would we do that? Even putting aside that I don't believe there's Irish members, why would we Europeans wish Americans a happy Irish national day?

Sure its a holiday in Ireland, but the Liffey, Shannon or Lagan don't get turned green, nor do they look kindly to the 'celebrations' elsewhere like 'drink 5 Guinnesses, get a free hat' promotion and other stuff that flattens Irish culture to little more than getting drunk (though to be fair, that is something many many Irish people will do today. I would say that Brits do the same on Bank Holidays, but pointing to a shared culture is just going to annoy the Irish).

There is a parade in Dublin, but that was started relatively recently and for the American tourists who came over and expected big things and were disappointed. The Irish are a friendly bunch who are willing to put on a show, on their day, for the 'plastic paddies' who make the trip, but that doesn't mean that they see St Patrick's Day the same as Americans.

I was going to say it's odd as you don't do anything for the larger group of Americans of Scottish descent celebrating 'the culture' of the home they've long since forgotten (something Europeans really don't get) but there's apparently Tartan Day, which isn't a thing in Scotland. It's quite illustrative wrt St Paddy's Day actually - Americans have made up a load of celebrations for a homeland they don't know, ignoring what actually goes on back in the land their great-great-great grandparents left. The difference is that the American celebration of Ireland is on the Irish national day, rather than day that's totally invented like with the Scots (Jan 25th Burns Night is the key celebration, but 30th November St Andrews Day is the day the Scots get off work).

If I drank five Guinesses I hope I would get a free bed for the night

I've reached the age where if I drank five Guinesses I'd be passed out on the floor with no need for a bed. 

[triplemultiplex]

But Guinness is a light beer!  Would 5 Buds knock you out? (Answer: "Only if I said something bad about their mothers!" )
Don't let its color fool you, Guinness Stout is made to drink all day.

[kkt]

But Guinness is a light beer!  Would 5 Buds knock you out? (Answer: "Only if I said something bad about their mothers!" )
Don't let its color fool you, Guinness Stout is made to drink all day.

5 Buds wouldn't knock me out because I wouldn't drink them.  Or insult their mothers.

[Flint1979]

I'm Irish. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

I was expecting a European user to open this this early.

Why would we do that? Even putting aside that I don't believe there's Irish members, why would we Europeans wish Americans a happy Irish national day?

Sure its a holiday in Ireland, but the Liffey, Shannon or Lagan don't get turned green, nor do they look kindly to the 'celebrations' elsewhere like 'drink 5 Guinnesses, get a free hat' promotion and other stuff that flattens Irish culture to little more than getting drunk (though to be fair, that is something many many Irish people will do today. I would say that Brits do the same on Bank Holidays, but pointing to a shared culture is just going to annoy the Irish).

There is a parade in Dublin, but that was started relatively recently and for the American tourists who came over and expected big things and were disappointed. The Irish are a friendly bunch who are willing to put on a show, on their day, for the 'plastic paddies' who make the trip, but that doesn't mean that they see St Patrick's Day the same as Americans.

I was going to say it's odd as you don't do anything for the larger group of Americans of Scottish descent celebrating 'the culture' of the home they've long since forgotten (something Europeans really don't get) but there's apparently Tartan Day, which isn't a thing in Scotland. It's quite illustrative wrt St Paddy's Day actually - Americans have made up a load of celebrations for a homeland they don't know, ignoring what actually goes on back in the land their great-great-great grandparents left. The difference is that the American celebration of Ireland is on the Irish national day, rather than day that's totally invented like with the Scots (Jan 25th Burns Night is the key celebration, but 30th November St Andrews Day is the day the Scots get off work).

So what do you think about Sunday, Bloody Sunday? The event or the song, take your pick.