St. Patrick's Day!

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  • Reply 21 of 36
    Super K to the rescue! Have a pint of the black stuff on me, cheers, Alex.
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  • Reply 22 of 36
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    nothing.



    =\\
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  • Reply 23 of 36
    We're heading to the Black Rose around 7PM tonight. It's at 160 State Street for those Boston folk interested. We may crawl around to a few other pubs throughout the night. If anyone is interested in tagging along, PM or email me. Hope everyone has a safe and happy day today... and if you're driving, don't drive home
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  • Reply 24 of 36
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    I swear to god, if one more person looks at me today and says "So how come you're not dressed up for St. Patrick's Day?" I'm going to make haggis from their guts.



    I have red hair.



    I'm *SCOTTISH* you fookin' ponces.



    Only our daft Irish brethren had to come up with an *EXCUSE* to get drunk.



    I mean, really.







    And considering it's a Catholic event, you're all lucky I'm not wearing glaring bright Protestant Orange. :P



    *grumble*



    Someone hand me another pint.



    *grumble*
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  • Reply 25 of 36
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LoCash

    Hope everyone has a safe and happy day today... and if you're driving, don't drive home



    Where should I drive to then?



    Now if I could just hook my car onto the back of a Green Line train I'd be all set...
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  • Reply 26 of 36
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kickaha

    I swear to god, if one more person looks at me today and says "So how come you're not dressed up for St. Patrick's Day?" I'm going to make haggis from their guts.



    I have red hair.



    I'm *SCOTTISH* you fookin' ponces.



    Only our daft Irish brethren had to come up with an *EXCUSE* to get drunk.



    I mean, really.




    st. patrick's day is when people of all nationalities come together to celebrate a common hatred of the english . surely the scottish in you can take to that. and your red hair aint just common on that side of the sea; i'm irish and my beard is red. the top o' me head was once, but its not as pronouncibly red as it used to be. besides, the drinking aspect of st. p's day wasn't started over there, its more of an american tradition pulled from some stereotypes. i believe that my brothers in Erin treat the day like a genuine catholic holiday, with churchiness and such, only drinking normal amounts.



    Quote:

    *grumble*



    Someone hand me another pint.



    *grumble*




    that's the spirit!
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  • Reply 27 of 36
    Please give it a rest, the posting guidelines say AppleOutsider is not a forum to spew vitriol against people, I feel the English count as a people, varied and multi-ethnic as we are. I'm off to the pub to have a few pints with Irish people actually born in that country who strangely enough, don't hate the English. Odd isn't it? As I said before, Happy St. Patrick's Day TO ALL.
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  • Reply 28 of 36
    Thuh Freak is right, it wasn't until very recently that such a fuss was put over drinking on St. Patrick's Day. The Irish don't need an excuse to drink, we'll drink whenever we damn well please :P The holiday was always treated like as the Catholic holiday it is. I think it is more Americans that wished it to be such a liquor fest. Which is OK with the Irish, drinking isn't a bad thing.



    Also, "Erin" is the anglicised spelling of Ireland, or Ã?ireann as it is spelled in Gaelic. Erin would be, roughly, how you pronounce it



    BeannachtaÃ* na Féile Pádraig oraibh!

    St. Patrick's Day Blessing Upon You!



    Pionta Guinness, le do thoil.

    Pint of Guinness, please.

    (pronounced: pint-eh Guinnes, leh duh holl)
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  • Reply 29 of 36
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Alex London

    Please give it a rest, the posting guidelines say AppleOutsider is not a forum to spew vitriol against people, I feel the English count as a people, varied and multi-ethnic as we are. I'm off to the pub to have a few pints with Irish people actually born in that country who strangely enough, don't hate the English. Odd isn't it? As I said before, Happy St. Patrick's Day TO ALL.



    i'm not spewing vitriol, i'm making jokes. its particularly easy since you're so sensitive about it. jeez, you act like you're being oppressed, or invaded or something.



    Quote:

    Originally posted by LoCash

    Thuh Freak is right



    you don't have to state it explicitly. i'm always right.



    Quote:

    Also, "Erin" is the anglicised spelling of Ireland, or Éireann as it is spelled in Gaelic. Erin would be, roughly, how you pronounce it



    I thought it was 'Erin', as in 'Erin Go Braugh', as i've oft seen it. learn somethin new everyday i spose. maybe i'm not so right as i thought.
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  • Reply 30 of 36
    Quote:

    Originally posted by thuh Freak

    I thought it was 'Erin', as in 'Erin Go Braugh', as i've oft seen it. learn somethin new everyday i spose. maybe i'm not so right as i thought.



    "Erin go Braugh" is pretty meaningless, as it is just the phonetical spelling of the Gaelic (Gaelige actually): Éireann go Brách, which means, roughly, "Ireland Forever".



    Tá cúpla focal agam, but not much

    (I know a little [Irish])
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  • Reply 31 of 36
    Well we were invaded by the Romans, the Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons, the Normans. Napoleon tried, then some guy called Hitler had a go but we forgave his people a while back. I was going to offer to send you a Guinness hat i got from the pub for buying 5 pints but LoCash has shown me that maybe you're not as Irish, or right, as you think. May the road rise to meet you.
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  • Reply 32 of 36
    Some goofy random guy at our campus today was going up to people and saying "Dude! You aren't wearing any green!"



    so he came up to me....



    ...and out of my pocket came my iPod mini...greeeeen....





    hehe....
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  • Reply 33 of 36
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    This guy told me the other day that I'd make a good Englishmen, wherupon I said, "well that's fitting since all the best Englishmen are really Irish anyway". Personally I feel no ill will towards the Brits as a people, but their gov't can go **** themselves.
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  • Reply 34 of 36
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Alex London

    Well we were invaded by the Romans, the Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons, the Normans. Napoleon tried, then some guy called Hitler had a go but we forgave his people a while back.











    *cough* India Zimbabwe Argentina Hong Kong *cough*



    Poor invaded Brits. Hoist a pint in their direction, eh?



    Sheesh mon. Let it go. A country goes around stomping locals for a couple of centuries, it gets lampooned for a while, 'k? You guys had your turn, now the US is giving it a go. Sheesh.
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  • Reply 35 of 36
    drewpropsdrewprops Posts: 2,321member
    Clan Donnachaidh here (meaning I'm a Scot), but I'll celebrate St. Patrick's Day with my Irish brethreen any old day! It was a hoot hanging out in ATL's "Highland" area tonight...drinking Guinness and running into people I know.



    Very nice. Even made it home in time to eat some Krystal burgers!



    D
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  • Reply 36 of 36
    Quote:

    Originally posted by drewprops

    Clan Donnachaidh here (meaning I'm a Scot), but I'll celebrate St. Patrick's Day with my Irish brethreen any old day! It was a hoot hanging out in ATL's "Highland" area tonight...drinking Guinness and running into people I know.



    Very nice. Even made it home in time to eat some Krystal burgers!



    D




    Ooh, did you go to the Limerick Junction ST Patty's block party this year in the Highlands? That's my local pub back home, always have great music. Ossian Gillebert and Chris Ricker are great. I wish I could have been there this year, but I'm flying back to ATL next week, so I'll drop by and see Gordon and Brian and Audrey
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