View Full Version : Saint Patrick's day is Sunday March 17th
geetrue
03-14-13, 11:00 AM
Saint Patrick's day is this sunday ...
don't foreget to turn back your clocks one hour if you go out drinking
just kidding :D
Me father's father was born an irishman in Ireland
Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March.
It is named after Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461)
Herr-Berbunch
03-14-13, 11:04 AM
To be sure.
So tired of the Irish "always drinking and fighting" stereotypes :(
As soon as I finish this beer, I'm going to hit someone.
I can joke, very proud of both my Irish and my German roots.
They should make St. Patricks day a permanent Saturday night "holiday".
Herr-Berbunch
03-14-13, 11:10 AM
I can joke, very proud of both my Irish and my German roots.
If we're talking stereotypes - how can you joke with German roots? :hmmm:
I too have Irish roots, my mum was born in Cork but adopted and brought up in Blighty. This made it much more difficult for me to join the RAF. :/\\!!
geetrue
03-14-13, 11:17 AM
I didn't know this, plus it's even in Russia, Japan and South Korean:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day
Montserrat
The tiny island of Montserrat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat), known as "Emerald Island of the Caribbean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea)" because of its founding by Irish refugees from Saint Kitts and Nevis, is the only place in the world apart from Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador where St Patrick's Day is a public holiday. The holiday also commemorates a failed slave uprising that occurred on 17 March 1768
Jimbuna
03-14-13, 11:50 AM
This made it much more difficult for me to join the RAF. :/\\!!
Well they almost got that one right :)
Tribesman
03-14-13, 11:54 AM
This made it much more difficult for me to join the RAF.
How so?
The British services are full of us Micks.
Unless of course your mum was one of those "peoples republic of Cork" types.
Herr-Berbunch
03-14-13, 12:09 PM
To get the required security clearance the background of anyone with family from both parts of Ireland gets delved into much deeper making it take a lot longer than other peoples' applications.
The forces have quite a few Micks, mostly from Norn Iron. I only ever met maybe a handful from the ROI - their planning for trips home on leave was never quick and easy, I always felt sorry for them for that.
Maybe this "holiday" should be banned. After all according to the National Transportation Safety Board over 700 people were killed nationwide in crashes involving a drunk driver during St. Patrick’s Day holidays from 2006 to 2010.
http://www.morrisbart.com/news/car-accidents/drunk-driving-accidents-on-st-patrick-s-day
Do we really need to celebrate this every year?
Sailor Steve
03-14-13, 12:28 PM
Well, we tried banning drinking altogether once. Look where that got us.
Saint Patrick's Day or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March.
It is named after Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461)
Hmm. And here I always though Saint Patrick's day was named for Saint Bernard.
Well, we tried banning drinking altogether once. Look where that got us.
I didn't say ban drinking, just a holiday that celebrates getting drunk.
Sailor Steve
03-14-13, 12:41 PM
I didn't say ban drinking, just a holiday that celebrates getting drunk.
I know what you said. Saint Patrick's day isn't a legal holiday. What exactly would you ban? Drinking on Saint Patrick's day? Celebrating the feast of one particular saint because of the way some people act?
How would you go about banning it without facing accusations of being anti-Irish? You seem serious about it, so please explain.
I know what you said.
Then why do you imply this is a ban of drinking?
Saint Patrick's day isn't a legal holiday. What exactly would you ban? Drinking on Saint Patrick's day? Celebrating the feast of one particular saint because of the way some people act?
How would you go about banning it without facing accusations of being anti-Irish? You seem serious about it, so please explain.
Maybe we should let the victims of all those drunk driving accidents explain it. Oh wait, that's right they can't explain anything because they're dead just like even more will be killed this Sunday.
As for being serious on an internet forum that's all relative. I'd be happy if bars were just prevented from advertizing it. I think if it weren't for the hype the body count would be much lower. Ditto with New Years celebration (the number one killer social event).
Sailor Steve
03-14-13, 01:15 PM
Then why do you imply this is a ban of drinking?
Because banning a holiday that celebrates drinking is no different than banning drinking for a day. The one is as sensible - or as senseless - as the other.
Maybe we should let the victims of all those drunk driving accidents explain it. Oh wait, that's right they can't explain anything because they're dead just like even more will be killed this Sunday.
How is that any different from drunk driving accidents on any other day? Driving while drunk is already illegal. Read your gun control arguments.
As for being serious on an internet forum that's all relative. I'd be happy if bars were just prevented from advertizing it. I think if it weren't for the hype the body count would be much lower. Ditto with New Years celebration (the number one killer social event).
Would you be happy with banning all bar advertizing at all? Exactly how selective do you want to be? Perhaps drinking should be banned next on Friday and Saturday nights.
Because banning a holiday that celebrates drinking is no different than banning drinking for a day. The one is as sensible - or as senseless - as the other.
That's a cop out. You might as well claim that I advocate executing drinkers.
How is that any different from drunk driving accidents on any other day?Numbers for one. Bring the percentage of drunk driving accidents down to what it is on any other day and I'd be happy.
Driving while drunk is already illegal. Read your gun control arguments.And yet there is a sizable percentage of this country willing to shred the constitution in the hope that it saves far less lives.
Would you be happy with banning all bar advertizing at all? Exactly how selective do you want to be? Perhaps drinking should be banned next on Friday and Saturday nights.I'd be happy with just the advertizing. Again you try and redefine my position. Maybe you'd be happier if we just removed all drinking restrictions completely?
Tchocky
03-14-13, 01:47 PM
Unless of course your mum was one of those "peoples republic of Cork" types.
Oh God.
Anything but one of those.
Sailor Steve
03-14-13, 01:53 PM
That's a cop out. You might as well claim that I advocate executing drinkers.
Actually I was going to suggest that. Not drinkers, but drunk drivers.
But no, it's not a cop out. Bannng one day is no different than banning another, if it's for the same reason.
Numbers for one. Bring the percentage of drunk driving accidents down to what it is on any other day and I'd be happy.
But why make the distinction? Is it good to prevent a thousand deaths but less good to prevent a hundred?
And yet there is a sizable percentage of this country willing to shred the constitution in the hope that it saves far less lives.
That's true, but the point was that you're making the same arguments here that you (and I) condemn there.
I'd be happy with just the advertizing. Again you try and redefine my position.
No, I'm just pointing out the selectivity of your argument. I did combine two thoughts into one argument. I apologize for making it complicated. So we should ban all advertising of alcohol, or just all advertising for bars. Either way, do you think that would make a difference?
Maybe you'd be happier if we just removed all drinking restrictions completely?
What restrictions are there now? It's already illegal to drink and drive, as it should be. I just find your desire to ban a holiday that doesn't even exist to be absurd.
Platapus
03-14-13, 05:26 PM
When I was in IEMT school, we used to fight in order to pull duty on St Patrick's day. We used to call it "Amateur Night"
Always good for a few motor vehicle accidents - good for field IVs and Intubations.
Throw in some knife wounds "I love the sound of a sucking chest wound in the evening"
A bunch of ghouls we were. But we had to log in so many field procedures. :yep:
St. Patricks day ranked higher then new years eve.
So drink up, there are EMT students that need the field calls. :up:
Just don't take an innocent smarter person with you. Please.
Takeda Shingen
03-14-13, 05:43 PM
We're going to fight about St. Patrick's Day? Looks like we'll fight about anything around here.
In before "poor snakes".
Tchocky
03-14-13, 05:45 PM
To be sure.
Said nobody in Ireland, ever :woot:
Just don't take an innocent smarter person with you. Please.
That's the problem. I could care less for the drunk themselves.
The point I'm getting at is St. Paddies day is promoted by the bar industry to lure people to their establishments which causes more people to drive drunk and more people to die.
You stop promoting bad behavior and it usually decreases. Seems to work with cigarettes. I see no reason it couldn't work with bars as well.
Platapus
03-14-13, 06:12 PM
That's the problem. I could care less for the drunk themselves.
I believe the actual phrase is "I couldn't care less"
If you could care less than it has some importance.
(in before Steve) :D
BTW, I agree with you.
Looks like we'll fight about anything around here.
Pretty much. :shifty:
Platapus
03-14-13, 06:42 PM
Looks like we'll fight about anything around here.
No we won't. You are wrong and that's just it.
:D
Tribesman
03-14-13, 06:43 PM
The point I'm getting at is St. Paddies day is promoted by the bar industry to lure people to their establishments which causes more people to drive drunk and more people to die.
The soluion is simple, have more pubs so that people only have to walk down the street to find a decent bar.
Either that or have a better public transport system.
Stop drink drivers, remove the car culture.:D
Cybermat47
03-14-13, 06:43 PM
Saint Bernard.
Isn't he the saint of self destructing U-boats?
Madox58
03-14-13, 06:46 PM
Looks like we'll fight about anything around here.
On behalf of the 'poor snakes'?
Those are fighting words!
:stare:
:o
Hey! I got a wheel thingy over there!
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Takeda Shingen
03-14-13, 06:53 PM
Hey! I got a wheel thingy over there!
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Yerp. That's the Legacy Badge. Something to do with some mod you worked on back in the day.
Madox58
03-14-13, 06:57 PM
Yerp. That's the Legacy Badge. Something to do with some mod you worked on back in the day.
OK.
:hmmm:
So screw the snakes. Who do I fight over that?
:haha:
Isn't he the saint of self destructing U-boats?
:har::haha::rotfl2:
Sailor Steve
03-14-13, 09:54 PM
:o
Hey! I got a wheel thingy over there!
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Click on him. He'll tell you who he is and why he's there. :sunny:
Mork_417
03-15-13, 03:46 AM
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Bottoms Up!
BossMark
03-15-13, 04:51 AM
Two Irishmen hired an open cockpit aeroplane to fly over Dublin on St Patrick's Day.
As they were winging their way through the air, O'Toole turned to his friend, Murphy and said, 'Murphy, I'm going to fly upside down.'
'Begorrah, O'Toole', shouted Murphy,' don't do that, we'll fall out.'
'No we won't,' responded O'Toole, 'I'll still talk to you.'
Jimbuna
03-15-13, 05:37 AM
:o
Hey! I got a wheel thingy over there!
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You and me both :up:
:cool:
geetrue
03-15-13, 02:07 PM
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Bottoms Up!
Looks good enough to drink ... how much would a beer cost or do they say a "pint of beer" all over the world?
How much will a night out on the town cost per person?
example in the USA for a movie night it would be $7.50 for per ticket and another $7.00 or so for popcorn and $4.50 for a drink = $20.00 per person plus transportation to and from the theater.
How much for ya'll?
Jimbuna
03-15-13, 02:13 PM
Using your criteria I'd say about £20.....$30
Tribesman
03-17-13, 09:53 AM
Time for the pub:Kaleun_Cheers:
swamprat69er
03-17-13, 11:21 AM
20 years ago a night out drinking including supper would cost me upwards of $200.oo:Kaleun_Cheers:
I have not been out drinking in 20 years. :D But I am due.
My grandfathers' father came from Ireland. I am proud of my Irish roots.
Herr-Berbunch
03-17-13, 11:34 AM
I'm out for a curry tonight for the wife's birthday, I shall enjoy a great British pint of Guinness to say a secular cheers to a great British person, St. Patrick.
;)
nikimcbee
03-17-13, 12:01 PM
http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/drunk%20irish.jpg
Jimbuna
03-17-13, 03:04 PM
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Went and got primal, corn beef briskette in a cast iron kettle with onion, turnips, greens, and collards over a open fire it was yummy..
Tribesman
03-17-13, 05:56 PM
What a day.
Plus a Galway team won the club final.:woot:
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/2013/0317/377120-st-thomass-v-kilcormac-killoughey/
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6353/57710159891916680427619.jpg
Red October1984
03-17-13, 07:37 PM
Never enough Corned Beef to go around....
Man that's the best stuff..... :woot:
nikimcbee
03-18-13, 12:03 AM
McBee's had bangers and mash.:woot:
Tribesman
03-18-13, 01:57 AM
Never enough Corned Beef to go around....
Man that's the best stuff..... :woot:
Its an american thing.
swamprat69er
03-18-13, 09:02 PM
Chicken soup for supper and Irish coffee across the road.
Red October1984
03-18-13, 09:13 PM
Its an american thing.
I don't care. It's good stuff.... :yep:
Sailor Steve
03-18-13, 11:11 PM
I don't care. It's good stuff.... :yep:
No it's not. It's awful stuff.
On the other hand I can't drink either, so my opinion is probably not the best...
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6353/57710159891916680427619.jpg
All your St. Patricks day are belong to us now. :yep:
Irish Rashers, sausages, white and black pudding made into a sandwich of toast, with the butter melting and running down your elbows, forming a glistening pool on the table washed down by a hot cup of char.............
.......now that's good stuff!
no hangovers here!
Irish Rashers, sausages, white and black pudding made into a sandwich of toast, with the butter melting and running down your elbows, forming a glistening pool on the table washed down by a hot cup of char.............
.......now that's good stuff!
no hangovers here!
What kind of pudding? Vanilla swirl?
Sailor Steve
03-19-13, 04:00 PM
Sunday is always Pizza Day for me, so I guess it's no surprise that I had pizza and Dr Pepper.
All your St. Patricks day are belong to us now. :yep:
:rotfl2: :rock:
Jimbuna
03-19-13, 05:07 PM
All your St. Patricks day are belong to us now. :yep:
LOL http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_9_4.gif
geetrue
03-19-13, 07:19 PM
Sunday is always Pizza Day for me, so I guess it's no surprise that I had pizza and Dr Pepper.
:rotfl2: :rock:
I love Dr Pepper ... that's what I call Homeland Security cause they have 23 agencies and Dr Pepper has 28 flavors
@ August:
White pudding is a type of savoury sausage made from god knows what part of the pig, but tastes good. Black pudding is similar but with congealed blood to make it black. The manufacture of these products would remind you of some of the scenes from 'The Walking Dead III. Yum yum.
Tribesman
03-20-13, 05:52 AM
The manufacture of these products would remind you of some of the scenes from 'The Walking Dead III. Yum yum.
Collecting the blood and cleaning the "skins" for the pudding are the two worst jobs when killing the pig.
Though giving the kids those jobs does cure them of any squeamishness they might have.
Herr-Berbunch
03-20-13, 06:15 AM
The manufacture of these products would remind you of some of the scenes from 'The Walking Dead III. Yum yum.
I'm finding it a bit boring, the third series. But I'll stick with it. :D
Betonov
03-20-13, 07:07 AM
Collecting the blood and cleaning the "skins" for the pudding are the two worst jobs when killing the pig.
Though giving the kids those jobs does cure them of any squeamishness they might have.
I had to do that when I was 5. And then help make sausages. Eating them was the worst part. Not because I saw them being made but they were driping with fat and either bland or too much garlic :down:
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