Saint Patrick's day is Sunday March 17th
 

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

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".

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. :/\\!!

I didn't know this, plus it's even in Russia, Japan and South Korean:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day

Well they almost got that one right :)

How so?
The British services are full of us Micks.
Unless of course your mum was one of those "peoples republic of Cork" types.

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-a...-patrick-s-day

Do we really need to celebrate this every year?

Well, we tried banning drinking altogether once. Look where that got us.

Hmm. And here I always though Saint Patrick's day was named for Saint Bernard.

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.

Then why do you imply this is a ban of drinking?

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).

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.

How is that any different from drunk driving accidents on any other day? Driving while drunk is already illegal. Read your gun control arguments.

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.

That's a cop out. You might as well claim that I advocate executing drinkers.

Numbers for one. Bring the percentage of drunk driving accidents down to what it is on any other day and I'd be happy.

And yet there is a sizable percentage of this country willing to shred the constitution in the hope that it saves far less lives.

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?

Oh God.

Anything but one of those.

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.

But why make the distinction? Is it good to prevent a thousand deaths but less good to prevent a hundred?

That's true, but the point was that you're making the same arguments here that you (and I) condemn there.

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?

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.

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.

We're going to fight about St. Patrick's Day? Looks like we'll fight about anything around here.

In before "poor snakes".