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Lá Fhéile Pádraig, [Paddy's Day]

FAQFAQ Registered User regular
edited March 2015 in Social Entropy++
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lookit this lad

and this buck

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today is the day where people like these gents and other folk all over make all your food green and piss on your footpaths in broad daylight. will any of ye be doing anything for paddys day? will ya just be shutting yourselves in doors and waiting for it to pass like those folk in the prequel to the purge 2, "the purge"? or ya gonna go to a parade and watch schools play bad tin whistle music and people inexplicably wear scottish tartan kilts for some reason.

or ya gonna sit inside and drink a nice stout while watching father ted, which is the true champions option. Anyway, enjoy yourselves could be sum craic boss

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  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    I may eat some chocolate.

  • Bé ChuilleBé Chuille Registered User regular
    I'm being a boring aul shite and staying in today. Can't be dealing with the drunk eejits in town in Galway. Can't be having that now.

  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    My bum has not even a speck of green on it, everyone.

  • WhippyWhippy Moderator, Admin Emeritus Admin Emeritus
    My wedding anniversary is March 17th so, uh, I guess we'll be doing something to celebrate that

  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    you're in galway?

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    avoiding

    every

    pub

  • Bé ChuilleBé Chuille Registered User regular
    Moved here about 2 weeks ago, got a job in uchg. In hindsight, I could have thought to mention that to you XD

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Wait, the day's almost over and I already did that.

    Congratulations, me!

  • BogeyBogey I'm back, baby! Santa Monica, CAModerator Mod Emeritus
    Kiss me, I'm Irish!

    (We're all Irish, right, @That Dave Fella? :P )

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  • FlarneFlarne Registered User regular
    I'm staying in with a fever and a coughing my ribs to pieces.

    Maybe I'll celebrate with some nice green tea.

  • FlarneFlarne Registered User regular
    Everybody's Irish except the Irish who are all Scandinavian.

    They've got a nice viking obsession going over there.

  • FAQFAQ Registered User regular
    This is the most important thing that happened in ireland this year

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDmlEyr6dhI

  • Bé ChuilleBé Chuille Registered User regular
    Flarne wrote: »
    Everybody's Irish except the Irish who are all Scandinavian.

    They've got a nice viking obsession going over there.

    Dublin does make a fair whack of money off the vikings!

  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    I guess I'll eat a potato or something.

    Also, don't be one of those weirdos that actually pinch people

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  • Darth WaiterDarth Waiter Elrond Hubbard Mordor XenuRegistered User regular
    edited March 2015
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  • Bé ChuilleBé Chuille Registered User regular
    OMG HER TSHIRT

    NEED IT

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    I watch that video often just to pick up the words and say them at work
    It works far to well

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    im watching father ted as is my wont

    god fucking bless

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Huh, I guess I'd planned for eating potatoes tonight without consciously thinking about it.

    Eating them with Swedish meatballs, though, because I went to Ikea over the weekend and picked up some cream sauce. So it's kind of like I'm replicating Medieval Irish history, only not really.

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    Going to Ireland later this year, so I will celebrate then. I say celebrate, I mean get stupid drunk.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    If anybody's interested, here's The Confession of Saint Patrick, written in his own words.

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited March 2015
    Hahaha oh man

    OnNPR today there was a story about Obama doing a st. Patrick day thing with some Irish politicians, and the journalist ended with:

    Later Obama will give a speech, where he will probably make a joke about how his last name sounds Irish. Which he...often does on st Patrick's day.

    And he sounded so annoyed at obamas lame joke, you could tell it was something that killed him a little

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I'm gonna be on a train all evening.
    If it's full of drunk Irishmen I'll probably off myself.

  • TefTef Registered User regular
    Had a few pints, some good laughs and a steak and guiness pie for dinner so I'm chalking it up as a successful paddy's day

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    I'm gonna be on a train all evening.
    If it's full of drunk Irishmen I'll probably off myself.

    You should beat them to it by being drunk first!

  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    My dad always makes corned beef and cabbage for st pat's

    probably not gonna do any drinking cos ehhhhh

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    father ted huh

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  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    I'm not leaving my apartment tonight.

    Saturday was stupid enough, no telling what idiots are going to do tonight.

    http://chicagoist.com/2015/03/15/st_paddy_wagon_17_arrested_in_bar_c.php

  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    I'm going to have friends over to play boardgames a drink a few beers, should be a nice quiet evening.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    We just had a staff photo for St Patrick's Day with everybody wearing green

    Plus one coworker who turned up today wearing orange because "I didn't have any green clothes, and orange is in the flag as well"

    I voiced concerns, but they were ignored. I just hope nobody with any knowledge of Irish history or politics reads our company's social media

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    We just had a staff photo for St Patrick's Day with everybody wearing green

    Plus one coworker who turned up today wearing orange because "I didn't have any green clothes, and orange is in the flag as well"

    I voiced concerns, but they were ignored. I just hope nobody with any knowledge of Irish history or politics reads our company's social media

    As someone who does lack knowledge of irish history and politics, could you explain this one to me?

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    orange is the color of the protestants.

  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    ie: the color of the people who historically see themselves as British and not Irish.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    Gotcha, thanks.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Liz Lemon did this in 30 Rock to demonstrate her disdain for St Patrick's Day. I was watching with an Irish friend, who visibly bristled.

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular

    I hadn't guessed that the connection between orange and protestantism existed outside of the netherlands, but in hindsight it makes perfect sense thst it does.

  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    I celebrate this day as any good protestant should. Whisky, silence and acceptance of the meaninglessness of life.

    Fuck off and die.
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular

    .....


    Hm.



    Anyway, I bought me a bottle of Guinness "Special Export"

    which I am terrified means "the shit nobody else would drink".

    It was like the only serviceable stout in the whole shop, though, from what I could tell.

    Hilariously, brewed in Belgium. For that, I dunno why they didn't just import it direct from Ireland.

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