Thoughts on Saint Patrick's Day

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As you celebrate this weekend, consider the following:

Take a moment to remember the significant cultural contributions the Irish people have made to the world. Then consider that culinary achievements are not among those contributions.* Those with whom you share a bathroom will be thankful you passed on the corned beef and cabbage.

There are few superior proof to the existence of God and that He has a sense of humor than the fact that the celebratory feast of the Irish nation, a nation known for its indulgence, occurs during Lent.

Raise a glass to absent friends, and be safe everyone.

Slainte.

*an exception is made for boxty. Boxty is the bomb diggity.
 
Thinking isn't usually done on Saint Patrick's day. The word you're looking for is drinking. There's a subtle but important difference.
 
That's why it is important to get it out now, before 5 the Friday before.
 
The only significant thinking at this stage of the game is where you're going to be doing the drinking.
 
Refusing to wish someone a Merry Christmas is no joking matter. We didn't invite the Irish over to overshadow Christmas with their deviant cultural "holidays".
 
Irish Soda Bread is best Soda Bread. That aside, it would do the Emerald Isle a great disservice to ignore the the beauty of her music. That, and you can't blame Ireland for poor gastronomy when you consider her immediate neighbors.

west india man said:

Link to video.
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That song is awesome no matter who sings it:
Spoiler :

The Wolfe Tones (My Personal Favorite)

Paddy Reilly (Later went on to replace The late Luke Kelly as the lead singer for the Dubliners, though the band itself never recorded the song to my knowledge)

Random Youtuber who seriously needs to find an agent! (That voice!)
 
Corned beef and cabbage isn't a thing... I've never had it in my life. Boiled bacon and cabbage would be the closest thing to it.

As it is a long weekend here I have gone away to Dingle for the weekend. It is a nice small fishing village in the south west.

If people do want a reason to start drinking early I suggest cheering on Ireland against France at five - we are going for the six nations championship.
 
Two things living in Manhattan taught me was to be no where near Times Square on St Paddy's Day and New Year's Eve. That it was wise to even completely avoid the subway after 4 pm unless you enjoy the smell of puke. But you had to watch where you were walking no matter where you were.

It was also a day when an extreme amount of hostility was shown towards the British government. That in some of the Irish pubs toasts were openly made to IRA terrorists, some of whom were even in attendance.
 
What are all those cops and firemen going to do instead?

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Good grief. Isn't it a terrible indictment of human nature that we need someone to keep us in order?

Or beat us over the head until we're sick of it.
 
I have to come out with this. To me it is not a day for celebration. It is a day for mourning.
 
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