Doing anything for St Paddy's Day?

**MikeT** · 17th-March-2011

Well,
Its that time of year again, time to bring the winter to a close and celebrate irishness.
What are you folks doing for St Paddy's Day?
Hopefully you don't take it too far and have a bit of a barney with your (male)mate.

**Bmiricle** · 17th-March-2011

As luck would have it, my current job site is the third floor of an established Irish pub here in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm remodeling it into an open-air beer garden. The first and second floors are pub/restaurants and I'll be working all day just above all the festivities.

**Marx** · 17th-March-2011

You lucky sod Bryon!
I can't say as I have any plans despite being 1/2 Irish.

**Percy** · 17th-March-2011

I was thinking of sending them congratulations for realizing their dreams of Independence from Great Britain. But Germany bought them, lock, stock and Guiness barrel before I could raise the cost of a stamp. So maybe I will send just them an email of condolence to hang on the wall next to their message of condolence to Germany when Hitler died.

St Patrick was an Englishman sent to wrest the Irish pagans from the Viking pagans. He didn't get rid of all the snakes though.

Shove St Paddy's day.

**Lady Catherine** · 17th-March-2011

I'm doing nothing except wearing some green. Now on Ostara(March 21st) I'm going to be spending the day with my husband and cook with him for a feast and have a blot and sumbel.

**Percy** · 18th-March-2011

Don't spill anything hot on his goolies, Caff.

**Zuberi** · 18th-March-2011

Beside hanging with my brethren, paying off my copy of Duke Nukem and lifting weights, nothing. The college students are buying alcohol and acting like damn fools.

**haute macabre** · 18th-March-2011

I drank three beers. That's about it.

**MikeT** · 19th-March-2011

Hey thanks for the comments folks, I just sort of wondered what you were doing for the day.

**Bmiricle** · 19th-March-2011

As Paddy's day doesn't end in one day here, the parade is today and I'll be looking for a spot on the Ceolta's float. Ought to be a good time. First I have to go in and build some forums and pour some concrete..but hey, I'm gonna ride on the float.

**conaill** · 19th-March-2011

Quote from Percy

I was thinking of sending them congratulations for realizing their dreams of Independence from Great Britain. But Germany bought them, lock, stock and Guiness barrel before I could raise the cost of a stamp. So maybe I will send just them an email of condolence to hang on the wall next to their message of condolence to Germany when Hitler died.

St Patrick was an Englishman sent to wrest the Irish pagans from the Viking pagans. He didn't get rid of all the snakes though.

Shove St Paddy's day.

A fine story,not only was saint patrick an englishman,600 years before the English called themselves so, he came to save Ireland 300 years before the Norse even arrived in Ireland, a Saint and a time traveller too boot.

**Ambiorix** · 20th-March-2011

Quote from Percy

St Patrick was an Englishman

Saint Patrick was (real) British, like the Welsh, not like the English. He would have spoken Welsh or Latin (the British were still under Roman occupation at that time).

**Percy** · 22nd-March-2011

Just to show I am not totally anti-Irish, here are some Irish people in Sydney doing the Irish thing right. Fine folk they are, to be sure to be sure.

YouTube - St Patricks Day 2011 Flashmob. Central Station, Sydney, Australia.