New 'Fun' thread

[Anhelyna]

Watch it you

 

[Anhelyna]

 

[Anhelyna]

 

[ArmyMatt]

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and everyone who isn't Irish gets to pretend they are for a day, avoid Church, and hook up with people you met at the pub.

I dunno whether to laugh or cry at this one.

 

[Anhelyna]

You know - it always amazes me that Americans make a far bigger 'thing' of St Patrick's day than the Irish in Ireland.

Yes they had a parade in Dublin this afternoon - and I'll bet that other places in Ireland did too but why the craze for the attempts at Irish food ?

 

[ArmyMatt]

You know - it always amazes me that Americans make a far bigger 'thing' of St Patrick's day than the Irish in Ireland.

Yes they had a parade in Dublin this afternoon - and I'll bet that other places in Ireland did too but why the craze for the attempts at Irish food ?

any excuse to get drunk and have sex.

 

[Andrei D]

why the craze for the attempts at Irish food ?

It's really, definitely, unequivocally not the food, though.

 

[RobNJ]

Yes they had a parade in Dublin this afternoon - and I'll bet that other places in Ireland did too but why the craze for the attempts at Irish food ?

It's an American tradition,,, All holidays are accompanied by excessive eating.. If it's an ethnic themed holiday... excessive eating of that ethnicities cuisine (real, or Americanized ). Then again, I'm just down the road a ways, from a town where it's more Irish year round, than most places on St. Pat's day! I can walk into some of the local shops, be the only one that doesn't sound like I came from the set of "BallyK". of "The Quiet Man"!

 

[MariaJLM]

It's an American tradition,,, All holidays are accompanied by excessive eating.. If it's an ethnic themed holiday... excessive eating of that ethnicities cuisine (real, or Americanized ). Then again, I'm just down the road a ways, from a town where it's more Irish year round, than most places on St. Pat's day! I can walk into some of the local shops, be the only one that doesn't sound like I came from the set of "BallyK". of "The Quiet Man"!

Food is the American way. Recently somebody my mum knows was in the US and brought back a bunch of junk food. She gave some to us and my mum was like "if there's one thing America can do right then it's junk food."

 

[Paidiske]

I think also - I don't know about America, but certainly here in Australia - the Irish have a history of being a despised underclass. (You don't have to go that far back in history to find job advertisements saying blatantly "Irish need not apply.") I suspect that part of the fuss about St. Patrick's day is thus tied in to a sense of Irish pride against an "English" majority.

It doesn't excuse the drunkenness and cheap sex, but for people I know here of Irish descent, it's still a day to celebrate that their culture isn't worthless or inferior.

 

[ArmyMatt]

I think also - I don't know about America, but certainly here in Australia - the Irish have a history of being a despised underclass. (You don't have to go that far back in history to find job advertisements saying blatantly "Irish need not apply.") I suspect that part of the fuss about St. Patrick's day is thus tied in to a sense of Irish pride against an "English" majority.

It doesn't excuse the drunkenness and cheap sex, but for people I know here of Irish descent, it's still a day to celebrate that their culture isn't worthless or inferior.

they used to get that here in the States. the issue for me is that St Patrick's Day here isn't as much about Irish culture, as it is for non-Irish folks to get drunk on cheap green beer and hook up.

 

[Paidiske]

Oh, yeah, there's nothing worth celebrating in that!

 

[RobNJ]

they used to get that here in the States. the issue for me is that St Patrick's Day here isn't as much about Irish culture, as it is for non-Irish folks to get drunk on cheap green beer and hook up.

On the plus side,, There ARE green bagels!!!

 

[ArmyMatt]

Oh, yeah, there's nothing worth celebrating in that!

nope, it's usually not even good beer or even Irish beer.

 

[ArmyMatt]

On the plus side,, There ARE green bagels!!!

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wonderful

 

[Anhelyna]

On the plus side,, There ARE green bagels!!!

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OH YEUCH

 

[Anhelyna]

 

[~Anastasia~]

On the plus side,, There ARE green bagels!!!

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Maybe that's what they had at Church on Sunday. We thought they were green doughnuts for the children.

 

[ArmyMatt]

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ugh, and you talk about me.

but I guess those two might come with a side fried....

 

[Anhelyna]

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