Well, I survived another Saint Patrick's Day

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I think that can be true, for people who have the knee jerk reaction of THE IRA FUCK YEAH! and such, but I think it can be part of an identity without overwhelming the rest of you. An identity should be greater than the sum of its parts, yes?

Well, sure.  I'm not saying that it's BAD to have that as part of your identity...It's just that St Patrick's Day turns many (insert e prime crap here) otherwise intelligent people into the Irish version of NASCAR fans, which grates on the nerves as badly as listening to Texans talk about Texas.

Did you get a lot of that?
Never quite understood it...living in a giant anti-intelligence filter really isn't anything to brag about.

[Doktor Howl]

I think that can be true, for people who have the knee jerk reaction of THE IRA FUCK YEAH! and such, but I think it can be part of an identity without overwhelming the rest of you. An identity should be greater than the sum of its parts, yes?

Well, sure.  I'm not saying that it's BAD to have that as part of your identity...It's just that St Patrick's Day turns many (insert e prime crap here) otherwise intelligent people into the Irish version of NASCAR fans, which grates on the nerves as badly as listening to Texans talk about Texas.

Did you get a lot of that?
Never quite understood it...living in a giant anti-intelligence filter really isn't anything to brag about.

Couldn't get away from it.  I'll post about it in the Seguin/San Antonio write up tonight & tomorrow.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I think that can be true, for people who have the knee jerk reaction of THE IRA FUCK YEAH! and such, but I think it can be part of an identity without overwhelming the rest of you. An identity should be greater than the sum of its parts, yes?

Well, sure.  I'm not saying that it's BAD to have that as part of your identity...It's just that St Patrick's Day turns many (insert e prime crap here) otherwise intelligent people into the Irish version of NASCAR fans, which grates on the nerves as badly as listening to Texans talk about Texas.

Did you get a lot of that?
Never quite understood it...living in a giant anti-intelligence filter really isn't anything to brag about.

Couldn't get away from it.  I'll post about it in the Seguin/San Antonio write up tonight & tomorrow.

Awesome.

Dok: knows now why I'm on the internet all the time.

[Doktor Howl]

I think that can be true, for people who have the knee jerk reaction of THE IRA FUCK YEAH! and such, but I think it can be part of an identity without overwhelming the rest of you. An identity should be greater than the sum of its parts, yes?

Well, sure.  I'm not saying that it's BAD to have that as part of your identity...It's just that St Patrick's Day turns many (insert e prime crap here) otherwise intelligent people into the Irish version of NASCAR fans, which grates on the nerves as badly as listening to Texans talk about Texas.

Did you get a lot of that?
Never quite understood it...living in a giant anti-intelligence filter really isn't anything to brag about.

Couldn't get away from it.  I'll post about it in the Seguin/San Antonio write up tonight & tomorrow.

Awesome.

Dok: knows now why I'm on the internet all the time.

Oh, yeah.  If I had to live there, I'd set up a catheter and never leave the fucking computer.

[Juana]

I think that can be true, for people who have the knee jerk reaction of THE IRA FUCK YEAH! and such, but I think it can be part of an identity without overwhelming the rest of you. An identity should be greater than the sum of its parts, yes?

Well, sure.  I'm not saying that it's BAD to have that as part of your identity...It's just that St Patrick's Day turns many (insert e prime crap here) otherwise intelligent people into the Irish version of NASCAR fans, which grates on the nerves as badly as listening to Texans talk about Texas.

Ok, I'll give you that.

@garbo- i hate the knee jerk reaction too. I dont support sinn fein because if northern ireland wanted unification they would have done it by democratic means at this point. Any active ira split off units are waging a war of conquest at this point and the irish are supposed to hate conquest arent we?

I can't help but side eye people who say things like that. It's kind of useless arguing with them. Definitely. And yeah, I think the Irish are.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

I think that can be true, for people who have the knee jerk reaction of THE IRA FUCK YEAH! and such, but I think it can be part of an identity without overwhelming the rest of you. An identity should be greater than the sum of its parts, yes?

Well, sure.  I'm not saying that it's BAD to have that as part of your identity...It's just that St Patrick's Day turns many (insert e prime crap here) otherwise intelligent people into the Irish version of NASCAR fans, which grates on the nerves as badly as listening to Texans talk about Texas.

Did you get a lot of that?
Never quite understood it...living in a giant anti-intelligence filter really isn't anything to brag about.

Couldn't get away from it.  I'll post about it in the Seguin/San Antonio write up tonight & tomorrow.

Awesome.

Dok: knows now why I'm on the internet all the time.

Oh, yeah.  If I had to live there, I'd set up a catheter and never leave the fucking computer.

& 

That option actually has an allure.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I usually grin extra big buy them a drink and promptly change the subject.

Twid
almost got into a barfight once. Problem resolved with a vodka redbull for him and a jameson for me.

[Cain]

You're all a bunch of pale mongrels from Western Europe.  Who can't hold their liqour and only have a passing knowledge of personal hygiene.

Cain,
avoided Paddychnalia by working.

[Doktor Howl]

Paddychnalia

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Oh we can hold our liquor but thats by conscious choice fighting against all instinct to puke. Because that would be a waste of booze.

[Doktor Howl]

Oh we can hold our liquor but thats by conscious choice fighting against all instinct to puke. Because that would be a waste of booze.

I channeled Ireland down in the handcuffs thread.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Will check it out but i have a lot of catching up to do in that thread.

[Doktor Howl]

Will check it out but i have a lot of catching up to do in that thread.

No, seriously.  I may have angered the ghost of James Joyce.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Just saw it

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It was like playing the old video game Bump N Jump, driving into San Antonio on Saturday night, weaving all over the road to avoid the drunks who were weaving all over the road.  Let me say again that St Patrick's Day is no excuse for being Irish in public.

Interesting thing about the Irish is that they INSIST on being more Irish than, say, a Belgian would insist that he/she was Belgian.  It's almost like they have a guilty conscience because they or their ancestors bailed on Ireland (all roads lead OUT of Ireland, historically).

Hell, even their Dail (pronouced "Doyle"), ie, their parliament, has to say everything in English AND Gaelic, even though everyone in Ireland speaks English and almost nobody speaks Gaelic.  It's some form of weird search for authenticity, sort of like if the Italians suddenly decided they all needed to learn Latin, because their ancestors spoke it at some point in the past.

But the worst thing is, on one day every year, EVERYONE pretends they're Irish, and you are made to feel guilty if you aren't Irish, and especially if you don't even lie about it.

Personally, I'm Cornish.  This has precisely zero bearing on my life.  The fact that my ancestors were all pirates and/or sheep thieves 500 years ago means nothing to me, whatsoever.  I would in fact find it odd if they suddenly had a Saint Boots day, where I had to wear rubber boots, a hankerchief on my head, and a sweater vest...and then drink myself stupid on whatever it is that Cornish people drink (I suspect that would be "methanol").

This makes me wonder why being Irish is so fucking important to people of Irish descent.

I would welcome the input of any bog-hoppers who happen to be present, if they can clear this up for me.

Okay for now,
Dok

This holiday needs to come into existence NOW.