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- frontaxle, on 03/18/2009, -1/+12My goodness, my Guinness!
- arbysrocks, on 03/18/2009, -0/+8don't be mad because you don't have any friends
- Skootles, on 03/18/2009, -0/+7"Around 34 million modern Americans claim Irish ancestry."
On St.Partick's day, everyone is Irish. - mykool, on 03/17/2009, -4/+10 FTA - 2. As a boy of 14 he was captured and taken to Ireland where he spent six years in slavery herding sheep. He returned to Ireland in his 30s as a missionary among the Celtic pagans.
does not compute, malfunction, malfunction, does not compute, beep beep, sputter crack hiss crash. - inactive, on 03/18/2009, -0/+6Who ***** cares? Like all holidays, it's just an excuse to let loose and have some fun. So the party has an Irish theme but has little connection to Irish history? So what? Kick back a few pints of Guinness and enjoy yourself. Life's too ***** short to be such a tight-ass.
- TruthKid, on 03/18/2009, -0/+53. Legend has it that he used the native shamrock as a symbol of the holy trinity when preaching and brought the Latin alphabet to Ireland.
The four leaf shamrock would then mean father, son, holy ghost, and...beer? - mkmega, on 03/18/2009, -0/+5I'm going to drink 5 beers in celebration - If I drank 6 then I'd be an alcoholic and that's no good!
- disrupter, on 03/18/2009, -1/+5Sorry but this post needs more *****.
- bmcnally, on 03/18/2009, -0/+3Actually, when Christianity was brought to Ireland, the country became a lot more peaceful.
- cnot3, on 03/18/2009, -0/+3you're only an alcoholic if you go to meetings (and even then, they generally have more than six)
- plainOldFool, on 03/18/2009, -0/+3A Lovely Day for a Guinness
- Gr00ver, on 03/18/2009, -0/+3FTA: "5. Wearing green, eating green food and even drinking green beer, is said to commemorate St Patrick's use of the shamrock - although blue was the original colour of his vestments."
Blue? Well that just screws everything up. - inactive, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Or six.
- Yage2006, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Here is a fact. telegraph.co.uk articles are being dugg by the same 300 or so people.
/Buried - kaoitik, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2(.Y.)
- swgc5, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2Dugg for Newfoundland!
- ligyron, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2(. Y .)
- FriendlySoviet, on 03/18/2009, -1/+3They were Catholics in a prodominently Protestant nation, you *****. Of course there's going to be some bad blood between the two groups of people.
- FriendlySoviet, on 03/18/2009, -0/+2I'm sorry, what doesn't compute? Not trying to be mean, but I read that over and over and it's perfectly clear to me. Unless you're pointing out that the author forgot to put what Patrick did during his 20s.
- wsuBobby, on 03/18/2009, -1/+2That toast is awesome. I'm using that one.
- 1160Smith, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1I totally agree with you. When I was growing up we used it as a day to celebrate our heritage. Now it's just some day where everyone just uses it as an excuse to get drunk.
- thelostviking22, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1yes!
- GavinZac, on 03/18/2009, -1/+211: Here in Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, (like the other 'holiday' we invented, Halloween) wasn't a big deal until American comericalisation caught hold of it. The globalisation of western culture has meant that Ireland has actually re-imported these 'celebrations', stupid green beer and all.
- thelostviking22, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1don't they all?
- Philbert, on 03/18/2009, -2/+3Wearing green was outlawed by England at one point in Ireland, so wearing it on St. Patrick's Day is kind of "stickin' it to the man"
- remyz16, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1Here's you and here's to me, friends forever we may be, but if by chance we cease to be, ***** YOU! Here's to me!
- FriendlySoviet, on 03/19/2009, -0/+1Well, obviously the Americans at that time did.
- InfinitySnatch, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1What happens if a dude pinches you on St. Patrick's Day because you aren't wearing green, but it turns out your name is actually Patrick? Would it not be lawful to escalate the situation and take advantage of your absolute immunity by assaulting him? Because that's what happened today.
- maverickapollo, on 03/18/2009, -1/+2Who cares what excuses paddy needs for a drink.
- GavinZac, on 03/18/2009, -1/+2Don't be stupid.
- InfinitySnatch, on 03/18/2009, -0/+110. Dublin has a parade that attracts hundreds of thousands of people, while in Chicago the river is dyed green for a few hours.
Here in Lafayette, Indiana the river is always green. - necromancer, on 03/18/2009, -2/+2He brought Christianity to Ireland... that is not a fact that should be celebrated.
- TruthKid, on 03/18/2009, -3/+2Not sure why he's being digged down, you don't see me celebrating black history month...
- inactive, on 03/18/2009, -3/+2What the ***** did everyone use to have against the Irish? I swear, I don't get it. How on Earth could anyone be prejudiced against Irish people? Well, except the ***** British, I guess, but still, it doesn't make a lick of sense to me.
- boozedrinker, on 03/18/2009, -3/+1I DONT GIVE A ***** JUST GIVE ME BOOZE THANKS
- Lothok, on 03/18/2009, -2/+0Glad you can't even see the stupid shamrock in the Guinness in that video. Thanks for the luck, barkeep!
- Gizza, on 03/18/2009, -5/+2I've never quite understood why they celebrate this guy. He bought Christianity to Ireland, which has pretty much done nothing but create conflict, division and wars ever since. It's almost like Germany celebrating Hitler day or something.
- Testies, on 03/18/2009, -5/+2It needs to be a day off of work to be a real holiday.
C'mon, drinking like this on Tuesday night? Fitting for the Irish, all bums with no job to go to Wednesday morning....
(yeah, I'm jealous) - CJ117, on 03/18/2009, -4/+1If they added four more leaves to that shamrock, it would be a holiday worth celebrating.. but then again the real holiday is only a month and 3 days away, so...
- inactive, on 03/18/2009, -4/+1Hey, you know what, ***** you, you *****. It's still ***** dumb as hell. I know, I know, psychology, in-group/out-group, yadda yadda yadda, but you know what? People's people. Who gives a ***** about the details?
- inactive, on 03/18/2009, -8/+1***** St. Patrick's Day. A bunch of tools wearing green shirts and drinking Guinness and Jameson for one day out of the year and acting like it's some ***** event. Bunch of ***** phonies.
- williepepper, on 03/18/2009, -10/+1Here's one:
O'Bama's rolling in green, having printed two fresh trillion dollars to spend!!
Woo hoo!
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