bakedjake
msg:3872594 | 7:13 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Curling! In a green hat, naturally. ;)
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wyweb
msg:3872721 | 9:26 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Good excuse for a parade and some artificially colored beer but what else? I didn't get the day off...
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cornwall
msg:3872733 | 9:41 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
There is a nice article in today's London Times [timesonline.co.uk] newspaper, written by an Irishman, which concludes | There have been many shameful moments in Ireland's past. But there is no more a shameful an image of the Emerald Isle than a flatbed truck on March 17 pumping out Danny Boy, populated by stout-clutching inebriates wearing foam Guinness hats and shamrock deely boppers. |
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brotherhood of LAN
msg:3872735 | 9:44 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I'm being Scottish today, as ever. Slightly jealous that our national day is nowhere near as renowned as the Irish one, to be sure.
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rj87uk
msg:3872749 | 9:55 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I went and played squash I decided today that I am going to do a 10k run for charity in 5 weeks so I'm going to drink less run more! Woo Happy St. Paddy's Day!
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arieng
msg:3872751 | 10:01 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Yeah, somehow here in the states this holiday has become a green Mardi Gras complete with beads and green flashing lights distributed by beer companies. Me? I'm with AkMac, corned beef and guiness.
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Webwork
msg:3872785 | 10:28 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Reuben for lunch. Hope Momma Murphy isn't too offended by my lack of effort to keep her March 17th traditions alive. Sorry mom, no soda bread either. ;) Wearin' my green, of course. My father, not so Irish himself, swears it's shanty Irish, not lace curtain Irish, that I come from. Whatever the faults, they ain't his doin' or so he says! :P (All horse thieves and ne'er-do-wells on his side.)
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Webwork
msg:3872791 | 10:36 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
and may your Irish relatives sneak you into heaven
a half hour before the devil knows you're dead.
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Webwork
msg:3872806 | 11:02 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
And be sure to sing, at least once before the day is done . . When Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring.
In the lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing.
When Irish hearts are happy,
All the world seems bright and gay.
And when Irish eyes are smiling,
Sure, they steal your heart away. Everybody sing . . . !
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jmccormac
msg:3872811 | 11:18 pm on Mar 17, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Mapping a lot of Irish (about 206K) .ie/com/net/org/biz/info/eu/mobi websites and categorising them. Happy Saint Patricks's Day to all. Regards...jmcc [edited by: jmccormac at 12:06 am (utc) on Mar. 18, 2009]
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lawman
msg:3872831 | 12:00 am on Mar 18, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I married a Nolan. Didn't know what I was getting in to. :)
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Fiver
msg:3872870 | 2:02 am on Mar 18, 2009 (gmt 0) |
It is a strange thing to be an invisible (lost my accent) Irishman on this day each year - I fear that nobody, least of all us countrymen, truly understand the odd phenomenon that it has become. Like I needed an excuse to drink - I'm already Irish! -Naoise
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blang
msg:3872886 | 2:41 am on Mar 18, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hey Happy St Patty's day everyone from a third gen (part) Irish-American. Someone just mentioned Guiness and I just remembered my father in-law left some in the basement. I'm off!
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arieng
msg:3872899 | 3:04 am on Mar 18, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Ooooooh. Too much corned beef.
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topr8
msg:3873095 | 10:50 am on Mar 18, 2009 (gmt 0) |
haha, st patricks day celebrations have got a lot more to do with the usa than ireland methinks!
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Essex_boy
msg:3874167 | 12:24 pm on Mar 19, 2009 (gmt 0) |
It was my birthday
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