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Will You Celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

Wake said:
It's not something I typically celebrate. The most exciting part has probably been a feast with green baking goods. People drink; puking up green beer is definitely not a highlight I plan to have. Mom and the family will be baking/selling some goods; green cream-chees sugar cookies with green homemade frosting sounds awesome, with some black coffee. Oh yeah, it's also the day I wonder what Irish food tastes like.
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I dunno about Irish food; Scottish food isn't fit to feed pigs. (This I know from personal experience.)

But they do dye the river green here. (Or it could be algae.) It is so much fun. Cleveland has almost every nationality here and each one has its neighborhoods, churches, flower gardens, festivals, music, art, etc.

It's a fabulous, exciting city.
 
I'm "celebrating" by running the Celtic 5K road race in Worcester, MA this coming Sunday. Should be about 2,000 people running it with me. One of these year's I'm going to run all 3 of the local St. Patrick's Day road races. The other ones are in Providence, RI and Pawtucket, RI.
 
Cephus said:
Nope, don't celebrate any of these ridiculous minor made-up holidays. No point in it.
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Celebrating is for happy people, Cephus. No one is surprised you don't.
 
Tigger said:
I'm "celebrating" by running the Celtic 5K road race in Worcester, MA this coming Sunday. Should be about 2,000 people running it with me. One of these year's I'm going to run all 3 of the local St. Patrick's Day road races. The other ones are in Providence, RI and Pawtucket, RI.
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That's impressive! Good luck!
 
poweRob said:
I'd bet my bottom dollar that vast majority of people do not have a clue as to what Cinco de Mayo is celebrating. lol
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Americans? It's corona light day,

In Mexico, they are like "Que?" unless they are in the oaxacan province, where the date celebrates victory of a battle.




as far as beor ghlas? on Lá 'le Pádraig? It's not irish, and you tell people that you are a Póg when you drink it, I suggest asking "Pionta Guinness, le do thoil", though the douchbag bartender pouring the beor ghlas, will probably just stare at you blankley.
 
Pinkie said:
That's impressive! Good luck!
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Thanks. I'm hoping for about a 26 minute time. Never ran in one quite this big before, so it'll be an interesting event. Last year the three races were spread out over three weekends, but this year they shortened it to two (one last Saturday, and the others this coming Saturday and Sunday), so I wasn't able to do all three. Maybe next year.
 
Cephus said:
Nope, don't celebrate any of these ridiculous minor made-up holidays. No point in it.
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There's plenty of point in celebrating St. Patrick's Day. It's called beer. Any holiday that gives me an excuse to drink beer, I celebrate! It's also how I celebrate any day that ends in "y."
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
as far as beor ghlas? on Lá 'le Pádraig? It's not irish, and you tell people that you are a Póg when you drink it, I suggest asking "Pionta Guinness, le do thoil", though the douchbag bartender pouring the beor ghlas, will probably just stare at you blankley.
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The bartender won't look at me blankly where I frequent, but she might ask me why I'm having a Guinness instead of my usual Smithwick's. :lol:
 
Pinkie said:
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Celebrating is for happy people, Cephus. No one is surprised you don't.
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i had realized that he needed some happiness but he denied it in another thread
 
Tigger said:
I'm "celebrating" by running the Celtic 5K road race in Worcester, MA this coming Sunday. Should be about 2,000 people running it with me. One of these year's I'm going to run all 3 of the local St. Patrick's Day road races. The other ones are in Providence, RI and Pawtucket, RI.
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I went out to that one year because my friend was running in it. It was pretty fun.
 
Disputatious71 said:
Every year I make corn beef and cabbage, get drunk, and watch The Quiet Man !
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Which is ironic because for most people, corned beef and cabbage certainly make them (and their butts) not quiet.

:lol:
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Oh my, let me help you shorteh... With a little "swagger" say "smitticks"
.....:pimpdaddy:
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Thank you good Reverend. :) My face is saved when the need arises to order that tasty beverage. :)
 
Dragonfly said:
No. I'm not Irish. I won't pretend to be Irish just for one day. Beer should NOT be green. I don't need some fake excuse to drink. By the end of the day I'm almost ready to punch the next person that asks me why I'm not wearing green.
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A lot of us Irish Americans refuse to wear or color the beer green, or rather, don't think of it.
 
Fiddytree said:
A lot of us Irish Americans refuse to wear or color the beer green, or rather, don't think of it.
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We have corned beef and cabbage, but that has more to do with my ancestors not having irish bacon on the lower east side and russian jews showing them how to make corned beef.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Depends on how late in the night it gets. :prof:1
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Actually, it depends more on the regional accent you're used to. You can actually get a general idea what part of Ireland a person is from by the way they pronounce it. And if they pronounce the W, they're probably Americans using a lucky charms accent.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
We have corned beef and cabbage, but that has more to do with my ancestors not having irish bacon on the lower east side and russian jews showing them how to make corned beef.
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We used to have boiled bacon and potatoes when I was a kid, but now I usually just eat a bag of cheese and onion taytos at the pub.
 
Tucker Case said:
Actually, it depends more on the regional accent you're used to. You can actually get a general idea what part of Ireland a person is from by the way they pronounce it. And if they pronounce the W, they're probably Americans using a lucky charms accent.
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This is true also class structure..... But here in the states you usually here snookie ordering a "smith wicks".
 
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