Reply to: Happy St Patrick's Day

[Flashman]

Not so much a Saints Day as a Guinness marketing event. Cheers!

[Ticktock]

I'd prefer a National Father Ted day instead.

Careful now. Down with this sort of thing.

[Cliphead]

Paddy's day in Ireland isn't the big p!ss up everyone thinks it is.

You've never been in Donegal?

[norrahe]

Make it so.

I'd prefer a National Father Ted day instead.

[Ticktock]

They could make it a geek celebration here, and have happy Patrick Stewart day instead ????

Make it so.

[MicrosoftBob]

It's a non-event in the UK compared to Australia, US or Canada (probably others too, but those are 3 I've been when the day rolls around).

Of course, in those 3 cases, it's not so much the Irish celebrating, it's a mixture of someone who has a great-great-great-grandfather whose half-brother's uncle was Irish, thus making him/her full-Irish and then the general populace getting pissed, encouraged by the local bars who see another cash jackpot.

They could make it a geek celebration here, and have happy Patrick Stewart day instead ????

[darmstadt]

I'm at ClientCo. No drinking obviously so am listening to The Pogues as the next best thing.

Shane Macgowan, born near Tunbridge Wells, went to Westminster School. The Nipple Erectors was his best band...

[norrahe]

It's a non-event in the UK compared to Australia, US or Canada (probably others too, but those are 3 I've been when the day rolls around).

Of course, in those 3 cases, it's not so much the Irish celebrating, it's a mixture of someone who has a great-great-great-grandfather whose half-brother's uncle was Irish, thus making him/her full-Irish and then the general populace getting pissed, encouraged by the local bars who see another cash jackpot.

I used to enjoy getting "Oirish" Americans whose great-great-great-great-great etc... was Irish to admit that when it boiled down it it they were actually American.

I will be celebrating tastefully of course, with black velvet cocktails and home cured spare ribs with calli.

Local bagel place also made me my own special Shamrock bagel , though I do menu development and taste testing for them.

[Grasser73]

I'm at ClientCo. No drinking obviously so am listening to The Pogues as the next best thing.

[Ticktock]

Wakes aren't as common now, thankfully.

I hated Paddy's day in the UK, it was yet another excuse for the Brits to get p!ssed.

Paddy's day in Ireland isn't the big p!ss up everyone thinks it is.

It's a non-event in the UK compared to Australia, US or Canada (probably others too, but those are 3 I've been when the day rolls around).

Of course, in those 3 cases, it's not so much the Irish celebrating, it's a mixture of someone who has a great-great-great-grandfather whose half-brother's uncle was Irish, thus making him/her full-Irish and then the general populace getting pissed, encouraged by the local bars who see another cash jackpot.

[norrahe]

As in before the funeral so everyone can see Gran laid out in the parlour?

Pretty common that tbh

As to why they drink all day - well it's just an excuse!

Wakes aren't as common now, thankfully.

I hated Paddy's day in the UK, it was yet another excuse for the Brits to get p!ssed.

Paddy's day in Ireland isn't the big p!ss up everyone thinks it is.

[SimonMac]

As in before the funeral so everyone can see Gran laid out in the parlour?

Pretty common that tbh

As to why they drink all day - well it's just an excuse!

I know its common, just will never get used to it

[original PM]

Still freaks me out when the coffin is brought "home"

As in before the funeral so everyone can see Gran laid out in the parlour?

Pretty common that tbh

As to why they drink all day - well it's just an excuse!

[SimonMac]

Have you never been to an Irish funeral?

Still freaks me out when the coffin is brought "home"

[DaveB]

As to why one celebrates drinking on the day of death of their patron Saint, is beyond my reach.

Have you never been to an Irish funeral?