St. Patrick's Day

Lowaicue

Lowaicue

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When you borrow a culture because you do not have one of your own, please at least TRY to get some of it right. Today is St. Patrick's Day. The diminutives for Patrick are Pat and Paddy or if you want you could use the name Padraig.
A patty is a slimy mess served in between two halves of an over sweetened bun and sold as meat by McDonalds. It is NOT a diminutive of Patrick.
Now I'm not saying you should not be allowed to say anything you like, but every time someone refers to St Patty's Day and colours beer and rivers green and thinks that long red beards and hats with buckles, somehow connect them to Ireland, they are just proving their stupidness. So if you want to appear stupid and have the Irish chuckling as they slide your hard earned American dollars into their fattening wallets, carry on.
 
Lowaicue said:
When you borrow a culture because you do not have one of your own, please at least TRY to get some of it right. Today is St. Patrick's Day. The diminutives for Patrick are Pat and Paddy or if you want you could use the name Padraig.
A patty is a slimy mess served in between two halves of an over sweetened bun and sold as meat by McDonalds. It is NOT a diminutive of Patrick.
Now I'm not saying you should not be allowed to say anything you like, but every time someone refers to St Patty's Day and colours beer and rivers green and thinks that long red beards and hats with buckles, somehow connect them to Ireland, they are just proving their stupidness. So if you want to appear stupid and have the Irish chuckling as they slide your hard earned American dollars into their fattening wallets, carry on.
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So what about a Jamaican Patty?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_patty
 
Rana said:
How about a patty cake, patty cake, bakery's man?
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I do understand some of what Low is alluding to, St, Patrick's Day was not a cause for celebration for many in the UK when the IRA were bombing the shit out of people in Northern Ireland and the mainland. I speak as an Irish Catholic (lapsed) born in England.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
I do understand some of what Low is alluding to, St, Patrick's Day was not a cause for celebration for many in the UK when the IRA were bombing the shit out of people in Northern Ireland and the mainland. I speak as an Irish Catholic (lapsed) born in England.
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It is just another excuse to drink green colored beer, consume corn beef and cabbage, and listen to bagpipes over here. I bet people don't even know the history or the mythology of any of the things tied to St. Patrick's Day.
 
Lowaicue said:
When you borrow a culture because you do not have one of your own, please at least TRY to get some of it right. Today is St. Patrick's Day. The diminutives for Patrick are Pat and Paddy or if you want you could use the name Padraig.
A patty is a slimy mess served in between two halves of an over sweetened bun and sold as meat by McDonalds. It is NOT a diminutive of Patrick.
Now I'm not saying you should not be allowed to say anything you like, but every time someone refers to St Patty's Day and colours beer and rivers green and thinks that long red beards and hats with buckles, somehow connect them to Ireland, they are just proving their stupidness. So if you want to appear stupid and have the Irish chuckling as they slide your hard earned American dollars into their fattening wallets, carry on.
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Sounds like someone was not invited to a St. Patty's Party, either that or you need to remove that stick that's stuck up your ass.
 
1) Low is a moron, but we already knew this.
2) Most Americans make no pretenses when we go out to get drunk for this holiday.
3) America is its own culture. Being younger than your birthplace culture and your expatriated, non-dom culture doesn't change this.
 
Rana said:
It is just another excuse to drink green colored beer, consume corn beef and cabbage, and listen to bagpipes over here. I bet people don't even know the history or the mythology of any of the things tied to St. Patrick's Day.
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Maybe for you. For some of us its a somber day.
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
I do understand some of what Low is alluding to, St, Patrick's Day was not a cause for celebration for many in the UK when the IRA were bombing the shit out of people in Northern Ireland and the mainland. I speak as an Irish Catholic (lapsed) born in England.
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We have always recognised St Patrick's Day. We were quite socially involved when in UK attending Rose of Tralee dinners and even ceilidhs up north (Dizzy dancing the Seige of Ennis somewhere amongst the clogs and shawls of the North West). One I remember held at Man U function room with a large footballing Irish contingent. Sir Matt was at one and I remember the great Nobby Stiles as well.
So no, I have no axe to grind for Irish politics as long as the various factions kept the Curragh open and the Guinness flowing I was quite happy.
The grinding of my axe is for the Disneyfication of all British and European culture by people so desperate for their own history that they will steal that of others and so dense as to totally misunderstand the whole thing.
 
Lowaicue said:
When you borrow a culture because you do not have one of your own, please at least TRY to get some of it right. Today is St. Patrick's Day. The diminutives for Patrick are Pat and Paddy or if you want you could use the name Padraig.
A patty is a slimy mess served in between two halves of an over sweetened bun and sold as meat by McDonalds. It is NOT a diminutive of Patrick.
Now I'm not saying you should not be allowed to say anything you like, but every time someone refers to St Patty's Day and colours beer and rivers green and thinks that long red beards and hats with buckles, somehow connect them to Ireland, they are just proving their stupidness. So if you want to appear stupid and have the Irish chuckling as they slide your hard earned American dollars into their fattening wallets, carry on.
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last i heard, padraig chased out all the snakes and drank up all of the whiskey :)
 
Lowaicue said:
We have always recognised St Patrick's Day. We were quite socially involved when in UK attending Rose of Tralee dinners and even ceilidhs up north (Dizzy dancing the Seige of Ennis somewhere amongst the clogs and shawls of the North West). One I remember held at Man U function room with a large footballing Irish contingent. Sir Matt was at one and I remember the great Nobby Stiles as well.
So no, I have no axe to grind for Irish politics as long as the various factions kept the Curragh open and the Guinness flowing I was quite happy.
The grinding of my axe is for the Disneyfication of all British and European culture by people so desperate for their own history that they will steal that of others and so dense as to totally misunderstand the whole thing.
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Outside of the Irish community I don't remember any pub or public venue celebrating the 17th March during the Troubles. In fact, if any did they would most likely get a brick through the window at the very least.
 
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Rana said:
It is just another excuse to drink green colored beer, consume corn beef and cabbage, and listen to bagpipes over here. I bet people don't even know the history or the mythology of any of the things tied to St. Patrick's Day.
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I think you might be surprised by the number of people who know, not only the history of Lá Fhéile Pádraig, but the history of Ireland and the irish as well.

Not all americans see the holiday as getting drunk on green beer.
 
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