St. Patty's Day!

[PaSucks]

It is officially St. Patty's Day now on the East Coast and the beer is already flowing! Here's to Saint Patty and of course beer! Have fun all, get hammered, but be safe.

[skiguide]

two steps ahead of you! Happy st. pattys!

[CaddyDaddy77]

It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D. Although his father was a Christian deacon, it has been suggested that he probably took on the role because of tax incentives and there is no evidence that Patrick came from a particularly religious family. At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. They transported him to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity.

After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his writing, a voice—which he believed to be God's—spoke to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland. To do so, Patrick walked nearly 200 miles from County Mayo, where it is believed he was held, to the Irish coast. After escaping to Britain, Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation—an angel in a dream tells him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, Patrick began religious training, a course of study that lasted more than fifteen years. After his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland with a dual mission—to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish.

Familiar with the Irish language and culture, Patrick chose to incorporate traditional ritual into his lessons of Christianity instead of attempting to eradicate native Irish beliefs. For instance, he used bonfires to celebrate Easter since the Irish were used to honoring their gods with fire. He also superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish.


The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army. Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "Irish Aid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.

Up until the mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to a million poor, uneducated, Catholic Irish began to pour into America to escape starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and funny accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country 's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.

However, the Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended New York City 's St. Patrick's Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in America.

Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore, and Russia.

In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows.

[lax]

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D. Although his father was a Christian deacon, it has been suggested that he probably took on the role because of tax incentives and there is no evidence that Patrick came from a particularly religious family. At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. They transported him to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity.

After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his writing, a voice—which he believed to be God's—spoke to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland. To do so, Patrick walked nearly 200 miles from County Mayo, where it is believed he was held, to the Irish coast. After escaping to Britain, Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation—an angel in a dream tells him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, Patrick began religious training, a course of study that lasted more than fifteen years. After his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland with a dual mission—to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish.

Familiar with the Irish language and culture, Patrick chose to incorporate traditional ritual into his lessons of Christianity instead of attempting to eradicate native Irish beliefs. For instance, he used bonfires to celebrate Easter since the Irish were used to honoring their gods with fire. He also superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish.


The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army. Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "Irish Aid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.

Up until the mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to a million poor, uneducated, Catholic Irish began to pour into America to escape starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and funny accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country 's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.

However, the Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended New York City 's St. Patrick's Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in America.

Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore, and Russia.

In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows.

lets get drunk

[Big Hit77]

Just say no to green beer. Those are the only words of advice I can give anyone on St. Patty's day.

[CaddyDaddy77]

Roger that, or more apropriately,

Let's get pissed!

Bush Mills for Everyone!

[ak_powder_monkey]

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D. Although his father was a Christian deacon, it has been suggested that he probably took on the role because of tax incentives and there is no evidence that Patrick came from a particularly religious family. At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. They transported him to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity.

After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his writing, a voice—which he believed to be God's—spoke to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland. To do so, Patrick walked nearly 200 miles from County Mayo, where it is believed he was held, to the Irish coast. After escaping to Britain, Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation—an angel in a dream tells him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, Patrick began religious training, a course of study that lasted more than fifteen years. After his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland with a dual mission—to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish.

Familiar with the Irish language and culture, Patrick chose to incorporate traditional ritual into his lessons of Christianity instead of attempting to eradicate native Irish beliefs. For instance, he used bonfires to celebrate Easter since the Irish were used to honoring their gods with fire. He also superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish.


The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army. Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "Irish Aid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.

Up until the mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to a million poor, uneducated, Catholic Irish began to pour into America to escape starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and funny accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country 's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.

However, the Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended New York City 's St. Patrick's Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in America.

Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore, and Russia.

In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows.

Hey I'm named after that dude

Be Safe

[rightcoast]

im not irish, but i will reek of whiskey tomorrow morning.
happy St Patricks day!

[basom]

i just ate a green doughnut.

[The Reverend Floater]

I'm officially half Irish or something like that....

As of tonight, half of my liver will be drowning. Half of Mr. Wang will be limp. Half my eyesight will be gone and half of my equilibrium will be compromised. Half of my money will most certainly be gone and only half of my evening will be remembered.


Cheers, y'all!

[Beaver]

St. Patty's trivia.

Where and when was the first N. American St. Patty's day parade?

[InspectorGadget]

Happy St. Patrick's Day to one and all.

To the Irish among us . . . . and those who would pretend to be Irish on this day.

Cheers,

McGadget

[InspectorGadget]

Originally posted by Beaver
St. Patty's trivia.

Where and when was the first N. American St. Patty's day parade?

Gee willikers Beav, did you even read CD77's post?

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762.

[Beaver]

Originally posted by InspectorGadget
Gee willikers Beav, did you even read CD77's post?

Apparently not. Doh!!

I heard a diferent location and date. Boston in 1776.

[Mcwop]

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Don't do too much of this:

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Which might cause you to do this:

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[Tippster]

Edit: Nevermind. IG beat me to it...

[jdabasin]

so this 26-yr old chick I work with is not wearing any green and I call her out on it. so she says, "follow me". So i head back to the kitchen area and she shows me a quick glimpse of her green underpants.

christ do I want to get drunk and hit that yo!!!!!! I'm a green, horny little prick who is gonna go out with her for beers at lunch and try to see those panties again!

oh yeah....our coffee looks green today too. not sure if I should give it a go?

HAPPY ST. PATTYS!!!!! Please give us a snowy April in Denver cause it's heading for the 70s this weekend. fack!!!

[Barnballs]

More than 1/2 the yentas and tools here didn't realize it was St. Paddy's day.

LA sucks.

[Viva]

Originally posted by Barnballs
More than 1/2 the yentas and tools here didn't realize it was St. Paddy's day.

That's cuz St. Patty's day isn't recognized in Mexico.

[freshies]

always torn on SPD - being a mutt of Irish and English hertiage...one half of the ancestors from Eng & Protestant and the other half from IRE and Catholic.......I think I'll just hot myself over the head a few times, and then down several pints of the G w/Bushmills chasers.......that will do the trick I think.

Happy Paddy's Day All!

[xboat]

sooo i got my Guinness/St. Pat's hockey jersey on that says March 17 on the back and we've got a huge bus loaded with a ton of beer & beads and headed to the parade downtown. a huge party is going to happen around here today. i think most if the hot chicks and MILF's around town take this day off to get shitty all day long.

i'm not feeling too much into it, but i'm going to try. my house got broken into on monday night and it is still kinda freaking me out. i got home within minutes of this happening, i could tell from the fresh tracks in the snow, it was dumping at the time. fuckers just got my TV and playstation 2. i really think that i got home as they were in the house. 9:30pm - i think that's pretty ballsy on their part.

have you ever slept with a loaded 12 gauge in your bed?...i have.

at least they didn't get my camera. i will take some pics to post in this thread tomorrow.

have a great day everyone and make sure to have a Guinness today!!!

c

[Aldo]

I'll be in the low post, here:


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[ak_powder_monkey]

Originally posted by jdabasin
so this 26-yr old chick I work with is not wearing any green and I call her out on it. so she says, "follow me". So i head back to the kitchen area and she shows me a quick glimpse of her green underpants.

christ do I want to get drunk and hit that yo!!!!!! I'm a green, horny little prick who is gonna go out with her for beers at lunch and try to see those panties again!

oh yeah....our coffee looks green today too. not sure if I should give it a go?

HAPPY ST. PATTYS!!!!! Please give us a snowy April in Denver cause it's heading for the 70s this weekend. fack!!!

Tap that, don't drink the coffee, cheers!

[PaSucks]

I'll be wearing my orange today, thank you! My family is from Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and we are protestant, so no green for me. I will, however, be drinking lots of beer, and at some point will listen to Bloody Sunday. "Fuck the Revolution!"

[CaddyDaddy77]

While your ahead, memorize this so you can blabber about it later while under many pints. Guinness Science.
Try to get a free pint out of the bartender.

December 21, 1999, Lebanon, New Hampshire - Computer simulation has settled a long-standing mystery haunting pubs and perplexed beer drinkers for centuries. Why do the bubbles in a glass of Guinness beer go down instead of up? Despite the common knowledge that bubbles float up, beer drinkers over the ages have argued, even after an evening of studying the issue, that a large portion of the bubbles actually move downwards.

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