St. Patrick's Day - HAPPY ST PAT'S THE DAY OF GLORY IS HERE!!! (1 Viewer)

[SaintsInDome2006]

Archived thread here.

Parades yesterday and today here in NO.

Is this a big deal in your area or no?

 

[Mr. Ected]

Not a big deal where I am now (Near DC), but I'm from Boston, where it is a very big deal!! Case in point, the Archbishop of Boston gave a reprieve on Lent Fridays this week, so that people could eat Corned Beef on a Friday!!!

 

[Wrigley]

Wifes maiden name is McKenna

so yes

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

It's also my birthday.

Big Deal. 

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

Not a big deal where I am now (Near DC), but I'm from Boston, where it is a very big deal!! Case in point, the Archbishop of Boston gave a reprieve on Lent Fridays this week, so that people could eat Corned Beef on a Friday!!!

Same with the Archbishop of Miami. It's Corned Beef and Cabbage for me this Friday! And beers. And Jameson. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Big deal in Detroit area. Parades and bars will be rocking by 8 AM.

 

[IC FBGCav]

It's was when I was younger, now not so much.

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

I'm about as Irish as it gets but I don't enjoy a celebration of my heritage being equated to getting drunk and sloppy which is what it has turned into up here in New England. Right up there with NYE in terms of amateur hour.

 

[Ilov80s]

I'm about as Irish as it gets but I don't enjoy a celebration of my heritage being equated to getting drunk and sloppy which is what it has turned into up here in New England. Right up there with NYE in terms of amateur hour.

Yeah I used to love it but haven't gone out in years. People are a mess, it's embarrassing. 

 

[Thunderlips]

Most of the hardcore Irish I know refer to it as "Amateur Night".

I used to like it a lot.....but then I married a woman who is not of Irish decent whose birthday is March 17th......so that pretty much means I'm not able to celebrate it anymore. 

 

[McGarnicle]

I'm drunk now so......yes, St. Patty's Day.....yes, great holiday, yes.

 

[HellToupee]

We're having red & gray corn beef

 

[Mr. Ected]

Boiled Dinner is one of our favorites, so it's good for that reason alone!

 

[whiskey7]

Slainte!

 

[Doctor Detroit]

It's now apparently St Patrick's month, terrible music, drunks, and bad food from mid February on over here. 

 

[need2know]

I'm drunk already

 

[HellToupee]

It's now apparently St Patrick's month, terrible music, drunks, and bad food from mid February on over here. 

Great music & the only time of the year we have colcannon . 

I used to hate the music but as I get older I love it. It brings me back to when I was a kid and my father would play it on Saturdays on am radio. Hated it then , love it now. The Dubliners FTW . 

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

I usually honor my Irish ancestors by not eating any potatoes on that day.

 

[Da Guru]

In Detroit?? Hell yes...Was at the parade today in Corktown. Had to be over100K people.  Bars were packed. Total debauchery.

 

[Quez]

They are trying to make it a big deal in Tampa.  They dye the river green, have a parade, but it's still kind of meh.  Just an excuse to drink, which is fine with me.  I put up green / white Christmas lights on my patio. 

 

[Doctor Detroit]

To better represent the food of Ireland they should combine St Patrick's Day with National eat out of your neighbors trashcan day. 

 

[Da Guru]

To better represent the food of Ireland they should combine St Patrick's Day with National eat out of your neighbors trashcan day. 

Was in Ireland last year for a week.  They have come a long way from corned beef and cabbage. Although I love corned beef.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

had an irish breakfast yesterday at the bar.  by which I mean half a bottle of jameson and 4 pints of a guinness. 

 

[DallasDMac]

Good day to stay home and not be out on the roads risking life and limb due to all the drunks.

 

[Michael Brown]

Good excuse to have 20+ friends over for a drunken mess of a party at our bar last night, so yup!

 

[JaxBill]

Not a big deal where I am now (Near DC), but I'm from Boston, where it is a very big deal!! Case in point, the Archbishop of Boston gave a reprieve on Lent Fridays this week, so that people could eat Corned Beef on a Friday!!!

Nor a big deal in Jacksonville but a HUGE deal in Savannah where town population doubles or more.

 

[EYLive]

What's being celebrated? You can get corned beef, cabbage and beer all year long.

Wouldn't know it was coming up if not for the Shamrock Shake.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Nor a big deal in Jacksonville but a HUGE deal in Savannah where town population doubles or more.

Savannah, go figure.

 

[Judge Smails]

It's also my birthday.

Big Deal. 

me too! Middle name Patrick - nurses made my parents switch.  Best birthday ever..

 

[otb_lifer]

very big deal here, and i'm proud to honor the Irish half of my ancestry - Gramps came here shortly after the Easter Rebellion of '16, his family was torn apart in the aftermath - so he hopped ship for N.Y. Harbor, and here i am. 

O'tb_lifer for now  

 

[Quez]

Much better than Cinco De Mayo.

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

me too! Middle name Patrick - nurses made my parents switch.  Best birthday ever..

I spent my 19th birthday in Dublin with about 50 people I went to school with (I was going to college in the UK at the time). Can't remember a damn thing about it. Only time I have been to Ireland, lol. 

 

[EYLive]

Much better than Cinco De Mayo.

Not the food though.

 

[DallasDMac]

Good excuse to have 20+ friends over for a drunken mess of a party at our bar last night, so yup!

Do you open Christmas gifts on Dec 20th?

 

[Da Guru]

I was raised Catholic but it is just another occasion to get drunk.  Now it starts a week early for "Pre-St Pats parties" Probably the biggest revenue day of the year for most bars.

 

[Knucklebabies]

May we be in heaven a full half hour before the devil knows we're dead. 

 

[Michael Brown]

Do you open Christmas gifts on Dec 20th?

Family tradition to go to my parent's house for a big family party on the ACTUAL day, so we usually do one with friends a week or two early. No complaints so far that people get an EXTRA weekend to get blitzed!

 

[DallasDMac]

Family tradition to go to my parent's house for a big family party on the ACTUAL day, so we usually do one with friends a week or two early. No complaints so far that people get an EXTRA weekend to get blitzed!

I like your parents.

 

[Christo]

Chicago? Uh, yeah. :X

 

[JaxBill]

Put a brisket in brine last night (not a euphemism). Should be ready for Friday corned beef.

 

[whiskey7]

Everyone loves an Irish girl

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I'll be taking the day off you noids.

Finn McCool's, Irish House and Tracey's/Parasol's.

Let's go.

 

[JaxBill]

Put a brisket in brine last night (not a euphemism). Should be ready for Friday corned beef.

Brisket is on the smoker. Going out to lunch with college age sons at craft brew pub in a bit.

 

[mquinnjr]

I'll be taking the day off you noids.

Finn McCool's, Irish House and Tracey's/Parasol's.

Let's go.

Getting my NCAA tournament wagers in now, watching basketball all day and going out to drink tonight. Irish bars only, surely they won't be crowded.

God bless the Irish and this day/time of the year, and everyone who's Irish today

Last time I can remember St. Patty's day falling on a Friday during the NCAA Tournament I was a senior in college, 2nd semester where I had Friday's off. Drank a 5L mini-keg of Heineken after getting up before we started hitting bars while watching basketball after getting up around 11am. DIdn't make it into many bars by nighttime. College me would point and laugh at current drinking abilities. I miss college just thinking back on that. 

 

[JaxBill]

Getting my NCAA tournament wagers in now, watching basketball all day and going out to drink tonight. Irish bars only, surely they won't be crowded.

God bless the Irish and this day/time of the year, and everyone who's Irish today

Last time I can remember St. Patty's day falling on a Friday during the NCAA Tournament I was a senior in college, 2nd semester where I had Friday's off. Drank a 5L mini-keg of Heineken after getting up before we started hitting bars while watching basketball after getting up around 11am. DIdn't make it into many bars by nighttime. College me would point and laugh at current drinking abilities. I miss college just thinking back on that. 

Erin Express around Penn/Drexel Campus?

I had a couple blind drunk nights there

 

[mquinnjr]

Erin Express around Penn/Drexel Campus?

I had a couple blind drunk nights there

Hahaha had plenty of those in my 20s. That Erin Express bus made and ruined many a relationship. 

 

[psychobillies]

I'll be taking the day off you noids.

Finn McCool's, Irish House and Tracey's/Parasol's.

Let's go.

I miss doing Parasol's.  Have a car bomb for me.

 

[Sludge]

Erin Express around Penn/Drexel Campus?

I had a couple blind drunk nights there

Never did the Erin Express, but I spent a lot of time in Murphy's Tavern during the early '90s.

 

[Quez]

EVERYBODY SEEN THE LEPRECHAUN SAY YEAHHHH!

 

[Koya]

Green shirt, green boxers... too old for green puke later, but will down a good number of Irish Whiskeys I'm sure.