I'm not Irish, but I have an additional tendency to ignore St. Patrick's Day. First, I generally dislike any holiday that becomes a adopted day to drink, and drink to excess. I'm talkin' to you too Cinco De Mayo and New Year's Eve.
This isn't to criticize the ethnic bases of these holidays, just what they have become.
But St. Patrick's Day also has the additional detriment of being "gay exclusion day", so good for the
Mayor of Boston (and
Sam Adams Brewery).
Rising Hegemon
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Buck-a-bottle, made in America by Americans, and Sarah Palin and the other teabaggers hate it. "You've got to be thinking Sam Adams, not drinking Sam Adams."
I love my beer.
I love my beer. well said,because An old Irish tradition was called “drowning the shamrock.” At the end of the day, men would throw the shamrocks they had been wearing in their hats into a mug of grog, drink from the mug, then take the wet shamrock and throw it over their left shoulder. The mug was called a “Pota Padraig,” which is Gaelic for the pot of Patrick. Irish blessing: “May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.”
i guess i am a bit irish, but the german in me stopped it down, tho i am extremely fond of potatoes.
Being born an Irishman named Patrick, I'm mostly exempted from the pressure of celebratin the day. If asked, I say tis a day of contemplation and repentance.
Thens I get shitfaced.
Also Heineken and Guinness. When the most irish of beers pulls out of your irish beer parade, that should be a clue.
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