03-17-2010, 04:53 PM
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Took an arrow to the knee
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Toronto
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What is St. Patrick's Day, anyway?
What the hell is this holiday? I'm not Irish, I'm Scottish, and I have the colour red on my tartan, not green. Why should I celebrate the birthday of a wife-beating leprechaun (what I always picture St. Patrick's Day meaning as)?
Seriously, what is the story behind this holiday? Is it really just to go out and get fall-down drunk?
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03-17-2010, 05:02 PM
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aka Spike
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Darkest Corners of My Mind
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03-17-2010, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In my office, at the Ministry of Awesome!
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St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland.
They're a pretty heavily Catholic bunch over there, so they celbrate his feast day (there are a lot of saints, there are a lot of "Feast of St. Whoever").
How it turned into a big Broo Ha Ha? I'm not sure, but I'm sure it has something to do with the Irish loving the booze as much as they love The Church.
Also, it has nothing to do with snakes.
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03-17-2010, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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Green Beer.
/thread
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03-17-2010, 05:13 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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To sell more Guinness? (Its not just for breakfast anymore)
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03-17-2010, 05:22 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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It's like when there's a Hockey Game on.
Or:
When It's Friday.
When it's Saturday.
When it's Sunday.
When you have Company over.
When you had a bad Day.
When it's really hot out.
When you're on vacation.
When you celebrate the Holidays.
When you've just finished cutting the lawn.
When you're still alive and have a fully functioning Body.
.......All Great Reasons to pound Beer!!
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03-17-2010, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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lol
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03-17-2010, 10:10 PM
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God of Hating Twitter
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It started with some religious thing, and now thankfully its turned into a reason to go out, drink too much and get in fights.
God bless this day.
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03-17-2010, 10:11 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Section 219
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Love the tags
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03-18-2010, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: back in the 403
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
What the hell is this holiday? I'm not Irish, I'm Scottish, and I have the colour red on my tartan, not green. Why should I celebrate the birthday of a wife-beating leprechaun (what I always picture St. Patrick's Day meaning as)?
Seriously, what is the story behind this holiday? Is it really just to go out and get fall-down drunk?
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Wasn't St. Patrick Scottish?
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03-18-2010, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 51.04177 -114.19704
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
What the hell is this holiday? I'm not Irish, I'm Scottish, and I have the colour red on my tartan, not green. Why should I celebrate the birthday of a wife-beating leprechaun (what I always picture St. Patrick's Day meaning as)?
Seriously, what is the story behind this holiday? Is it really just to go out and get fall-down drunk?
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Someone's just jealous that there's no good Scottish Holidays...
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03-18-2010, 10:00 AM
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Voted for Kodos
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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Wasn't St. Patrick Scottish?
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Yup.
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03-18-2010, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
Yup.
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Actually, according to Wikipedia, he was Romo-English - An Englishman of Romanian decent.
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03-18-2010, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amorak
Someone's just jealous that there's no good Scottish Holidays...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burns_supper
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03-18-2010, 10:08 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Originally Posted by Komskies
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I said good. 
I mean, seriously:
Order of the supper
Start of the evening
Guests gather and mix as in any informal party.
Host's welcoming speech
Any event that starts with "Order of the Supper" is a big ol' fail.
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03-18-2010, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amorak
I said good.
I mean, seriously:
Order of the supper
Start of the evening
Guests gather and mix as in any informal party.
Host's welcoming speech
Any event that starts with "Order of the Supper" is a big ol' fail. |
It's true that description makes it sound fail. Every time I've celebrated Robbie Burns day with my friend and his uber-Scottish dad, we just go to the bar, get hammered on scotch, and listen to him give drunken speeches. Always makes for an entertaining night.
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03-18-2010, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 51.04177 -114.19704
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Originally Posted by Komskies
It's true that description makes it sound fail. Every time I've celebrated Robbie Burns day with my friend and his uber-Scottish dad, we just go to the bar, get hammered on scotch, and listen to him give drunken speeches. Always makes for an entertaining night.
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I rescind my objection your honour - Robbie Burns day is now amazing!
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03-18-2010, 10:22 AM
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Voted for Kodos
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amorak
Actually, according to Wikipedia, he was Romo-English - An Englishman of Romanian decent.
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The article I read yesterday said Scotland, but from a little reasearch, it sounds like it's up for debate.
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03-18-2010, 01:01 PM
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First Line Centre
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PATRICK, SAINT, the celebrated Apostle of Ireland, was born near the town of Dumbarton, in the west of Scotland, about the year 372 of the Christian era
In his sixteenth year, up to which time he had remained with his father, he was taken prisoner, along with his two sisters, on the occasion of an incursion of the Irish, and carried over a captive to Ireland. Here he was reduced to a state of slavery,
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http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...rick_saint.htm
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