Am I the only one who is so over St. Patrick's Day?
Nah. Outside of, say, NYC and Boston, it's pretty much just a get-shitfaced holiday.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
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Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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amych - Mar 17, 2009 4:30:39 am PDT #11021 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jesse - Mar 17, 2009 4:41:54 am PDT #11022 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh my god, it's WORSE in other places?
flea - Mar 17, 2009 4:46:40 am PDT #11023 of 30000
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Apparently Savannah has the second-largest St. Patrick's Day celebration (after New York, I guess?) Anyway, on Saturday March 14 there were tons of people wandering the streets drunk at 11am in green Mardi Gras beads. Idiot frat boys dropping drunken f-bombs as I walk by with my kids.
I did like the historic fountain with green water.
amych - Mar 17, 2009 4:47:08 am PDT #11024 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
In other places, you just get shitfaced without homophobic parades or earnest speeches about the auld sod. Not saying that's better or worse.
Theodosia - Mar 17, 2009 4:49:11 am PDT #11025 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yeah, Jesse, that's my reaction entirely.
Toddson - Mar 17, 2009 4:50:17 am PDT #11026 of 30000
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Chicago dyes its river green.
Around here the "celebration" started Saturday. The TV news did a segment from a bar. One guy - drunk enough to be loud but not enough to fall down - said he'd gotten there early so he could do a lot of drinking ... and wasn't one of the first ones there. sigh.
Laura - Mar 17, 2009 4:56:05 am PDT #11027 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I can understand being over St. Patrick's Day, but I'm not! We did our anniversary dinner thing last night because saner. No corned beef though as we opted for pizza. We may walk to one of the local places tonight. My city gets into it quite a lot. I skipped the parade last weekend because it was way too hot out. The parade is usually a lot of fun with local business floats mixed with citizens with green haired dogs and such.
Laura - Mar 17, 2009 4:57:07 am PDT #11028 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I got 70% on the spelling thing, better than I expected without spellcheck.
flea - Mar 17, 2009 5:00:27 am PDT #11029 of 30000
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Oh, I thought of another pseudo-ethnic pride celebration that's really a Get Drunk In Public Festival for many people: Octoberfest!
tommyrot - Mar 17, 2009 5:06:02 am PDT #11030 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I thought of another pseudo-ethnic pride celebration that's really a Get Drunk In Public Festival for many people: Octoberfest!
For some people, it's an excuse to get drunk while wearing lederhosen.