Oh my god, it's WORSE in other places?
'Trash'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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.
In other places, you just get shitfaced without homophobic parades or earnest speeches about the auld sod. Not saying that's better or worse.
Yeah, Jesse, that's my reaction entirely.
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.
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.
I got 70% on the spelling thing, better than I expected without spellcheck.
Oh, I thought of another pseudo-ethnic pride celebration that's really a Get Drunk In Public Festival for many people: Octoberfest!
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.
Oh, I thought of another pseudo-ethnic pride celebration that's really a Get Drunk In Public Festival for many people: Octoberfest!
Yeah, but that one comes with sausage. So, flea, you're advocating that ethnic pride be expressed by staying home and sipping tea and reading a pamphlet or two?