Half my co-workers are relatives and I've been friends with most of the ones who aren't for over a decade, so I'd probably take it in stride. Random people I don't know well pinching me will result in a fistfight, though.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2017 10:53:42 am PDT #8747 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jesse - Mar 20, 2017 11:02:07 am PDT #8748 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've literally never been in any setting where the pinching thing happened! Or at least I don't remember it happening. I don't know if it's because 75% of the kids I grew up around had some Irish heritage, or if everyone just wore green anyway, or what. But among adults? That is NUTS.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 20, 2017 11:04:54 am PDT #8749 of 30002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
We had the pinching thing too. Green was a very fraught color in grammar school though, because wearing green on certain days meant you were "horny" or "gay", and so I never owned any green. Then St. Patrick's came, and you were pinched for not wearing green.
Dana - Mar 20, 2017 11:09:01 am PDT #8750 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I remember it from grade school.
Last year, someone stuck his head in my office door and pointed out, enthusiastically, that I wasn't wearing green. I offered the fact that my ancestry was French. He didn't take that as an excuse, but when I just stared at him and didn't respond any further, he gave up and walked off.
Laura - Mar 20, 2017 11:17:44 am PDT #8751 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I don't think I ever was in an environment that did the pinching thing. I may compliment someone on their green, but never for the lack thereof! Except my kids, they will comply with the wishes of their Irish mom, or else.
Fred Pete - Mar 20, 2017 11:28:37 am PDT #8752 of 30002
Ann, that's a ferret.
The pinching thing is news to me. No Irish ancestry here (although I come close -- one set of great-great-grandparents immigrated from Anglesey), and I've been criticized both for wearing green and for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day.
Connie Neil - Mar 20, 2017 12:15:04 pm PDT #8753 of 30002
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I was one of the few people wearing green here at work. The subject never came up.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 20, 2017 12:34:24 pm PDT #8754 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I credit my Irish ancestors for green eyes and the comparatively high alcohol tolerance I used to have; the former means I'm always dressed for St. Patrick's Day.
Sheryl - Mar 20, 2017 1:02:20 pm PDT #8755 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Didn't wear green on St. Patrick's Day because a) not Irish(wrong end of Europe) and b) wasn't going to any celebrations.(Used to sometimes go see a musician friend play, but not in the last couple years )
juliana - Mar 20, 2017 1:27:45 pm PDT #8756 of 30002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I dressed Peanut in green on St. Patrick's Day because if someone pinches my daughter, they're going to get punched. I remember getting pinched in school - never liked it.