phoenix Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Happy St. Patty's, everyone! ::jedi ::alien ::smiley8 ::squid Of all the days not to wear my Flogging Molly shirt with a big snake shamrock on the front.. At least I'm wearing green, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilyn Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 At least I'm wearing green, however. I wouldn't worry too much about it. That's primarily a non-Irish tradition (that seems to be infecting Ireland..... ::angry ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 Go with the flow. Sometimes you just have to humor these things. ::halo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilyn Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 What???!?!?!??Next you'll be telling me that it's ok to drink the green beer......I mean, that's only for tourists.....::wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer21 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Hehehe...is Guinness for tourists too? That's the choice of brew for most of my compatriots anyway. Personally, I can't stand the stuff; one shouldn't need to chew their beer! ::tongue ::laugh I'm a Scot/Dane anyways...I like mead and hard liquours! Just started drinking Newscastle though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilyn Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Um.... Guinness is not traditionally green. (except in certain stoopid establishments on Paddy's day)If it's not Paddy's Day, and the Guinness is green, um..... Go to a different pub. Quickly.And Mead kicks ass. I'm quite fond of Moniak meself, though I kinda like the lighter Irish mead, the name of which I cannot recall right now. Dammit.And Newcastle Ale sucks ass.There's a reason you won't find any beer in Ireland called 'bitter'. Because they suck...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Just remember...Friends don't let friends teleport drunk! ::teleport ::crazy FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer21 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Yes, I know Guinness isn't green. ::cool I can see why my previous post kinda ran those ideas together though.As far as Newcastle sucking...well, to each his own. I'm also a huge fan of gin and tonic, specifically Bombay and tonic; most people I know find gin disgusting. I hate tequila and Jim Beam whiskey, so there! ::tongue Fortunately, I'm a licensed and trained bartender, so provided I've the ingredients, I can make whatever the hell I want! Hee hee! ::smokin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilyn Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I'm a licensed and trained bartender You need a license to be a bartender where you live?Wow.....In ireland, the definition of 'Bartender' is "the guy behind the bar serving the drink".And yes, Gin sucks too. Though I quite like Tonic water. ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer21 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Can't tell if you're funnin' me or not... ::wacko Yes, to serve alcohol in a professional establishment, one does need to a little card granted by the gubmint saying one can do so. Here in Las Vegas, it's called a TAM card.The licensing of a bartender simply means that I took a class that taught me how to make a plethora of alcoholic beverages, how to properly garnish them, what drink goes in what glass, the right way to pour beer, the right way to pour wine, how to choose a proper drink for different meals, etc, etc, etc.The bartender license is separate from the TAM card...the TAM card actually is required to even work in a place that serves alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilyn Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 No, I'm serious.In Ireland, to be a 'bartender' you need to be behind the bar. And 18. Though once you're out of the city, the age requirement is more of a guidline than a 'law' per se..... ::wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Happy St:Patriks Day (Yes, I know It was yesterday, but I dont have a live connection at home, so I am excused.).Or something. ::biggrin ::biggrin ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 *brrrAAAAP!* ::wacko *Belch!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, the famous home of the 'South Side Irish'. Beverly, my old neighborhood, even has it's own parade that gets broadcast on St. Pat's. Also of note, every St. Pat's the city dyes the Chicago River green, a sickly Kelly Green oil slick.Anywho, I come from a German-American Unitarian-Universalist family, and growing up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood, I hated St. Patrick's Day! Our crossing guard at school would make you do the 'Irish jig' if you weren't wearing green. In high school, my punker/goth friends used to wear Union Jacks on their biker jackets, and local morons yelled "England sucks!" at them. We used to joke about wearing Orange and roaming the streets with baseball bats (thankfully, we weren't that stupid).Over the years, I've mellowed in my feeling towards the celebration - ah, who am I kidding? I still hate St. Patrick's Day, but I don't blame the Irish - the few Irishmen I've actually had the pleasure of meeting have been very polite and soft spoken, and perfect gentlemen. It's the drunken Chicago rabble that I hate - the little antenae headgear tipped with shamrocks, the cheap paper hats and the face-painting. God, I hate the face-painting!However, to all of you who celebrate the day in more sane parts of the world, Slainte! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 *BELCH*::lookaround *hides*psstI actually didn't wear green other than my scarf and that's just 'cause it's always green..uhhh..and I always wear it. Warmest scarf ever (wool, must be 10 to 12ft long)and ugly as hell. Sadly I think St-Patricks is getting more and more americanized or whoever the real culprit is. It might be Guinness Co. I actually saw a few shamrock antennaes and there weren't any a few years ago...edit: Y'know, I actually remember getting pinched by everyone at school as a kid if I didn't wear green (when I was in the US) on Saint-Patrick's, I think I know what you mean. I don't remember ever having to do a jig though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkboy Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 I wore green.. by accident.. I didn't even know it was St. Pats day until I got to work.. by which time I couldn't have done anything about it if I wasn't... *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkboy Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Couldn't it be called.. Happy day of getting massively drunk for no reason really? (given that there's no significance to the day in regards to St. Patrick) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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