St Patrick's Day

kfallon

Are you a fan?

Anyone got special plans for the day other than getting gee-eyed drunk and losing your bollix on the nags at Cheltenham

Personally I love it, can't beat a load of lads in the pub having the 'craic'

Biggins

So thats what a day off is like!

Minstrel27

I am looking forward to working for it. I wont be found anywhere near a pub on St Patricks Day. There is always far too many heroes that cannot handle their drink.

maximoose

I enjoy it outside of Dublin.

Too many damn tourists... Yes, i'm looking at you Spain.

chin_grin

Was never really ar*ed with it before, but this year is going to be different. I'm going to NY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Don't worry lads, I'll drink yee all proud!

(may end up on the news.............hmm.)

orourkeda

I f*ckin' hate paddys day

Max Power1

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

I'm off drink for lent...

... the one rule we always had when I was younger was that paddy's day was an exception for lent stuff.

So I shall be painting the town red green and getting buckled.

Pace2008

I hate getting messy drunk these days. I prefer to enjoy the night at the time rather than have it relayed by others the next day as I laugh/cringe/cry at the group's post-mortem dissection of the preceding evening's festivities.

Paddy's Day is the exception, and I take great pleasure in knacker drinking at 11am, going on a 7-mile pub crawl and getting refused from half the establishments by early-to-mid afternoon before waking up with my head in a pitcher in some pub in the city centre with no recollection of how I got there, and generally doing my civic duty to act the bollox on our nation's annual day of shame.

This year, however, I'll be out clubbing on Paddy's Eve so I'm going to be very tender and asocial come the day. Avoiding people and pubs in the standard procedure in such circumstances and I'm not sure if it'll be any different on this occasion.

Kiera

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Its my nephew/godchilds birthday so i love it. Go to his party and fill up on junk then off to the pub for a few

Nodster

jeez, don't slate me for being a killjoy, but I had the best Paddy's last year in San Francisco - most folks made an effort to join in the celebrations without the drunken mayhem that inevitablty happens back homeI'll nip out for some of the local parades round Nth Dublin and sup a few sherberts at home later that evening

Riamfada

Ill be working to make money and buy nice things.

kfallon

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Riamfada wrote: »

Ill be working to make money and buy nice things.

Fleshlight? :pac:

Eever

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

I'll be decked out in green, heading over to my mates house at midday for our traditional full Irish breakfast and then we head over to our favourite beer garden which is a bit out from town so not empty but not manic like most places on Paddys day where we'll chill out for the afternoon with a few drinks. Usually go for a wander into town later but I don't like that part so much.

ballsymchugh

chin_grin wrote: »

Was never really ar*ed with it before, but this year is going to be different. I'm going to NY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Don't worry lads, I'll drink yee all proud!

(may end up on the news.............hmm.)

enjoy it, i was there for it a few years ago. went to see john duddy fighting some fella in madison square garden the night before. the other lad was nicknamed showtime. did a few somersaults in the ring after the walk in. duddy knocked him out in about 13 seconds.
the parade is hijacked by the 'brits out' brigade though. full of shams that haven't been back in ireland for years.
great few nights though.

seanmc1980

i'll be playing druids glen in the morning, might wear a green jumper to mark the occasion. prob won't bother going drinking during the day i'm getting too old and impatient for that!! lol,

i'll head for a few that night but somewhere off the beaten track. i can't think of nothing worse than a pub full of 18-25 year olds downing pints and falling all over the place!!
(manybe i'm jealous)

Misty Chaos

Not sure what I'll do yet, might go out the night before or actually leave the drinking until the day itself this year and be socailable for once. :pac:

Might head to the city for the day, I'll see.

Sanjuro

Paddy's Day/Arthur's Day/Friday... Irish people will turn anything into a drinking day.













Not that that's necessarily a bad thing...

Notorious97

My favourite day of the year, im working it this year but i don’t mind, im always in good form that day, il have a few pints later that night though, i know people moan about the Parade in Dublin but i love it :pac:

Abi

kfallon wrote: »

Are you a fan?

Anyone got special plans for the day other than getting gee-eyed drunk and losing your bollix on the nags at Cheltenham

Personally I love it, can't beat a load of lads in the pub having the 'craic'

I'll have a few, wouldn't be into getting rat-arsed. But Cheltenham is what it's about for me and the Daddy

df1985

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Ill be in tenerife for it drinking with a load of english and scots! Ive always liked Paddys day, whether what goes on in pubs in dublin etc is right or wrong, at the end of the day this tiny little country is celebrated all over the world from japan to argentina...no other country that i know of has a day celebrated worldwide like it-something to be proud of.

kfallon

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Abi wrote: »

I'll have a few, wouldn't be into getting rat-arsed. But Cheltenham is what it's about for me and the Daddy

That's the spirit....now give me a tip

Jaxxy

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

I love Paddy's Day. Roll out of the bed, shower and shower can, dressed, dirty fry-up, pub and bookies.

kfallon

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

I love Paddy's Day. Roll out of the bed, shower and shower can, dressed, dirty fry-up, pub and bookies.

Jesus wept, you aswell, will someone give me a tip ffs

Kiera

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

kfallon wrote: »

Jesus wept, you aswell, will someone give me a tip ffs

Dont eat yellow snow?

kfallon

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Kiera wrote: »

Dont eat yellow snow?

I knew there would be one smartarse :pac:
No.....a tip for the nags next week!

Btw I think I'll die a bit inside if the 'No' voters are in the majority in the poll

Kiera

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

kfallon wrote: »

I knew there would be one smartarse :pac:
No.....a tip for the nags next week!

Btw I think I'll die a bit inside if the 'No' voters are in the majority in the poll

You'll be getting your tips live from the racecourse next week so relax, sparky!

Mike 1972

Im going to be working on Saint Patricks day.

I do have the option of booking it off but I regard any one day public holiday which doesnt fall on a Monday or a Friday as a complete waste.

El Weirdo

Not a fan of Paddy's day. It's like Amateur's day in all the pubs. Wouldn't see half of the fuckers in there normally. Nearly as bad as New Year's Eve.

Killer Pigeon

In a bid to end all nationalistic pride the IMF/EU have cancelled the St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin.

tishiewishie

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Was out in Cork for it last year and had a great time, went out about 7 though and twas late so this year heading back to Cork and heading out about 3, woohoo!!:D

this is arse

kfallon wrote: »

Jesus wept, you aswell, will someone give me a tip ffs

don't play chicken with a double decker bus

Ruu_Old

I'll be working, no point in a teetotaller going to a pub anyway watching people drink themselves stupid.

"Why aren't you drinking?!?!"
"Ah go on have one"
"What'll ya have?"

Go ta fuck! :mad:

kincsem

I'll be remembering Kincsem, born 17/3/1874, died 17/3/1887.

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Cant wait for it paddy's day is always great craic in town.

Will be in Galway from early in the day get the cheltenham bets on and then get a good spot in the pub for the racing and enjoy a days and nights drinking! A rake of pints will be had!!!

Watching racing and drinking one of lives great pleasures.

Dangerous Man

I might check out the parade. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh is the grand Marshall this year in Toronto.

I also might go out for one or two beers afterwards; that'd be it I reckon.

snugglebear

I mite go watch the parade but i won't be going too mad, the thought of the sore head the next day puts me off, but it's always good fun

az2wp0sye65487

kfallon wrote: »

Jesus wept, you aswell, will someone give me a tip ffs

Kiera wrote: »

Dont eat yellow snow?

Never buy tights for a maremaid

kelle

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

I love Paddy's Day! Now my children are older, we go out to the parade and they enjoy it - we have dinner in the hotel then nip into the local for an hour.

stovelid

Don't like it. Too many fools in town*


*The only town that matters.

Abi

kfallon wrote: »

That's the spirit....now give me a tip

ha! I shall be studying form and hopping in and out of the racing forum for a while before hand




Now... where is my ole buddy X-pyro :pac:

Azureus

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

I've the first Paddys Day of in YEARS so Ill defo be going into town
Usually I end up playing catch up @ bout 7 / getting phone calls from everybody having the craic all day and feeling jealous so cant wait.

Wake up, fry up, head into town for the parade, cans and a ceili, then back to the locals just in time to avoid town getting messy and continue it all there. WIN.

George83

I'm gonna be working.

kfallon

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Abi wrote: »

ha! I shall be studying form and hopping in and out of the racing forum for a while before hand




Now... where is my ole buddy X-pyro :pac:

You won't get much in the racing forum :pac:

Anyway the Thursday is always the worst day, quality wise!!!

Abi

kfallon wrote: »

You won't get much in the racing forum :pac:

Anyway the Thursday is always the worst day, quality wise!!!

Yeah yeah... I seen ya snooping over there


Ah I love the buzz of it all. My Dad always loses his fúcking shirt, which is hilarious to watch =D

old hippy

Like a big silly eejit, I'll be wearing a bit of green down the local, with the missus and a few mates. But it'll be very subdued compared to the madness of yesteryear

The Scientician

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

I'll be going into town for Paddy's Day for perhaps the first time since the Millennium. It's 10 years anyway since I last bothered.

kfallon

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

Abi wrote: »

Yeah yeah... I seen ya snooping over there


Ah I love the buzz of it all. My Dad always loses his fúcking shirt, which is hilarious to watch =D

I know there's not much in it cos I post there sometimes and I haven't a fooking clue :pac:

It's amazing how much we look forward to it even tho we know we're gonna lose. I won't be able to sleep next Monday night!

Think I'll dust off me Ireland tracksuit top for St Patrick's Day tho

Alter-Ego

I'll be in Toronto. I've no idea what Paddys day is like over there but they do have a parade.

bronte

No, I'll be avoiding people and pubs like the plague

I love it...it's my birthday that day too!
Think I'll be heading to a gig that night.....won't be trad irish music but there will be alcohol and guitars so ya can't go wrong.
Wish it was on Friday though!

PeterIanStaker

Paddy's day really brings out the third division drinkers, it's nearly as bad as Xmas/New years.

Run_to_da_hills

Patricks Day is one time of the year I detest.

After the parades our national flags can bee seen trampled into the ground along routes across towns and cities covered in muck.

People would have more interest in picking up a 5c coin than a discarded tricolour.

You wouldn't see this in the UK or any other country. The same goes on at Football matches.

All cheap tacky plastic versions of the Irish Flag should be banned.