In March 2007

28-02-2007 02:47PM #1

...can we all make the effort to call it St Patricks Day this year, and not Paddys Day?

GreenHell · 28-02-2007 02:55PM

Or Snake No More Day

mikedragon32 · 28-02-2007 02:55PM

Nope.

shane86 · 28-02-2007 02:58PM

Bollix to that.

Just to rub the salt, Im going to get disgracefully drunk from midday infront of tourists. Take that Bord Failte.

Dragan · 28-02-2007 03:02PM

Why? Does it matter. Surely all religious significance dropped around the same time as the priest's hand?

Femelade · 28-02-2007 03:03PM

Can we all just call it what we like?

:| · 28-02-2007 03:04PM

Happy Paddy's day conor

Kojak · 28-02-2007 03:11PM

How about we call it Shamrock Day??

Its about the only day of the year that stuff is mentioned

Terry · 28-02-2007 03:17PM

Just to be even more annoying, I'll use the american term and call it patty's day.

Kinetic^ · 28-02-2007 03:27PM

How about "Happy I'm-going-to-get-loaded Day"?

netwhizkid · 28-02-2007 03:40PM

Oh Whacking Day, oh Whacking Day.......... A fairly good parody on it.

Also Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment.

Still whacking day FTW as how many scobies will whack the daylights out of each other the length and breath of the country on this famous day.

Pherekydes · 28-02-2007 03:40PM

Deleted User wrote:

...can we all make the effort to call it St Patricks Day this year, and not Paddys Day?

Let's go the whole hog and do it right: St Patrick's Day.

Ruu_Old · 28-02-2007 03:52PM

At least you don't have to listen to "St Patty's Day" from the Americans.

28-02-2007 04:14PM

Slow coach wrote:

Let's go the whole hog and do it right: St Patrick's Day.

You mean Saint Patrick's Day?

If all religious significance has gone Dragan, let's call it 'the 17th March'.

Either way, there is no St. 'Paddy', the day is not named after any other 'Paddy', we should not be happy with some cockney term for Irish people to label or holiday, or the US 'Patty' either...

thelordofcheese · 28-02-2007 04:20PM

Deleted User wrote:

...can we all make the effort to call it St Patricks Day this year, and not Paddys Day?

no chance, and out of spite, i'll call it "God Save The Queen Day" instead.

skywalker · 28-02-2007 04:43PM

Ruu wrote:

At least you don't have to listen to "St Patty's Day" from the Americans.

I never got that, Patty is a completely unrelated woman's name.

monkeyfudge · 28-02-2007 05:12PM

Deleted User wrote:

Either way, there is no St. 'Paddy'

It's just another more affectionate term for Patrick.

Do want us all to start referring to the Taoiseach as Bartholomew as well?

humanji · 28-02-2007 05:34PM

Deleted User wrote:

Either way, there is no St. 'Paddy', the day is not named after any other 'Paddy', we should not be happy with some cockney term for Irish people to label or holiday, or the US 'Patty' either...

You do realise that Paddy is short for Patrick, don't you?

scojones · 28-02-2007 05:38PM

People calling it St Paddy's Day doesn't bother me. Americans calling it "St Patties Day" really annoys me.

28-02-2007 06:34PM

humanji wrote:

You do realise that Paddy is short for Patrick, don't you?

No! Never!

Sure that makes it fine so. Did you send or get any St Val's cards this year? Or how about Christy, the patron Saint of travellers?

Nature Boy · 28-02-2007 07:21PM

No. It has no religious significance any more. Nobody says St. Valentine's day or St. Stephen's either

Gaspode · 28-02-2007 07:42PM

Deleted User wrote:

...can we all make the effort to call it St Patricks Day this year, and not Paddys Day?

Why should we? Give Reasons. Reasonable ones please.
I have no problem with paddys day, so convince me why I should.
Pretend you're on the debate team now and present some reasonable arguments, with references where appropritate.

Otherwise, you'll be dismissed as someone with too little to worry them.

KdjaCL · 28-02-2007 07:47PM

http://homepage.eircom.net/~kdjac/Saintpatricksday.JPG

Only the above can happen to make it truly Saint patricks day :d

kdjac

Alter-Ego · 28-02-2007 08:49PM

Silly Parade's and alcohol abuse day...

I think i'll stick to calling it whatever the hell i want this year.

connundrum · 28-02-2007 09:16PM

Who is this Patrick fellow anyways? Sounds Welsh tbh. I'd say his real name was Daffyd.

Ghost Train · 28-02-2007 09:33PM

"A Tankard City Piss"
anagram of saint patricks day

DublinWriter · 01-03-2007 07:10AM

connundrum wrote:

Who is this Patrick fellow anyways? Sounds Welsh tbh. I'd say his real name was Daffyd.

His given name (Magonus Sucatus or Maewyn Succat) was changed to Patricius either after his baptism or after he became a priest. Patricius was a typical name for a Romanised Briton of the time.

The irony that St.Patrick was actually a middle-class Brit is lost on most folk.

faceman · 01-03-2007 08:57AM

DublinWriter wrote:

The irony that St.Patrick was actually a middle-class Brit is lost on most folk.

i thought i was the only person who knew that!
my mates usually get violent when i tell them that drinking on 17th march is in honour of an english man! (cos they dont believe me!)

01-03-2007 10:44AM

deswalsh wrote:

Otherwise, you'll be dismissed as someone with too little to worry them.

I'm not sure whatyou are looking for on 'after hours'. I'm sure there's a very interesting debate on the ramifications of the Chinese stock market slide somewhere. Were you looking for real gravitas, and wandered in here by accident?

There is no St Paddy. That's it. The English don't call their holiday 'The Big G' day, the Scots don't have a day off for 'St Andy', the Welsh don't go drinking for 'Mr. D', so why do we go for the jokey and matey effect with our patron saint? Oh I know, because its a pissup, and we're all on best friend terms with the man who got us the day off...

Dragan · 01-03-2007 10:51AM

Deleted User wrote:

There is no St Paddy. That's it. The English don't call their holiday 'The Big G' day, the Scots don't have a day off for 'St Andy', the Welsh don't go drinking for 'Mr. D', so why do we go for the jokey and matey effect with our patron saint? Oh I know, because its a pissup, and we're all on best friend terms with the man who got us the day off...

I'm actually rolling with the opinion that you

a) Have too little to worry about
b) Are some kind of dream i'm having
c) Are too sad and strange to live
d) Combo of the above.

It's a day, people can call it what they want. I will call it "Giant Cocks and Cornflakes Day".

I can see it now :

Friend : "Hey D, you coming down the pub for Paddy's Day?"
Me : "Can't, I'll be doing the door. And it's "Giant Cocks and Cornflakes Day."
Friend : "It is, what the **** is that about?"
Me : "Not sure. Doing it to **** with some random guy."

toiletduck · 01-03-2007 10:55AM

Can I call it Saturday?

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