is paddys day all about drink ???

john west · 08-03-2009 10:36PM #1

i think people are forgetting about irish tradition

Xiney · 08-03-2009 10:37PM

john west wrote: »

i think people are forgetting about irish tradition

which is... drinking?

mikemac · 08-03-2009 10:38PM

If you were concerned about tradition then you'd be calling it St. Patricks Day.

But you call a saint paddy and then wonder where everyone else went wrong but not you :rolleyes:

tman · 08-03-2009 10:43PM

Sure all he did was "allegedly" drive out a few poxy grass snakes...
As an agnostic, I think I'll stick to just enjoying the time off work and spending time with friends (oh yes, and getting ****faced drunk!)

biko · 08-03-2009 10:53PM

No, its about watching a poxy parade in the rain, and then drink

banshee_bones · 08-03-2009 10:55PM

john west wrote: »

i think people are forgetting about irish tradition

which in your opinion is what now????!!

us all driving out snakes... ???

sorry! its been done!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 08-03-2009 10:55PM

john west wrote: »

i think people are forgetting about irish tradition

No, we're not. We're juts completely ignoring it.

Princessa · 08-03-2009 10:56PM

But of course, its all about dying your alcoholic drinks green... Duh!!

MagicMarker · 08-03-2009 10:56PM

It's about having a day off, and that's the only thing it's good for.

[obligatory recession comment] If you have a job that is [obligatory recession comment]

Sirsparrow · 08-03-2009 10:58PM

Don't forget it's not just a day. It's a whole long weekend.

And it's festival now sure.

But yeah Paddy's Day is all about drinking obviously.

MagicMarker · 08-03-2009 10:58PM

Sirsparrow wrote: »

Don't forget it's not just a day. It's a whole long weekend.

Paddy's day is on a Tuesday.

Alessandra · 08-03-2009 11:01PM

john west wrote: »

i think people are forgetting about irish tradition

Depend on how you choose to celebrate it. It's a religious feast day so those practising Catholics will attend mass in the afternoon. The parade is usually a soggy yet obligatory St. Patricks day tradition and then the pub. Yes some people drink to excess on the day but then again some people drink to excess on a regular Saturday night. No need to make generalisations about the population.:)

chin_grin · 08-03-2009 11:01PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Paddy's day is on a Tuesday.

It's a whole LONG Tuesday so!

Sirsparrow · 08-03-2009 11:02PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Paddy's day is on a Tuesday.

You think people won't be celebrating from Friday - Tuesday for St. Patricks?

Venom · 08-03-2009 11:03PM

Sirsparrow wrote: »

Don't forget it's not just a day. It's a whole long weekend.

And it's festival now sure.

But yeah Paddy's Day is all about drinking obviously.

That's only for the tourists tbh. Like the year after 9/11 when it was held late in the year due to lack of Americans wanting to travel :rolleyes:

CamperMan · 08-03-2009 11:05PM

yep, it's all about the drink

Riddle101 · 08-03-2009 11:07PM

I'd like it to be more traditional, but how more traditonal can we make it? St Paddy's tradition is basically wearing Green and watching a Parade as well as drinking and I'm pretty sure we've got that covered. Unless you want us to break out the Leprechauns, but then everyone will know the truth about Ireland and Leprechauns and our super secret Gold Mines will be exposed

Mossy Monk · 08-03-2009 11:17PM

I wont be drinking. I will wait for a time when the pubs aren't full of idiots not capable of handling their drink.

Mayo Exile · 08-03-2009 11:40PM

The government should subsidise the publicans to provide free beer on Paddy's Day to help the population forget about the current state of the country. The more you drink the more you'll forget..............

chin_grin · 08-03-2009 11:46PM

Mayo Exile wrote: »

The government should subsidise the publicans to provide free beer on Paddy's Day to help the population forget about the current state of the country. The more you drink the more you'll forget..............

Well also the more you drink the more you become maudlin and miss those "good oul days" of yore. It is a depressant afterall. Snif.

Zippie84 · 08-03-2009 11:49PM

yes

xOxSinéadxOx · 08-03-2009 11:55PM

well what else would it be about?

inisboffin · 08-03-2009 11:55PM

The lapsed Catholic-leaning-to-Pagan in me will point out that "St Patrick's Day" is actually the day he died!:p

I am quite fond of snakes (never mind the symbolism with Paganism etc.)

Also, isn't there the whole thing that the Catholic Church had to move the day, as the holy day clashed with holy week and came in a poor 2nd :rolleyes:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=9917

Give me an 'ol jumping of Lúnasagh fires to celebrate the heritage any day!

buffalo · 08-03-2009 11:56PM

In a cynical thread hijack, is there anything to actually do on St Patrick's Day beyond the parade and the pub? I've a couple of friends coming from abroad, and I've got nothing for them to do on the day besides drink! (Not that I'm complaining, but I imagine they expect a bit of culture.

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MIN2511 · 09-03-2009 12:02AM

ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ALCOHOL ALCOHOL

That's all i think of when i think Paddy's day

Oh and more alcohol..... Was in Temple bar last yr, jaysus.... It was packed!

Saibh · 09-03-2009 12:03AM

buffalo wrote: »

In a cynical thread hijack, is there anything to actually do on St Patrick's Day beyond the parade and the pub? I've a couple of friends coming from abroad, and I've got nothing for them to do on the day besides drink! (Not that I'm complaining, but I imagine they expect a bit of culture. )

The parade and drinking is part of the culture nowadays
Also, it would depend where you live if there is anything else on - check local newspapers maybe

connundrum · 09-03-2009 12:03AM

buffalo wrote: »

In a cynical thread hijack, is there anything to actually do on St Patrick's Day beyond the parade and the pub? I've a couple of friends coming from abroad, and I've got nothing for them to do on the day besides drink! (Not that I'm complaining, but I imagine they expect a bit of culture. )

Read 90% of the posts above your own. Its basically all about the drinking.

I wonder if St. Patrick went for a few beers on his own day?

Terry · 09-03-2009 12:17AM

I'm really sophisticated, so I'll be sneering at anyone who does anything remotely Irish.
I'm also going ot leave this country ASAP because everyone else is a brute.

I will then continue to post here from abroad and tell you all how good <insert counrty here> is, all the while ignoring the fact that the entire western hemisphere is the same, but I'm too full of myself to admit I was wrong about Ireland.

Sharpshooter · 09-03-2009 12:26AM

Terry wrote: »

I'm really sophisticated, so I'll be sneering at anyone who does anything remotely Irish.
I'm also going ot leave this country ASAP because everyone else is a brute.

Walking on eire there Terry?

Borneo Fnctn · 09-03-2009 12:27AM

Saint Patrick (if he ever existed) convinced allot of people to believe in a Christian God who definitely isn't real. So what?. I'll be having a few drinks too many on Paddy's Day. I won't be giving a fiddler's fart about religion. And I'll be loving it.

SoWatchaWant · 09-03-2009 12:30AM

Terry wrote: »

I'm really sophisticated, so I'll be sneering at anyone who does anything remotely Irish.
I'm also going ot leave this country ASAP because everyone else is a brute.

I will then continue to post here from abroad and tell you all how good <insert counrty here> is, all the while ignoring the fact that the entire western hemisphere is the same, but I'm too full of myself to admit I was wrong about Ireland.

Ikky I think.

is paddys day all about drink ???

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