Paddy's Day.. doing anything?

brummytom · 14-03-2010 09:29PM #1

I'm not long after coming back home from the Birmingham Paddy's Parade - 50,000 Plastic Paddies assembled in the city centre to celebrate all things Irish (and a strangely large number of Chinese and Asian people there too). Great day, lots of music and lottttttttttssssss of drink.

So what are you all doing, if anything, on Wednesday? You get the day off don't you, so do you actually do anything?

Personally, I'm playing a few tunes with the school ceidhli band at Lunch (if I can wriggle out of my week-long detentions

), then I'm off to see The Dubliners at the town hall, then playing in a pub down the road. It might well be one of the most amazing days in my life thus far.. however sad that sounds.

Anyway, you?

Abi · 14-03-2010 09:30PM

brummytom wrote: »

Anyway, you?

You :cool:

brummytom · 14-03-2010 09:31PM

Abitar wrote: »

You :cool:

I should be so lucky

**Timbuk2** · 14-03-2010 09:32PM

Oooh, what did you get the detentions for?

bazmaiden · 14-03-2010 09:32PM

Working all day bro but I hope the gig goes well for you

kev9100 · 14-03-2010 09:33PM

I'll probably do what every other self-respecting Irish man does: Get seriously drunk on Wednesday and then take Thursday off:D.

Corkfeen · 14-03-2010 09:33PM

brummytom wrote: »

I'm not long after coming back home from the Birmingham Paddy's Parade - 50,000 Plastic Paddies assembled in the city centre to celebrate all things Irish (and a strangely large number of Chinese and Asian people there too). Great day, lots of music and lottttttttttssssss of drink.

So what are you all doing, if anything, on Wednesday? You get the day off don't you, so do you actually do anything?

Personally, I'm playing a few tunes with the school ceidhli band at Lunch (if I can wriggle out of my week-long detentions ), then I'm off to see The Dubliners at the town hall, then playing in a pub down the road. It might well be one of the most amazing days in my life thus far.. however sad that sounds.

Anyway, you?

I think the general idea for most is to drink but i've already done my paddys day drinking. I shall be catching up on the sleep which i've lost in the last 2 weekends.

Some study for that god damn leaving cert and sleep some more. What more could one ask for from life?

cafecolour · 14-03-2010 09:33PM

Something involving alcohol.

Holsten · 14-03-2010 09:33PM

Probably drinking.... a lot.

Dudess · 14-03-2010 09:35PM

I'd like to go out the night before, but I'd rather do nothing on the day itself. I'm not a fan of these "MUST... GET... DRUNK!!!" days (the other being Good Friday - although it's nice to go to house parties on the night of it).

A lot of people will be working though - I was lucky to get the day off.

minidazzler · 14-03-2010 09:35PM

Probably getting way too drunk if I can get money, we shall see.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 14-03-2010 09:38PM

I'm working. I'd go out afterwards but I'm currently on antibiotics. So it'll be straight to bed for me.

Abi · 14-03-2010 09:39PM

brummytom wrote: »

I should be so lucky

Y'alright there Kylie? Only if you're wearing your school uniform

LeoGilly · 14-03-2010 09:39PM

I'm off to Chicago on tuesday morning for six days. Cannot wait! Haven't heard one bad report! Unfortunatley they have a parade on the Sunday before but it shall be an epic day!

brummytom · 14-03-2010 09:39PM

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

Oooh, what did you get the detentions for?

Ah I cba typing it out, so I'll c+p :pac:

Well.. right. We had to do tests on two metals - iron and aluminium. One of the tests was the mallebility (that might do the wrong word... how strong it is, basically.. whether you can break it); so we had to hammer it.

But yeah, there weren't any hammers left. My mate had the great idea of chucking the block of iron on the floor to see if it dented (the block, not the floor). So I had a few goes; naaaah didn't dent. Then the Canadian, Chris, decided he wanted a go

"Hey guys, watch this"... now Chris is a dick-head. We all know it, I'm pretty sure he knows it, and we know he knows we know it. Anyway, he lobbed it at the ground; it bounced and richoted to the door, causing quite a bad dent and mass hysteria. The teacher finally noticed after only a dozen throws... moron.

Anyway, even though I didn't actually do anything I'm in trouble for:
* Breaking Health and Safety Rules
* Damaging a Fire Door
* Putting the health/wellbeing of others at risk
* Putting a teacher's job at risk.

Yeah, whatever. Detention every day until the end of the world, and they're gonna tell my parents.

On the bright side, it's the first time I've been in trouble for anything that wasn't bad/foul/abusive/disgusting language or behaviour... I'm getting better

Rebelheart · 14-03-2010 09:40PM

I'm going to the Hill of Tara to knock down the statue of that Christian interloper, the very person who symbolises the overthrow of the paganism and druid culture upon which Tara was built.

The gall of the Roman Catholic church to even put that statue there in the 19th century. It's akin to putting a statue of Oliver Cromwell in Dublin.

tony1kenobi · 14-03-2010 09:41PM

I'll probably just spin up to Dublin and help kids set fire to cars....it's kind of a tradition at this stage.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 14-03-2010 09:42PM

Rebelheart wrote: »

I'm going to the Hill of Tara to knock down the statue of that Christian interloper, the very person who symbolises the overthrow of the paganism and druid culture upon which Tara was built.

The gall of the Roman Catholic church to even put that statue there in the 19th century. It's akin to putting a statue of Oliver Cromwell in Dublin.

No you're not.

445279.ie · 14-03-2010 09:43PM

Sleep, eat, study, drink, then more sleep

dave 27 · 14-03-2010 09:43PM

probably nothing, went to see the parade last year for the first time in years and was boring, 60,000 lining the streets trying to get a view of what looked like most of the irish army..went to dublin a few years ago too and felt clostrophobic..three quarters of a million in a small area is not good!

Rebelheart · 14-03-2010 09:44PM

Nasir Wet Eye wrote: »

No you're not.

And you don't live on a "high street" in a "shire" in something called the "British Isles".

IvySlayer · 14-03-2010 09:44PM

I will be going to the best parade in the country. The Lucan parade!!

galwayrush · 14-03-2010 09:45PM

I'm going to work for a few hours,(need the money and it's good to get work now days) maybe a few glasses of wine at home in the evening.

brummytom · 14-03-2010 09:46PM

Rebelheart wrote: »

And you don't live on a "high street" in a "shire" in something called the "British Isles".

Oh, oh, oh, I do!

Kiera · 14-03-2010 09:46PM

Going into town on Tuesday night so will prob die all day Wednesday. Its my nephews bday so will have to surface at some stage.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 14-03-2010 09:47PM

Rebelheart wrote: »

And you don't live on a "high street" in a "shire" in something called the "British Isles".

I never said I did. Therein lies the difference.

poisonated · 14-03-2010 09:53PM

Going to watch St Michaels college beat Clongowes in the Leinster schools rugy final.After that(maybe before) get absolutely twister.

Rebelheart · 14-03-2010 09:53PM

brummytom wrote: »

Oh, oh, oh, I do!

Well, in fairness you are British. No surprises there.

Rebelheart · 14-03-2010 09:54PM

poisonated wrote: »

Going to watch St Michaels college beat Clongowes in the Leinster schools rugy final.After that(maybe before) get absolutely twister.

Is it really €20 for a ticket? Did the U-13s win on Friday?

karlog · 14-03-2010 09:55PM

I'll be getting pissed, except this time i'll have a good reason.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 14-03-2010 10:02PM

There's gonna be drinkin', dancin', fightin' and fuckin'

Bring it on

Paddy's Day.. doing anything?

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