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I want to know how many of these people are even Irish. And I mean ACTUALLY Irish, not "my grandmother is a quarter Irish."
ReplyDeleteThe older I get, the angrier I become that my people's holiday here in the states has devolved into nothing more than a drunkfest. The Irish people have made huge cultural contributions to society, to literature, to music, yet all these assholes want to do is use the holiday as an excuse to get morning wasted.
Cinco de Mayo -- Mexico's most important national holiday -- is on a similar path here in the US, and I'm sure the marginally more sophisticated drunks will find a way to ruin Bastille Day eventually.
Being of partial Irish descent I have always been ashamed that alcohol is used by many to define their heritage instead of acknowledging the struggles our ancestors met and overcame when first coming to this country and the many contributions and accomplishments Irish - Americans have made.
ReplyDeleteWo-hoo! There I am, in the crowd! I enjoyed a pre-work brew and now I now I am ward at hurk!
ReplyDeleteBecause nothing says "I'm proud of my heritage" like living up to negative stereotypes.
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Happy St. Patrick's Day or as we like to call it Springtime SantaCon! 🍀
Well it's the annual East Village Marathon - 26 bars long. On your mark. Get set. Drink!
ReplyDeleteAnd now for some real Irish culture.
ReplyDelete"The Artist Who Dared to Paint Ireland’s Great Famine"
"It is called An Gorta Mor, or the Great Hunger, an evocative term that still fails to convey the full horror of the Irish potato famine, perhaps the single worst catastrophe in 19th-century Europe. Between 1845 and 1852, Ireland lost more than a quarter of its population to starvation, disease and emigration, while its English overlords hemmed, hawed and, in at least one prominent case, cited God’s will as justification."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/arts/design/the-artist-who-dared-to-paint-irelands-great-famine.html?_r=0
Anon @ 9:41am - clearly you are not Mexican nor have the slightest clue about our neighbors to the south. Cinco de mayo is really no big deal in Mexico and doesn't even come close to what 4th of July is for the US.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy the rest of the holiday. I'll have a drink for you, since I'm sure you'll be diving into your favorite james Joyce novel.
The annual shit show begins....
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to be able to pile on with those hating everything.
ReplyDelete9:41am,
ReplyDeleteYou may want to check your Mexican history, Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday created by Mexican-Americans to celebrate their heritage and isn't even a national holiday in Mexico.
Mexico's Independence Day is on September 16th.
What better way to celebrate the defeat of the godless pagans by the One True Church than with a nip of the brown, I always say!
ReplyDeleteI stand corrected 1:27! But my point still stands: I doubt Mexican Americans want to see Cinco de Mayo co-opted by a bunch of non-Mexican American drunks.
ReplyDeleteBest time to go to McSorley's is in the middle of the afternoon on a midweek, except St. Patrick's Day.
ReplyDelete8am opening? Sheez, On an early football matches, I show up at 7am at pubs showing said matches.
There's really something more alluring with a lass, esp. Irish, wearing green.
Don't know if anyone notice it, but there seems to be more head on the beer at McSorley's during St. Paddy's day; maybe a prelude on what patrons get afterwards.
@1:34
ReplyDeleteBefore the rise of monotheistic religions, most people practiced some type of polytheism, meaning pagans believe in more than one god. Catholicism restructured these multi gods faiths into one big god and minor gods called saints. The only real improvement from paganism was getting rid of human sacrifices and various icons of animals except for the lamb = Jesus and the dove = something called the holy spirit which I still can't figure out.
I always thought that a religion created by people from the Mediterranean was a bad fit for northern European peoples, the Irish especially, you know having a wife and a mistress without guilt is hard.
I just don't want a sexy leprechaun barfing in my vestibule. I already saw an argument with a drunken grown ass man wearing sa hamrock headband.
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