Posted on 03/17/2010 11:24:46 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Who doesn't like St. Patrick's Day? I mean it is a lot of fun. Okay, the historical St. Patrick from what I understand was actually a Gallo-Roman which means he was more Italian than Irish but that doesn't interfere with the fun. I mean how Irish is corned beef which was actually picked up from Jewish delis since there is a dearth of traditional Irish food. Come to think of it, what exactly is traditional Irish food? I once asked an authentic Irishman (from Ireland) about this and he told me that over there food is nothing more than a dietary supplement between rounds of beer. It seems that good food is NOT a priority anywhere in the British Isles. And don't get me started on Shepherd's pie...yuch! Okay, so Irish food sucks but what kind of mentality is it that condemns St. Patrick's Day? Okay, I'll tell you what kind of mentality, a DUmmie mentality as you can see in this THREAD, "Everyone gearing up for St. Douchebag's Day?" So let us now watch the DUmmies get downbeat on St. Patrick's Day in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, who won't be posting in Emerald Isle green because it is hard on the eyes, is in the [brackets]:
Everyone gearing up for St. Douchebag's Day?
[Posted the DUmmie Douchebag.]
St. "Look At Me!.. I'm 18 and Drunk off my Ass!" Day. I hate it.
[Posted the bitter DUmmie from deep within the confines of his dark, dank, joyless basement.]
A big part of St. Patrick’s Day is having white people feel particularly upset at the oppression of their ancestors that has in no way trickled down to them. If you find yourself talking with a white person who tells you about how their great grandfather was oppressed by both the English and the Americans, it is strongly recommended that you lend a sympathetic ear and shake your head in disbelief. It is never considered acceptable to say: “but you’re white now, so what’s the problem?”
[You're a DUmmie now and that IS your problem.]
I'm no saint. Just a run-of-the-mill douchebag.
[A leprechaun Kewpie Doll to you for that moment of accurate self-realization.]
I love the fact that I can stock up on corned beef wicked cheap.
[Hmmmm... Gotta check up on my coupons. I just got a years supply of BO sticks FREE via coupons so why not also stock up on that "Irish fare" of corned beef?
nothing like institutionalized drunken douchbaggery.
[aka DUmmieland.]
I just think it sucks that I can't go out on my birthday without slipping in teenage vomit.
[So stop by Bukowski's and slip in middle-age vomit.]
But I am just sickened by the idiots (Irish and otherwise) who use it as an excuse to spend the entire day drunk.
[Then you must like Pied Piper Pitt who uses NO excuse to spend EVERY day drunk.]
I Enjoy Drinking To Excess On St Patrick's Day
[As well as on the other 364 days.]
If you read Bede, the Romanists had a problem with the Celtic Churches celibration of Easter, among other things. This was one of the reasons given for Henry II to invade Ireland and bring them into conformity.
Yeah - I got it: pit perfumers!!!
But when I first read “BO sticks” I’m thinking our illustrious leader, you know? Then I thought of “bully sticks” and the most gawd awful thought came into my head...
I had heard that. There used to be a fantastic English restaurant in Manhatten but it closed. There Shepherds Pie was excellent.
Well, our family had “poo-paper”. It was always great seeing my mom’s face as my dad screams came from two ailes over in the supermarket:
“Honey - don’t forget the poo paper!!!”
lmfao.
A Modest Proposal, by Dr. Jonathan Swift. ;)
No one uses BO sticks in Ireland. At least not in the Gallway area.
There is nothing the DUmmies don’t hate.
I do call it amature day.
An Irishman isn’t drunk as long as he can hold a blade of grass and not fall off the face of the Earth!!!
Dooderbutt, I’m going to have to trust your expertise on poo-paper.
My Dad called it “music roll.” It made me take a second look at player pianos...but I never trusted his other colloquialisms, like “Cape Crud” for Cape Cod (my mom’s birthplace) and “no-stinkum” for deodorant. He also said all stray dogs were named “Fozzum,” something I have learned that he apparently just made up out of whole cloth. My husband assures me all stray dogs are, in fact, named “Temporary.”
LOL - The new face of the DUmmies.
:-) My father also calls an empty “poo-paper” roll a “doo-doo-doo” ‘cause he gives it to the grand-kids to go “doo-doo-doooooo” in like a trumpet or something.
What is it with the weirdness of fathers? But, they are wonderful and a lot of fun, aren’t they?
There, fixed it....
I’ve never been to any of the British Isles, so I don’t know for sure, but my son went years ago on a concert tour with a boy’s choir he was a member of.
He said everything tasted odd. Even at Mcdonald’s, where you know they don’t boil anything.
Well, allow me a bit of Anglophile correction on that one.
Recently, with the likes of a certain Mr. Stein and a chef named Gordon among others, English food, that is the real thing, is being rediscovered.
See, the thing is that real English food was in fact pretty good stuff in that it was simple and for the most part a rural fare. The poor reputation of industrial urban food is what many folks think about as English food, but in the true tradition it is not just that. Lots of fish and pork, lamb and beef. Good vegetables and simple yet ample stuff like Lancashire Hot Pots, Black Pudding (similar to French boudin).
The English are connecting again with that part of their history. It's positive all around.
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