Begorrah, lass! Erin Go Braless!

(soon I shall repair to my local saloon for the drinkin' and brawlin'and the Wearin o' the Green and the Reinforcin' o' the Stereotypes. You New Yorkers know where I'm talking about)

The Reinforcin' of the Stereotypes is the best part o' th' day!

Indeed.

*starves to death in potato field. emigrates to New York City and becomes corrupt policeman. tilts derby hat forward. guzzles whiskey*

hey, you're right, that was fun!

::snort::

Oh jonmc.

Slainte is one of maybe four gaelic phrases I know how to say. Half of the phrases I know are swears. That seems to be proportional with my knowledge of English, I think.

Thanks for the post, McCo!

PS
Why isn't this a post on the blue? Do iiiiit!

Just for the record, it's "slan-cha," right?

Half of the phrases I know are swears.

I'll assume one of the others is 'Pogue mahone."

I hate Paddys day.

Yesterday I spent most of the day screaming "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY YOU DRUNKEN ASSHOLE. HEY, THAT'S NOT A BATHROOM. PANTS UP OR I GET A CAMERA! YOU PUKE AND I RUB YOUR FACE IN IT!"

Good times.

Just for the record, it's "slan-cha," right?

When I was taught to say it I was told to compare it to the English phrase "lawn chair," just drop the R and put an S in front.

Kellydmanit, I do hate the way any holiday in the US becomes co=opted as Excuse to Drink Day. Cinco de Mayo? Check! Mardi Gras? Check! St. Patrick's? Check!

I spent several years trying to teach myself Irish out of a book in high school; for my troubles, I can remember exactly one phrase: Builtear iad le slaten! "Let them be struck with rods!" Strangely, it's actually come in handy a few times.

(And TrishaLynn: yep, slainte = slahn-cha.)

I do hate the way any holiday in the US becomes co=opted as Excuse to Drink Day.

Some of us don't need any excuse, but if one is offered...

Yes the prononciation is slawn-cha!

La Feile Padraig shona doibh go leir!

Thanks for posting this, I wanted to do something similar all day but my car has impacted on my garage (handbrake failed, steep slope!)I can't get it off and I'm practically in tears
(you'd have to understand how much this car means to me, plus it was already abused last week on my birthday when my hubby got it clamped and ...............wait for it.............drove away without noticing clamp! ouch, mucho ouch !)

But enough GYOBF, I've been celebrating it seems since the 8th March (what's this with St Patrick's Festival??, yeah sure Dublin and Rio, of course!) my birthday, my friend's birthday, official high holy Paddy's day according to the Catholic Church ( March 15th this year), March 16th pre-paddy's day, now today! Phew!

There's an Irish stew on the hob, bubbling away nicely (naturally it was made yesterday, so it has really thickened down)
The Guinness is warming as we speak (for the one person in the family who can stomach it) We're drowing the shamrock in white wine (Irish middle class naffness!) and I was just offered a Director of Operations job at a place where I've been complaining about the director of operations for a year. Huh!


Pog mo shoin agus faigh bas ar son Erin !

(do I get an exclamation mark prize for that?)

!!!!!!!

An idea whose time has come? You decide - it's the Mighty Irish Tamale.

Miko, I think part of the problem is I live one block over from the street our parade runs down, and I live in an area with a lot of bars.

Normally not an issue, but on the armature nights (St. Patrick's, NYE, day before thanksgiving) we get a lot of assholes from the 'burbs who can't handle their alcohol and assume we're all trash since we live in the city and it's a-OK to piss on our houses. Literally.

I'm back from the bar.

*decks everyone*

Someone (I think ethylene) posted this last week, but I can't let this day go by without posting it again:

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ha, that's funny, BP.

It was a sea of green today. I like St. Patrick's Day.

BoPo, you can march in my parade anytime. provided you spring for the booze, ya cheap bastard...

blarg
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