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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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 Posted - 03/16/2007 : 23:39:14
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happy saint patrick's day to all..... franzoni's on the black stuff ... so is most of ireland...... god invented whiskey so the irish wouldn't rule the world....... !!! |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/17/2007 : 01:32:27
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Happy St. Patrick's day.
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
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tomwest
Silver Member
United Kingdom
436 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 00:41:43
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| I still don't understand why Americans get so into it, yeah there was some Irish immigration across the east coast but it doesn't warrant Chicago dying the river green. Maybe since the USA were the largest benefactors of the IRA, they feel they should get something back..... |
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DeFrag
Moderator
USA
3409 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 01:50:25
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| I actually brew my own beer & I just happen to be racking a cream stout today. While its no Guinness, dark, thick, & liquid bread like wholesome goodness it shall be. I celebrate tonight with the traditional corned beef, cabbage, & potatoes. MMMMmmm..... |
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tomwest
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/18/2007 : 11:00:58
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Corned Beef isn't traditional, Irish food is. Corned beef only got an irish association when the Irish in New York found it as a substitute to their Irish Bacon . |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 03/18/2007 : 14:52:00
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ya im not too big into St Pattys.
a) i rarely drink
b) i dont like crowds/people in general
c) im not Irish
i know, i know, im a big negative Nancy  |
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tomwest
Silver Member
United Kingdom
436 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 16:07:25
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| You're right though, I'm half Irish and I don't celebrate it because I'm English. I also dislike crowds as I'm pretty shy, but I do like to drink every once in a while. |
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ptero
Silver Member
Mexico
218 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 20:43:35
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No need to be Irish to like drinking.
And for many people, it is only a matter of finding an excuse for it.
In Mexico, some people "compete" in the Guadalupe-Reyes marathon. You must start drinking on December 12th (Day of Guadalupe) and keep drinking everyday until January 6th (Dia de Reyes, wise men in english I think). |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2007 : 22:31:36
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| hey tom west....no need to shy about your irish half.....maybe the reason why the usa gets so exited about st patricks day is because 40 million of them have some irish blood in them...... the usa have been very good friends of ireland north and south..... more than some of your countrymen in the past...thats how the IRA came about in the first place.......ans if my memory serves did the british government only pay off the last instalment of your war debt last year..?..seems like they baled you out as well over the years.... |
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Vim Fuego
Gold Member
Denmark
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Posted - 03/18/2007 : 22:59:55
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quote:
Originally posted by ptero
No need to be Irish to like drinking.
And for many people, it is only a matter of finding an excuse for it.
In Mexico, some people "compete" in the Guadalupe-Reyes marathon. You must start drinking on December 12th (Day of Guadalupe) and keep drinking everyday until January 6th (Dia de Reyes, wise men in english I think).
Hey thats funny .. I'm the exact opposite..
I start drinking the 6th of January.. and stop around christmas time 
Cheers to ya all |
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ptero
Silver Member
Mexico
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Posted - 03/19/2007 : 01:05:37
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Originally posted by Vim Fuego
I start drinking the 6th of January.. and stop around christmas time
So, you stop drinking around Christmas time... why??
Do you work as the santa of the mall and they don't let you drink because of the children??? |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 03/19/2007 : 07:24:46
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You have to sober up sometime, if you're going to buy some more Boss pedals.......
Regards Dr. Bob |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2007 : 15:45:36
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| ah...giving up the beer..why would you want too....? christmas...then paddys day....then hols at easter..then its the summer with all the barbies going on...by then your into autumn and the nights are getting dark so what better place than the pub...!!! then its christmas again...........not to mention all the birthdays,weddings,etc during the year....and if your gigging..... 'nuff said.... |
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tomwest
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/19/2007 : 18:35:44
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Originally posted by FRANZONI
hey tom west....no need to shy about your irish half.....maybe the reason why the usa gets so exited about st patricks day is because 40 million of them have some irish blood in them...... the usa have been very good friends of ireland north and south..... more than some of your countrymen in the past...thats how the IRA came about in the first place.......ans if my memory serves did the british government only pay off the last instalment of your war debt last year..?..seems like they baled you out as well over the years....
They're probably excited about St. Patrick's day because they wiped out their own history by genocide and have just stolen a lot of Irish traditions. As for the British Government paying war debt...so what it's out war debt, we didn't get any money from anyone else? I can't speak for events in the past though as I wasn't born, and I'm not willing to apologise either because it's nothing to do with me, despite the fact that I disagree with a lot of English foreign policy from the past. |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
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Posted - 03/21/2007 : 20:58:00
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| oh ...just an upnote..the mayor's of chicago have been of irish descent for nearly the last 50 years and the the biggest ethnic group of city councillors are irish americans...maybe that had something to do with the river running green..... |
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happy saint patrick's day
