tajmall (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tajmall) wrote,@ 2009-03-18 11:30:00 |
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St.Pat's Midtown Getup Got Down Pat
Thumbs-up and fair-play to Wiseacre for his Second worst day of the year, Saint Patrick post which goes: "I hate Saint Patrick's Day almost as much as I hate New Year's Eve. Both days bring amateur drunks out of the wookwork. They're an embarrassment to those of us who know how to hold our liquor; starting fights, regurgitating everywhere, and doing cod Irish accents, they're vile. I'll have a drink tomorrow."
This reminds me of my official reason for fleeing New York ten years ago (almost to the day):
It was not to chase encroaching monkeys away from the shed I kept in Singapore (even if I did).
It was so I didn't have to witness St. Pat's in America. I'd already seen guys warming up for it in Midtown Manhattan Irish bars a few weeks before. They were done up in Scottish garb (kilts, sporrans...); playing Scottish tunes on their Scottish bagpipes; and speaking Aussie accents.
Anyway, there's little to celebrate after what's been happening in Northern Ireland recently.
Charlton Heston gets in on act
Thumbs-up and fair-play to Wiseacre for his Second worst day of the year, Saint Patrick post which goes: "I hate Saint Patrick's Day almost as much as I hate New Year's Eve. Both days bring amateur drunks out of the wookwork. They're an embarrassment to those of us who know how to hold our liquor; starting fights, regurgitating everywhere, and doing cod Irish accents, they're vile. I'll have a drink tomorrow."
This reminds me of my official reason for fleeing New York ten years ago (almost to the day):
It was not to chase encroaching monkeys away from the shed I kept in Singapore (even if I did).
It was so I didn't have to witness St. Pat's in America. I'd already seen guys warming up for it in Midtown Manhattan Irish bars a few weeks before. They were done up in Scottish garb (kilts, sporrans...); playing Scottish tunes on their Scottish bagpipes; and speaking Aussie accents.
Anyway, there's little to celebrate after what's been happening in Northern Ireland recently.
Charlton Heston gets in on act
