Happy St Patrick's Day

jimharri said:
None taken. Why would you "celebrate" the patron saint of a foreign country. That was really my point A, just clumsily phrased. I don't celebrate him,and I live over here!
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Back in my childhood it was considered a holy day of obligation. Meaning your Ma sent you to mass.
Now with us all turning heathen over here, it’s hardly celebrated as Saintly or anything remotely holy.
It’s primarily a Bord Failte advertising campaign. Gone from a day to a 5 day festival.
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
Back in my childhood it was considered a holy day of obligation. Meaning your Ma sent you to mass.
Now with us all turning heathen over here, it’s hardly celebrated as Saintly or anything remotely holy.
It’s primarily a Bord Failte advertising campaign. Gone from a day to a 5 day festival.
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Still is a holy day of obligation. You're supposed to go to mass today. That's me banished to hell.
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
I feel the same about the Irish doing it.
Wear a Green jumper or shirt if you like, for the day, but dressing like a leprechaun or some diddley-aye Hollywood version of Oirish, is just cringeworthy.
Foreigners doing it isn’t half as bad in my view. You can just laugh at them.
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You should see what's it's like here in Boston...;)
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
I feel the same about the Irish doing it.
Wear a Green jumper or shirt if you like, for the day, but dressing like a leprechaun or some diddley-aye Hollywood version of Oirish, is just cringeworthy.
Foreigners doing it isn’t half as bad in my view. You can just laugh at them.
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The shamrock looks well on some foreigners, to be fair.... 271601781_bguk_2336226_021.jpg
 
jimharri said:
None taken. Why would you "celebrate" the patron saint of a foreign country. That was really my point A, just clumsily phrased. I don't celebrate him,and I live over here!
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I'm the 'clumsily phrased' comment expert Jim!
 
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