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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-14-09 12:45 AM
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90. No, this is a lounge post
I posted it in the Lounge, therefore it is a lounge post. Sorry it does not live up to your fluffy bunny standards.
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  -I am one Irish person that gets annoyed with the "everyone is Irish on 3/17" crap. KitchenWitch  Mar-12-09 02:58 PM   #0 
  - Oooooohhhhh....  BeachBaby   Mar-12-09 03:00 PM   #1 
  - Can I have some?  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 03:01 PM   #3 
     - Here.  BeachBaby   Mar-12-09 03:03 PM   # 
        - Thanks!  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 03:07 PM   #7 
  - .  TZ   Mar-12-09 03:00 PM   #2 
  - I get pissed about it, too  HarukaTheTrophyWife   Mar-12-09 03:02 PM   #4 
  - yeah, that O'bama thing is annoying.  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 03:03 PM   #5 
  - That drove me crazy  LostinVA   Mar-12-09 06:08 PM   #68 
  - You really need to find more important things to rile you up  SoxFan   Mar-13-09 09:36 AM   #86 
     - Good for you.  KitchenWitch   Mar-14-09 12:11 AM   #88 
  - I don't know if I'm annoyed so much as mildly bemused.  SteppingRazor   Mar-12-09 03:05 PM   #6 
  - I thought it was because Obama is in fact Irish on his mom's side  cherish44   Mar-14-09 01:51 PM   #111 
  - I'm with you.  foxfeet   Mar-12-09 03:08 PM   #8 
  - Wow!  BeachBaby   Mar-12-09 03:12 PM   #9 
     - As long as you don't wear orange  HarukaTheTrophyWife   Mar-12-09 03:13 PM   #11 
     - Can you explain the orange thing to me?  BeachBaby   Mar-12-09 03:28 PM   #19 
        - The orangemen are the terrorists that persecute Irish Catholics in northern Ireland.  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 03:29 PM   #20 
        - But orange is in the Irish flag, yes?  BeachBaby   Mar-12-09 03:31 PM   #23 
        - yes, there is orange in the Irish flag  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 03:34 PM   #24 
        - The orange is for the orange men the white repersents friendship and  Lost in CT   Mar-12-09 04:20 PM   #51 
        - Yes, but I think the green, white and orange together are supposed to represent unity  HarukaTheTrophyWife   Mar-12-09 03:35 PM   #25 
        - That is correct. nt  Lost in CT   Mar-12-09 04:22 PM   #53 
        - The orange is for that fucking bastard William of Orange  LostinVA   Mar-12-09 06:13 PM   #70 
        - they got the orange from William of Orange  mitchtv   Mar-12-09 03:51 PM   #37 
        - Who was Dutch.  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 04:02 PM   #47 
        - This one is my favorite  timtom   Mar-14-09 09:29 AM   #101 
        - The orange live in both the north and the south... they are more populous in the north.  Lost in CT   Mar-12-09 04:22 PM   #52 
        - In Northern Ireland, the douchebags keeping down the Catholics were Orangemen  HarukaTheTrophyWife   Mar-12-09 03:31 PM   #22 
     - My mom keeps it in the family room  TZ   Mar-12-09 03:24 PM   #17 
     - Or they pinch you.  Sequoia   Mar-12-09 05:57 PM   #62 
  - The Irish alcoholic thing really pisses me off.  arcadian   Mar-12-09 03:12 PM   #10 
  - I can only speak for my region - Philly and Philly metro.....  BeachBaby   Mar-12-09 03:40 PM   #27 
  - The Russians could give is some competition  mitchtv   Mar-12-09 03:49 PM   #36 
  - actually, until recently the rate of alcoholism in Ireland was no higher than  tigereye   Mar-12-09 03:53 PM   #38 
  - It implies that we're all unbathed, ignorant coal-filthy potato-eating red-haired whisky-swilling  Rabrrrrrr   Mar-12-09 03:14 PM   #12 
  - And that is why I love you so much!  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 03:18 PM   #14 
  - Yeah seriously, I have blackish hair  HarukaTheTrophyWife   Mar-12-09 03:18 PM   #16 
  - Exactly! I, for one, do not eat potatoes.  Pacifist Patriot   Mar-12-09 03:40 PM   #28 
  - I thought you were a Scot  HarukaTheTrophyWife   Mar-12-09 03:42 PM   #31 
  - Get thee hence you heathen!  Pacifist Patriot   Mar-12-09 03:46 PM   #33 
  - I just found out recently that my mother's Irish ancestors went to Scotland  tigereye   Mar-12-09 03:55 PM   #42 
  - Why do you hate......  Vanje   Mar-14-09 09:19 AM   #98 
  - I thought that was Welshmen  Oeditpus Rex   Mar-12-09 04:01 PM   #45 
  - Cau dy geg!  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 04:09 PM   #49 
  - Typical bleeding Rhondda, isn't it. You think you're so bloody clever.  Rabrrrrrr   Mar-12-09 06:08 PM   #69 
  - Your mind's gone, Jenkins. You're rubbish.  Oeditpus Rex   Mar-12-09 08:35 PM   #79 
  - .....  elshiva   Mar-12-09 08:49 PM   #80 
  - Eve Myles loves Cystic Fibrosis?  Dogmudgeon   Mar-14-09 01:33 AM   #93 
  - But WHO Welshes the Welshmen?  Blue_Tires   Mar-13-09 09:22 AM   #81 
     - Watch it boyo.  geardaddy   Mar-13-09 09:45 AM   #87 
  - We're not? Shit. Have to rethink my entire life.  Midlodemocrat   Mar-12-09 06:20 PM   #73 
  - Why don't you go beat the crap out of the people you feel are promoting that stereotype?  XemaSab   Mar-12-09 06:24 PM   #74 
     - Because I'm not Irish. I don't fight individuals. I'm German - I take out my issues on nations.  Rabrrrrrr   Mar-12-09 06:40 PM   #77 
        - Swedes. We dont fight. We take out our issues on our food.  Vanje   Mar-14-09 09:30 AM   #102 
  - The hoopla is puzzling  MorningGlow   Mar-12-09 03:16 PM   #13 
  - We pretend the Irish eat corned beef and cabbage  Vanje   Mar-14-09 09:33 AM   #103 
  - I'm not a fan of the American holiday of St Patricks Day  no name no slogan   Mar-12-09 03:18 PM   #15 
  - I think it's the rise of places created by  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 03:36 PM   #26 
  - I wanna be Irish on 3/17...  av8rdave   Mar-12-09 03:28 PM   #18 
  - Someday I would love to visit Ireland  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 03:30 PM   #21 
     - It's on my list of places to go. Closest I've been to Ireland is Shropshire...  Pacifist Patriot   Mar-12-09 03:47 PM   #34 
  - Are you forgetting that St. Patrick was taken as a slave to Ireland?  Sanity Claws   Mar-12-09 03:41 PM   #29 
  - Does not take away the fact that entire traditions were either co-opted  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 03:46 PM   #32 
  - You want to deny the right of a people to change  Sanity Claws   Mar-12-09 03:53 PM   #39 
     - He twisted their traditions to make his point  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 04:49 PM   #56 
        - Why are you taking this so to heart?  Sanity Claws   Mar-12-09 05:01 PM   #58 
           - I, too, have a genuine faith, but do not feel the need to impose my beliefs upon others  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 05:05 PM   #59 
           - I guess we disagree about St. Patrick  Sanity Claws   Mar-12-09 05:13 PM   #60 
           - Be fucking glad St Patrick wasnt a Mormon. nt  Vanje   Mar-14-09 09:35 AM   #104 
  - The nuns taught me that St Brendan the Navigator  mitchtv   Mar-12-09 03:55 PM   #41 
  - And there's also a story of Prince Madog of Gwynedd (Wales)  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 04:05 PM   #48 
  - Well, if I landed in Alabama, I wouldn't stick around, either  SoxFan   Mar-13-09 09:31 AM   #84 
  - Irish monks were probably the first Europeans here  LostinVA   Mar-12-09 06:17 PM   #71 
  - But he returned to Britain and became a monk, then  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 03:56 PM   #43 
     - St. Partick returned by choice  Sanity Claws   Mar-12-09 03:59 PM   #44 
        - I know.  geardaddy   Mar-12-09 04:01 PM   #46 
  - I wouldn't mind it so much if it was just called the...  Pacifist Patriot   Mar-12-09 03:42 PM   #30 
  - I never could get into the green beer thing either.  Wapsie B   Mar-12-09 03:48 PM   #35 
  - You are on  QueenOfCalifornia   Mar-12-09 03:54 PM   #40 
  - I enjoy St. Patrick's Day but I'm not Irish  Mudoria   Mar-12-09 04:14 PM   #50 
  - There are better days to celebrate Irishness, IMO.  Withywindle   Mar-12-09 04:34 PM   #54 
  - HAH! Love it.  KitchenWitch   Mar-12-09 04:48 PM   #55 
  - I'm English. Enough said. nt  mwooldri   Mar-12-09 05:00 PM   #57 
  - Nice post, Cromwell  SoxFan   Mar-13-09 09:33 AM   #85 
     - !!!!  Vanje   Mar-14-09 09:37 AM   #106 
  - I don't want everyone to be Irish, dammit  LostinVA   Mar-12-09 05:56 PM   #61 
  - I'm just pissed at all the drunken rookies crowding the bars on my birthday.  LeftyMom   Mar-12-09 06:04 PM   #63 
  - I'm pretty sure the bulk of non-Irish celebrants are just using it  last_texas_dem   Mar-12-09 06:04 PM   #64 
  - What strikes me as odd is that it's bigger here than in Ireland.  redqueen   Mar-12-09 06:06 PM   #65 
  - Here's what it says:  XemaSab   Mar-12-09 06:31 PM   #75 
     - 36 million? That's it?  BeachBaby   Mar-13-09 09:31 AM   #83 
  - Erin go braless. Green beer. Corned beef and cabbage.  trof   Mar-12-09 06:07 PM   #66 
  - heh. I've always thought it was a little...weird, myself  nickinSTL   Mar-12-09 06:08 PM   #67 
  - You've got to remember,  Pharlo   Mar-12-09 06:18 PM   #72 
  - I am sooooooo stealing that from you!!!  LostinVA   Mar-12-09 06:36 PM   #76 
  - irish you american isthmus  struggle4progress   Mar-12-09 06:44 PM   #78 
  - This sounds like a GD post  SoxFan   Mar-13-09 09:27 AM   #82 
  - No, this is a lounge post  KitchenWitch   Mar-14-09 12:45 AM   #90 
     - I want a bunny.  Drunken Irishman   Mar-14-09 02:48 AM   #95 
  - I pull out my "Fuck Off, I'm Welsh" button 3/17  REP   Mar-14-09 12:24 AM   #89 
  - I hate St Patty's day.  crimsonblue   Mar-14-09 12:49 AM   #91 
  - I'm 1/4 Irish  soleiri   Mar-14-09 01:18 AM   #92 
  - I'm gonna get drunk.  Drunken Irishman   Mar-14-09 01:55 AM   #94 
  - I get to run karaoke this Tuesday...  coyotespaw   Mar-14-09 05:10 AM   #96 
  - I have a hard time celebrating a holiday that's been co-opted . . .  HughBeaumont   Mar-14-09 07:08 AM   #97 
  - I will not forgive St. Patrick...  Vanje   Mar-14-09 09:23 AM   #99 
  - Lets celebrate St Brigids day, instead  Vanje   Mar-14-09 09:24 AM   #100 
  - I am up for that!  KitchenWitch   Mar-14-09 01:44 PM   #110 
  - same here sweetie  Rising Phoenix   Mar-14-09 09:36 AM   #105 
  - boy i hear that  Mari333   Mar-14-09 09:45 AM   #107 
  - People still celebrate St Patrick''s Day?  Iggo   Mar-14-09 09:59 AM   #108 
     - They do here. The bars open at 7:00 am, and all the amateurs are drunk by noon.  Lil Missy   Mar-14-09 10:06 AM   #109 
 

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