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162. Here's to Will Pitt!
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  -St Patrick’s isn’t a celebration, it is simply a national disgrace hedgehog  Mar-15-11 12:39 PM   #0 
  - It's an excuse to get drunk  adigal   Mar-15-11 12:40 PM   #1 
  - Seems to me that those who want to get drunk, hardly need an excuse...  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 01:03 PM   #43 
  - The excuses are there  JonLP24   Mar-15-11 01:19 PM   #68 
  - I am all for celebrating Ireland, I just hate that it is connected  adigal   Mar-15-11 01:24 PM   #73 
     - Then, you really wouldn't enjoy Mardi Gras...  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 01:26 PM   #79 
  - You say that like it's a bad thing....  backscatter712   Mar-15-11 02:43 PM   #136 
  - ...  meegbear   Mar-15-11 12:40 PM   #2 
  - 'the Catholic Church as broken as a Mormon lap-dancing club in Afghanistan'  somone   Mar-15-11 12:41 PM   #3 
  - You have to admire the Irish way with the English language!  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 12:43 PM   #8 
  - About 10 years ago  ellie   Mar-15-11 12:41 PM   #4 
  - Well, I'm not really into celebrating St. P's day, but I'll take drinking over church any day.  Arugula Latte   Mar-15-11 12:43 PM   #6 
  - Church is an excellent ambassador for all manner of anesthesia,  Heidi   Mar-15-11 12:45 PM   #9 
  - bah, it's not nearly as boring as school  hfojvt   Mar-15-11 03:07 PM   #149 
     - I enjoyed school.  Heidi   Mar-16-11 12:58 AM   #194 
     - On reflection, it's obvious you weren't raised Southern Baptist.  Heidi   Mar-16-11 01:35 PM   #198 
        - of course when I think about church or religion  hfojvt   Mar-16-11 04:59 PM   #205 
           - I don't know your religion, but  Heidi   Mar-17-11 03:55 AM   #206 
  - best answer. :) ty, I needed a smile  Whisp   Mar-15-11 01:09 PM   #55 
     - Cheers ...  Arugula Latte   Mar-15-11 01:10 PM   #56 
  - I have a lot of respect for St. Patrick after reading Thomas Cahill's  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 12:45 PM   #11 
  - Great book....  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 12:59 PM   #38 
  - Welcome to Detroit!  Motown_Johnny   Mar-15-11 12:49 PM   #15 
  - I moved back to Toledo  ellie   Mar-15-11 01:22 PM   #72 
  - Savannah is horrible too...  Dappleganger   Mar-15-11 02:27 PM   #123 
  - one rots your brain and the other goes great with pickled eggs  lame54   Mar-16-11 04:29 PM   #202 
  - Just another day to me...  driver8   Mar-15-11 12:42 PM   #5 
  - F___ THAT !!  Motown_Johnny   Mar-15-11 12:43 PM   #7 
  - Me too...  JuniperLea   Mar-15-11 12:51 PM   #22 
  - Knock yourself out  leftynyc   Mar-15-11 01:04 PM   #46 
  - +10000  Dappleganger   Mar-15-11 02:27 PM   #124 
  - I call it St Douchebag's Day.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 12:45 PM   #10 
  - My husband and I, who are both Irish-Americans...  a la izquierda   Mar-15-11 12:50 PM   #19 
  - Jealous  WatsonT   Mar-15-11 12:54 PM   #27 
  - If you ever get the chance, I highly recommend it.  a la izquierda   Mar-16-11 02:17 PM   #199 
  - A REAL Irish band. Great stuff.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 01:00 PM   #39 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-15-11 12:51 PM   #21 
  - I'm part of Roller Derby, a relatively douchebag-free sport complete with killer after-parties.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 12:57 PM   #35 
     - Six of one, half a dozen of the other.  LanternWaste   Mar-15-11 01:13 PM   # 
     - No, it really isn't.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 01:21 PM   #70 
        - I imagine we all defend the traditions and entertainments...  LanternWaste   Mar-15-11 01:32 PM   #84 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-15-11 03:25 PM   #153 
     - Evidently Roller Derby has changed. When I saw it last it was essentially pro-wrestling on wheels.  JVS   Mar-15-11 01:26 PM   #80 
        - Nope. It's now got rules, committees, tournaments, and is mostly skater owned and operated.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 01:35 PM   #86 
  - Speak for yourself...  JuniperLea   Mar-15-11 12:55 PM   #29 
  - Same here -except  jdlh8894   Mar-15-11 01:01 PM   #40 
  - Heh! Love them!  JuniperLea   Mar-15-11 01:04 PM   #45 
  - I just avoid Cleveland and it's vomiting kids like the plague.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 01:13 PM   #60 
     - I hear that...  JuniperLea   Mar-15-11 02:03 PM   #98 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-15-11 02:19 PM   #116 
  - Someone needs a drink :) n/t  Jmaxfie1   Mar-15-11 02:53 PM   #140 
  - Stopped 22 years ago.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 03:00 PM   #143 
  - So you are calling all the folks that actually like St. Patricks Day "douchebags"?  Vinnie From Indy   Mar-15-11 04:55 PM   #166 
     - Um, NO.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 05:42 PM   #169 
        - But, you still label the entire holiday St. Douchebag Day  Vinnie From Indy   Mar-15-11 07:32 PM   #176 
           - Me Too!  Biker13   Mar-15-11 09:20 PM   #177 
           - After being on the Rapid and Cleveland's downtown with drunks of all ages for 10 years . ..  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 09:22 PM   #178 
              - Again, I am simply astonished that your posts are allowed to stand  Vinnie From Indy   Mar-15-11 10:29 PM   #192 
  - We have a huge celebration  Mojorabbit   Mar-15-11 12:47 PM   #12 
  - I Have Made The Claim (Half-Facetiously) That St. Patrick's Day Is A Racist Holiday  ChoppinBroccoli   Mar-15-11 12:49 PM   #13 
  - Dr. King loved Southern food and that dinner was reportedly  EFerrari   Mar-15-11 12:54 PM   #28 
  - Racism isn't in the symbols,  wickerwoman   Mar-15-11 09:55 PM   #187 
  - I have always observed that the drunken nitwits staggering around are  LeftinOH   Mar-15-11 12:49 PM   #14 
  - Well, alcoholism isn't known as the "Irish Virus" for nothing.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Mar-15-11 12:49 PM   #16 
  - True , that. Maybe it's because I've seen too much of the damage alcoholism  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 01:15 PM   #63 
     - You and me both, sister. nt  raccoon   Mar-15-11 02:25 PM   #121 
     - Me too...I've already seen too many family and friends  pipi_k   Mar-16-11 04:25 PM   #201 
  - Wow. Debbie Downer.  DefenseLawyer   Mar-15-11 12:50 PM   #17 
  - We have to get the snakes out! Now!!  jdlh8894   Mar-15-11 12:57 PM   #36 
  - Its an annual bit of fun here in the UK  dipsydoodle   Mar-15-11 12:50 PM   #18 
  - oh no, someone having fun  AngryAmish   Mar-15-11 12:51 PM   #20 
  - The anti fun crowd are free to clutch their pearls as often as they want.  Gemini Cat   Mar-15-11 03:30 PM   #155 
  - Bet you're no fan of Cico de Mayo celebrations, either...amirite?  Old and In the Way   Mar-15-11 12:53 PM   #23 
  - Is St. Patrick's Day a school celebration? Are Anglos prevented from wearing orange on 3/17?  WinkyDink   Mar-15-11 01:33 PM   #85 
     - Are you suggesting that there's some kind of law  lukasahero   Mar-15-11 02:07 PM   #100 
        - An orange shamrock is insulting any day of the year  RB TexLa   Mar-15-11 09:36 PM   #180 
           - Well, as a descendant of County Donegal immigrants, I 100% agree.  WinkyDink   Mar-16-11 04:45 PM   #203 
  - Not like this is the only day of celebration that includes maximum alcohol...  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 12:53 PM   #24 
  - I hope none of the "party" bashers are gun owners  CLANG   Mar-15-11 02:23 PM   #119 
  - Well one day there may be a celebration for St. Buzzkill  WatsonT   Mar-15-11 12:54 PM   #25 
  - St Buzz Killington  tammywammy   Mar-15-11 12:55 PM   #30 
  - No kidding!  Travelman   Mar-15-11 02:14 PM   #111 
     - Correction:  CLANG   Mar-15-11 02:24 PM   #120 
     - Ah!  Travelman   Mar-15-11 02:30 PM   #130 
     - Or if they're a little patient  WatsonT   Mar-15-11 02:50 PM   #138 
  - He must've sat down pretty hard to get that stick jammed so far up...  Xithras   Mar-15-11 12:54 PM   #26 
  - "Centuries old traditions"?  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 12:57 PM   #34 
  - What's that have to do with the price of a green beer?  Xithras   Mar-15-11 01:04 PM   #48 
     - He was pointing out that getting drunk and blowing chunks  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 01:11 PM   #58 
        - Proud or not...  Xithras   Mar-15-11 01:16 PM   #64 
        - Celebrating St. Patrick's Day was the tradition; donning left over  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 01:24 PM   #75 
        - That's a very broad brush  CLANG   Mar-15-11 02:28 PM   #126 
        - Here's to Irish Stew!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 04:28 PM   #160 
        - So would you say there's a war on St. Patricks day?  WatsonT   Mar-16-11 10:37 AM   #197 
  - I agree  tammywammy   Mar-15-11 12:59 PM   #37 
  - Here's to American Mutts!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 04:30 PM   #161 
  - so that's how you spell it  mitchtv   Mar-16-11 03:38 PM   #200 
  - Well, it's one of my favorite days.  WilliamPitt   Mar-15-11 12:55 PM   #31 
  - So, Guinness all around-- is on you?  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 01:24 PM   #77 
  - As in "spilled on me"?  WilliamPitt   Mar-15-11 02:08 PM   #101 
     - prefer to have it "billed on you"  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 02:10 PM   #105 
     - It's very good for shiny carefree glorious hair with a sheen that will make the lassies fawn.  CLANG   Mar-15-11 02:29 PM   # 
        - Here's to shiny carefree glorious hair with a sheen that will make the lassies fawn!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 04:34 PM   #163 
  - Here's to Will Pitt!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 04:32 PM   #162 
  - If you're not going to drink that, can I have yours?  Orrex   Mar-15-11 12:56 PM   #32 
  - Ain't taking mine!!  jdlh8894   Mar-15-11 01:08 PM   #52 
  - Is there ANY holiday that isn't a cheesy excuse to get drunk?  Codeine   Mar-15-11 12:56 PM   #33 
  - All holidays are a drinking excuse for some  tammywammy   Mar-15-11 01:03 PM   #44 
  - Any time not at work is a drinking excuse for some!  CLANG   Mar-15-11 02:31 PM   #131 
  - That reminds me -- today's the Ides of March!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 04:07 PM   #158 
  - No, and St. Patrick's day is one of the more benign ones.  Warpy   Mar-15-11 01:04 PM   #47 
     - "Alcohol and extortion"!  Codeine   Mar-15-11 01:05 PM   #50 
     - LOL!  tammywammy   Mar-15-11 01:08 PM   #54 
     - New Years could be alcohol and blackmail if you go to the right party.  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 01:25 PM   #78 
     - lol -- great post  fishwax   Mar-15-11 05:20 PM   #168 
     - Have to disagree  wickerwoman   Mar-15-11 10:02 PM   #189 
        - If it were the Scot pipes, I'd agree  Warpy   Mar-15-11 10:13 PM   #191 
  - The spectacle in Boston was of all the Italian politicians  Warpy   Mar-15-11 01:02 PM   #41 
  - Corporate Driven Holidays Always Suck  CBGLuthier   Mar-15-11 01:02 PM   #42 
  - I long for the St. Pat's Day's of my youth. A nice parade with bands and floats,  Peregrine Took   Mar-15-11 01:05 PM   #49 
  - re: I'm glad my parents aren't around to see this current mess....."  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 01:11 PM   #57 
  - And that's what the finger-wavers in this thread seem to be completely missing -  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 01:29 PM   #81 
  - re:  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 01:50 PM   #90 
  - Mardi Gras, Feast of the Assumption, Cinco De Mayo, Fourth of July,  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 01:59 PM   #95 
     - well, they don't call it the "demon drink" for naught.  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 02:12 PM   #107 
        - Yeah, I'm hoping that works with full racks of ribs!  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 02:17 PM   #114 
  - "obnoxious dick-tit"  Codeine   Mar-15-11 01:52 PM   #91 
  - What St. Patrick's Day Parade was that????  msanthrope   Mar-15-11 02:35 PM   #134 
  - Just an excuse for WalMart to sell  RebelOne   Mar-15-11 01:06 PM   #51 
  - St. Pat's day is a religious holiday in Ireland.  Cleita   Mar-15-11 01:08 PM   #53 
  - I'm afraid that St. Patrick's used to be a religious holiday in Ireland.  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 01:17 PM   #66 
  - I am putting on some Pogues  pulledpork   Mar-15-11 01:12 PM   #59 
  - Here's to Guinness!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 04:39 PM   #164 
  - Corned beef and cabbage is worse.  Fuzz   Mar-15-11 01:14 PM   #61 
  - According to my mother, corned beef is what the Irish in America  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 01:19 PM   #69 
  - Well I grew up on that...  Dappleganger   Mar-15-11 02:29 PM   #129 
  - Interesting that this opinion is coming out of Belfast. I used to work in NYC, right  OmmmSweetOmmm   Mar-15-11 01:15 PM   #62 
  - Ding Ding Ding...  catnhatnh   Mar-15-11 01:42 PM   #89 
  - The parade in NYC is a very different animal  Stevenmarc   Mar-15-11 02:04 PM   #99 
  - I play in a Celtic band  The Green Manalishi   Mar-15-11 01:17 PM   #65 
  - can you handle the Miami Heatles?  RedCloud   Mar-15-11 01:24 PM   #76 
  - Yeah, let's stick with more sedate religious celebrations --  madamesilverspurs   Mar-15-11 01:19 PM   #67 
  - Touche'  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 01:21 PM   #71 
  - Methinks an Ulster Protestant doth protest too much.  RedCloud   Mar-15-11 01:24 PM   #74 
  - +1  HuckleB   Mar-15-11 01:58 PM   #93 
  - Win.  WilliamPitt   Mar-15-11 02:08 PM   #102 
  - ...  Scurrilous   Mar-15-11 02:09 PM   #103 
  - +100  WildEyedLiberal   Mar-15-11 02:16 PM   #113 
  - I'm not sure he's a Protestant...  Agent William   Mar-15-11 02:58 PM   #142 
  - Except he's Catholic, and lives in the Republic  muriel_volestrangler   Mar-15-11 03:15 PM   #152 
     - an atheist, actually -- I don't see anything betraying a Catholic perspective in the article  fishwax   Mar-15-11 05:53 PM   #171 
  - May snakes invade his house and crawl up his nose  Jersey Devil   Mar-15-11 01:30 PM   #82 
  - OFGS. What a load of rubbish. My middle name is Erin, and I'll drink if I want to! And it's "PADDY"!  WinkyDink   Mar-15-11 01:31 PM   #83 
  - A disgrace, I tells ya  SOS   Mar-15-11 01:35 PM   #87 
  - Auto-unrec for trying to throw a wet blanket on a celebration you don't like  slackmaster   Mar-15-11 01:36 PM   #88 
  - Bored of the Pants: An Excuse to Get Drunk and Get Laid!  Kennah   Mar-15-11 01:55 PM   #92 
  - Is this guy trying to be the Irish Beck?  HuckleB   Mar-15-11 01:58 PM   #94 
  - So what? Really, so what?  EstimatedProphet   Mar-15-11 01:59 PM   #96 
  - St. Pat's just hasn't been the same since the New Orleans parade had to stop throwing cabbages  KamaAina   Mar-15-11 02:01 PM   #97 
  - Ah, couldn't they have hollowed them out a bit & still thrown them?  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 02:48 PM   #137 
  - Yeah, I'm not too big on any of the "holidays" that are  last_texas_dem   Mar-15-11 02:10 PM   #104 
  - So no non-Germans at Oktoberfest, too?  HuckleB   Mar-15-11 02:14 PM   #112 
     - Nah, no rule. Mostly just personal preference.  last_texas_dem   Mar-15-11 02:21 PM   #117 
  - But, first, we really must ban Oktoberfest, New Year's Eve, Mardi Gras/Carnivale, Cinco de Mayo ...  HuckleB   Mar-15-11 02:11 PM   #106 
  - Oktoberfest is a celebration in memory of a really good wedding reception.  JVS   Mar-15-11 02:27 PM   #125 
  - Why not?  HuckleB   Mar-15-11 02:29 PM   #127 
  - The Fourth of July.  backscatter712   Mar-15-11 02:56 PM   #141 
     - Indeed.  HuckleB   Mar-17-11 01:10 PM   #209 
  - Stop pissing in my Harps  TheKentuckian   Mar-15-11 02:12 PM   #108 
  - the discrimination against LGBT people should be the real disgrace, for st pats day marches  La Lioness Priyanka   Mar-15-11 02:13 PM   #109 
  - Indeed. One year New Haven had the largest St. Pat's parade in New England  KamaAina   Mar-15-11 03:00 PM   #144 
  - Is it my fault that we celebrate the best of the Irish on the 17th of March?  CLANG   Mar-15-11 02:13 PM   #110 
  - The way I see it...  Agent William   Mar-15-11 02:50 PM   #139 
     - Drinking does have some relevance to Ireland. n/t  CLANG   Mar-15-11 03:28 PM   #154 
  - I know I'll be celebrating in full force on Thursday.  Lucian   Mar-15-11 02:19 PM   #115 
  - Heyyyy, why you no like-a the stereotype???  CreekDog   Mar-15-11 02:23 PM   #118 
  - Typical Irish guilt trip rant.  Dappleganger   Mar-15-11 02:26 PM   #122 
  - Is this guy serious?  Tommy_Carcetti   Mar-15-11 02:29 PM   #128 
  - Google him... His writings have various "interesting" bents  hlthe2b   Mar-15-11 02:34 PM   #133 
  - The guy seems to be a bit of a jerk in his other columns, but here he  hedgehog   Mar-15-11 07:31 PM   #175 
  - Lets see, Japanese Meltdowns, Global Strife, Teabggers turning country into the 4th Riech,  Lastactiongyro   Mar-15-11 02:32 PM   #132 
  - great - I posted it on facebook  Tumbulu   Mar-15-11 02:35 PM   #135 
  - Mr. Myers, you sir, are a wanker.  ceile   Mar-15-11 03:02 PM   #145 
  - Hello, I'm half Irish, and I've never been drunk in my life.  Bette Noir   Mar-15-11 03:02 PM   #146 
  - Guy sounds like a cantankerous nut IMO n/t  Jmaxfie1   Mar-15-11 03:03 PM   #147 
  - St. Patrick's Day is also my Birthday!  Jmaxfie1   Mar-15-11 03:05 PM   #148 
     - Mine, too!  madamesilverspurs   Mar-15-11 03:54 PM   #156 
     - Yes she did! Happy Soon-To-Be-Birthday!!! :)  Jmaxfie1   Mar-15-11 04:27 PM   #159 
        - And to you as well!  madamesilverspurs   Mar-15-11 05:51 PM   #170 
     - Here's to Jmaxfie1 and madamesilverspurs!  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 04:50 PM   #165 
        - 'Tis a kindness I'm thanking you for!  madamesilverspurs   Mar-15-11 05:53 PM   #172 
        - Thanks!!! :) n/t  Jmaxfie1   Mar-16-11 08:56 AM   #196 
  - That article seems rather bigoted, frankly.  Starry Messenger   Mar-15-11 03:13 PM   #150 
  - I used to work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City  LibertyLover   Mar-15-11 03:14 PM   #151 
  - Lebedev's wrong on this.  Octafish   Mar-15-11 04:03 PM   #157 
  - That they are. As a people, they've nothing to be ever ashamed of, ever.  Buns_of_Fire   Mar-15-11 05:09 PM   #167 
  - Wow! People are really into this idea - pro or con.  Old Troop   Mar-15-11 06:00 PM   #173 
  - The truth of the matter is . . .  HughBeaumont   Mar-15-11 09:31 PM   #179 
  - This is just a warm-up for Thursday.  Starry Messenger   Mar-15-11 09:42 PM   #183 
  - Didn't the old duelling code forbid Irishmen from acting as seconds?  backscatter712   Mar-17-11 01:08 PM   #208 
  - Drunken assholes are a problem every day of the year.  Patriot 76   Mar-15-11 07:19 PM   #174 
  - Whoever invented green beer needs to have his ass kicked  jmowreader   Mar-15-11 09:37 PM   #181 
  - St Patrick's Day should be a day of mourning  toddaa   Mar-15-11 09:41 PM   #182 
  - Or at least turned them all into saints.  GreenPartyVoter   Mar-15-11 09:43 PM   #184 
     - Uggh, even worse  toddaa   Mar-16-11 07:29 AM   #195 
  - speak for yourself please  mitchtv   Mar-15-11 09:43 PM   #185 
  - Sounds like poor Panty O'Waddington wasn't invited to the party.  Throd   Mar-15-11 09:44 PM   #186 
  - LOL!  JVS   Mar-15-11 10:05 PM   #190 
  - I'm planning an OP  H2O Man   Mar-15-11 09:57 PM   #188 
  - As a person of Scottish descent, I'll celebrate St Patrick's day with drunken hysteria...  OneTenthofOnePercent   Mar-15-11 10:46 PM   #193 
  - Just to piss this guy off, I'm gonna get smashed for St.Patty's Day... n/t  backscatter712   Mar-16-11 04:58 PM   #204 
  - You guys know about the little guy who lives outside?  Manifestor_of_Light   Mar-17-11 05:17 AM   #207 
 

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