St Patrick day why so much fuss in this country about it

[DavidinSouthampton]

It's an excuse for people to have a few drinks and enjoy themselves.

What's the problem with that?

There isn't a problem, really.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

and some believe he went to the USA and hey presto mormons........funny old world

Yes, but coming to these shores was a possibility, given trade routes and so on. The US is stretching it a bit..... and that is a deliberate understatement.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Nothing do do with Americans? History isn't a strong point?

Very little to do with the Americans, not nothing. That's better. Americans tend to overstate their 'Irish' heritage massively.

 

[alfredmizen]

Ah yes that good old Irish company Guinness, except they are Anglo Irish proddys, and Guinness is registered as a company in London. Great tradition.

And they funded the UVF in 1912.

 

[BadFish]

Probably an early line-up of the Jesus and Mary Chain.

Jesus Jones?

 

[Lower West Stander]

Nothing do do with Americans? History isn't a strong point?

No more than a lot of other nationalities.

Mexico? Puerto Rico? England? I don't see everyone taking whole days of work when it's their national days and going out getting shitfaced.

Sure Ireland has contributed to the modern US but so have a hell of a lot of other countries

 

[sydney]

Neither did Jesus or Muhamhead

best give them a swerve as well

now were getting somewhere...!!

 

[sydney]

And they funded the UVF in 1912.

someone had to mate...!!

 

[sydney]

You should celebrate St Patrick, he was a true Briton.

St George never even set foot on Briton soil. Maybe thats the issue.

i think , as usual , when trying to communicate with the locals , that i was actually accentuating that point rather than refuting it ,so here we have another pointless communication breakdown which will cause me to go and smoke shit loads of weed and then come back and try again.

 

[The Albion Roar]

quite possibly....the whole paddy's day thing is driven by guinness and the irish pub industry , however there is nothing wrong with having a day of celebrations to remember your heritage in my opinion , unless you are English of course........welsh , scots , irish , swedes , latvians , eritreans , fins......etc etc etc are all perfectly free to celebrate their heritage but not us......why is that ....apathy....??

Um... everyone in England IS free to celebrate their country's patron saint's day.

 

[sydney]

Um... everyone in England IS free to celebrate their country's patron saint's day.

but they dont....do they...?

 

[Bold Seagull]

but they dont....do they...?

We've got bonfire night, what more do you want?

 

[The Albion Roar]

but they dont....do they...?

That's a separate point to the one you made.

Besides, many places in England do celebrate St George's Day. It's just the Morris dancing seems to have a greater degree of awkward social embarrassment compared to those silly Irish hat things.

It's just not done on the same scale as St Patrick's Day, principally down to a better marketing campaign from the likes of Guinness.

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

Probably because of the large amount of folk around you with Irish heritage and the fact that st pat was actually irish , unlike st George who was apparently from the Mediterranean ....

St. Pat was from the mainland, probably where england is now.

 

[ThePompousPaladin]

st Patrick was Welsh or english, he certainly wasn't Irish.

He was a Briton tho, not anglo-saxon, so technically not english, although he probably came from what is now england.

 

[Sweeney Todd]

St Patrick was Romano-British.

 

[sydney]

St Patrick was Romano-British.

saint patricio then... or perhaps saintus patricus reptilicus chasicus....

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

It's just not done on the same scale as St Patrick's Day, principally down to a better marketing campaign from the likes of Guinness.

Exactly. Bombadier gave it a go with Rik Mayall RIP but essentially its a way for Guinness to flog a few more pints.

 

[DavidRyder]

I've never been into St Patrick's day, but then again I'm not a big drinker, so I'm not prime material for the occasion. I don't really like any of these imported celebrations like Hallow'een etc. But if it gets friends together and people have fun, that's a good thing i suppose.

 

[Canfan]

Here in Canada, I went to my local pub after work yesterday. It was packed. I was given a tacky green glittery bowler hat, a green lei and forced to listen to corny recorded Irish music (the scheduled Irish band unexpectedly cancelled 2 hours earlier). The Irish Stew and Lamburger food specials ran out early so I had no alternative but to down free green jello shooters and drink copious amounts of green beer without eating anything. Now, this morning I have a raging hangover, my skin appears to be a nasty shade of green and so is the colour of my pee. I think I had a good time though so St. Patrick's Day can't be all bad.