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2018-03-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Here's How America Transformed St. Patrick's Day From A Solemn Liturgical Feast To A Day Of Beer Guzzling And Parades

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-18 06:58|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I have several good Irish friends. Their friendship is overpowering as they are otherwise the most annoying people I know besides myself...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-18 11:53|| 2018-03-18 11:53|| Front Page Top

#2 My favorite St. Patties Day prank: Get up, drink 12 oz of cream of asparagus soup, go to the festivities and win money betting you can p*ss green.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-18 11:56|| 2018-03-18 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 'merica!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2018-03-18 11:59|| 2018-03-18 11:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I got mu Shepherd's Pie and Beer free last night for playing Irish music on my button accordian last night at McKinney's Tavern.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2018-03-18 12:24|| 2018-03-18 12:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Wait whut? The Irish drink and get rowdy? Now I'm learin things.

Posted by Regular joe 2018-03-18 12:30|| 2018-03-18 12:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I pulled off a decent grilled 'boiled dinner' a few years ago - re-brined the corned beef overnight, cut it into 1 1/2' chunks, in went the cut cabbage, carrots, potatoes & ten cloves of garlic into a roasting pan, threw in about 4 cups of chicken / vegetable broth into a roasting pan, covered it w/ plastic and foil, 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

Posted by Raj 2018-03-18 13:40|| 2018-03-18 13:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Can't emphasize the roasting pan enough!

Posted by Raj 2018-03-18 13:41|| 2018-03-18 13:41|| Front Page Top

#8 The explanation I always heard was that St. Paddy's Day let the Irish cut loose in the middle of Lent while still being considered good Catholics ...

But YMMV ...

Posted by Adriane 2018-03-18 17:02|| 2018-03-18 17:02|| Front Page Top

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