Should We Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day?

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  • Sleeping in EQ
    Philosopher of Men
    • Nov 2008
    • 4188

    #1

    Should We Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day?

    I'm searching for leprechauns.

    6
    No, it's too white and privileged
    0.00%
    0
    Yes, the Irish are a European underclass
    0.00%
    0
    No, Ireland was better when it was pagan
    33.33%
    2
    Yes, it's a valuable celebration of culture
    50.00%
    3
    No, it's cultural appropriation and causes pain
    16.67%
    1
    We all trust our own unorthodoxies.
  • YOhio
    Hipster Mode
    • Nov 2008
    • 26165

    #2
    Yeah but if anyone pinches me I won't be happy with their casual dismissal of social distancing.

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    • Bo Diddley
      Senior
      • Jul 2012
      • 18766

      #3
      I got pinched this morning for not wearing green. I take for granted that I'm in green every day. But my PJ's are not green.

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      • falafel
        loves to talk on things
        • Mar 2009
        • 37928

        #4
        I vote no, but not for any of the canned responses above. It just doesn't have any cultural significance for the vast majority of Americans. Plus, if I don't get work off and there's not present attached, I'm not interested.
        Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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        • Commando
          Explosivo
          • Feb 2009
          • 20748

          #5
          Yes. It's fun, it fills the void between Valentine's Day and Easter. It gives March an identity. We need St. Paddy's Day.
          "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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          • Scott R Nelson
            UofU/BYU mixed marriage
            • Apr 2010
            • 1508

            #6
            I don't believe in being Irish, so I don't celebrate it.

            However, my wife does, so we have some decorations around. She was recently visiting my three year old grandson and gave him a package of 100 shamrocks. She told him to wait for St. Patrick's Day then to spread them around the house. They'll probably be finding those things for months.

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            • falafel
              loves to talk on things
              • Mar 2009
              • 37928

              #7
              Originally posted by Commando View Post
              Yes. It's fun, it fills the void between Valentine's Day and Easter. It gives March an identity. We need St. Paddy's Day.
              What do you do to celebrate it?
              Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

              Dig your own grave, and save!

              "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

              "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

              GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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              • Commando
                Explosivo
                • Feb 2009
                • 20748

                #8
                Originally posted by falafel View Post
                What do you do to celebrate it?
                Wear green that day.
                "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                • Eddie
                  Senior Member
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 8098

                  #9
                  Originally posted by falafel View Post
                  What do you do to celebrate it?
                  We have corned beef and cabbage every year on St. Patrick's day. When the kids were younger we used to turn the milk in the fridge green with food coloring and tell them the leprechauns played a trick on them.

                  That's the extent of our celebration.

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                  • All-American
                    Right, as Usual
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 15657

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Eddie View Post
                    We have corned beef and cabbage every year on St. Patrick's day. When the kids were younger we used to turn the milk in the fridge green with food coloring and tell them the leprechauns played a trick on them.

                    That's the extent of our celebration.
                    We do corned beef and cabbage, curing our own brisket. Delightful. Then we make what we don’t cook for St. Patrick’s into smoked pastrami and make killer reubens.


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                    • Mormon Red Death
                      BYU Delenda Est
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 8077

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Eddie View Post
                      We have corned beef and cabbage every year on St. Patrick's day. When the kids were younger we used to turn the milk in the fridge green with food coloring and tell them the leprechauns played a trick on them.

                      That's the extent of our celebration.
                      We do that plus the kids make a leprechaun trap

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