Originally Posted by
ccga3359
Why is it deemed proper to celebrate the life of a man of the cloth by getting blitzed?
To some of us anything is an occasion to get blitzed. Either we drink to celebrate something or we have nothing to celebrate and therefor need a drink.
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Originally Posted by
Wompet
Well, you are talking about Frugal Corner after all. Given the delivery problems, the "Bright Skye" fiasco, the other mis-named tartans (that's not Robertson Red,
!) ... celebrating the feast of Padraig's lesser known sister St. Patricia is par for the course.
Right on the mark, Wompet, thank you.
Originally Posted by
Frank McGrath
And I have never had a green beer. It's a matter of principle.
That only the poorest quality beers are dyed green is, I think, conclusive evidence that St. Patrick's day is, in the US at least, primarily a mercantile occasion.
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"No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse whiskey than he used to drink when he was single." ---- H. L. Mencken
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