People who celebrate St Patrick's day

[il Duce McTarkin]

16 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

I’ll be posting my favourite Irish ditty tomorrow as I love the song ! 😛

 

I'll be posting a jobby in an envelope through your letterbox if you do.

 

[Swanny17]

5 hours ago, John Findlay said:

Obviously your birthday.

👍👍👍😀

[JudyJudyJudy]

4 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

I'll be posting a jobby in an envelope through your letterbox if you do.

 

Oh it’s a daft Judy one !  It’s harmless 😎

[JudyJudyJudy]

Just now, JudyJudyJudy said:

Oh it’s a daft Judy one !  It’s harmless 😎

😂😂😂😂

[redjambo]

17 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

😂😂😂😂

 

You laughed at your own post?

 

Reprobate behaviour, imo, James.

[Morgan]

It's the day for green felt hats, Leprechaun outfits and great craic.

 

Apparently.

 

It's the biggest pile of shit day in the calendar, closely followed by Christmas.

[JudyJudyJudy]

37 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

You laughed at your own post?

 

Reprobate behaviour, imo, James.

I forgot to add it to the previous post Red 👍

[hmfc_liam06]

Guinness have done a terrific number with St Patrick's Day.

[leginten]

7 hours ago, Mr Sifter said:

First thing I’d do as First Minister would be to move St Andrews Day from the dreich dark nights of November to mid July. Game changer 😊👍🏼

Move it to May 19th. National holiday. Compulsory public screenings in every village, town and city in the land.  Maroon dye in all rivers. Name change to St Rudi’s Day. 

[il Duce McTarkin]

26 minutes ago, leginten said:

Move it to May 19th. National holiday. Compulsory public screenings in every village, town and city in the land.  Maroon dye in all rivers. Name change to St Rudi’s Day. 

 

[If carlsberg did rivals...]

15 hours ago, Negan said:

 

Tragic behaviour. Especially those who pretend to be Irish for one day using it as an excuse to act like a total helmet. 

 

What gets my goat is the amount of Scottish, English and Welsh folk who celebrate it, well get pished, who would struggle to tell you Andrew, George or David's big day!

[Star Lizard]

What a thing to get upset about  

 

We need more excuses to get pished our nut imo

[BlueRiver]

33 minutes ago, If carlsberg did rivals... said:

What gets my goat is the amount of Scottish, English and Welsh folk who celebrate it, well get pished, who would struggle to tell you Andrew, George or David's big day!

 

In my experience the Welsh are all pretty clued up on St David's likewise the English with St George. 

 

I reckon if anyone its us Scots that are a bit of an outlier in that St Andrews Day passes without much note. 

[FWJ]

Can we start by not calling it ‘St Paddy’s Day’ please.

It’s as cringy as calling it “Fort Bill”.

 

Thanks 

[Martin B]

1 hour ago, Star Lizard said:

What a thing to get upset about  

 

We need more excuses to get pished our nut imo

😄👍🏻

[redjambo]

2 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said:

I forgot to add it to the previous post Red 👍

 

I'll forgive you as it's St Patrick's Eve.  

 

Hope you're doing well.

[redjambo]

1 hour ago, Star Lizard said:

What a thing to get upset about  

 

We need more excuses to get pished our nut imo

 

[Tazio]

It’s the time of year when Wetherspoon pubs become your friend. £3.15 a pint for Guinness on the day itself. 

[JudyJudyJudy]

15 minutes ago, redjambo said:

 

I'll forgive you as it's St Patrick's Eve.  

 

Hope you're doing well.

I’m good thanks and hope you are too ! 👍

[Geoff Kilpatrick]

6 hours ago, Gundermann said:

 

Says a man who name means 'the chapel of Saint Patrick'. 

Church actually but yes, you made the point. He converted pagans to Christianity.

[Morgan]

I see that there are some places calling it St Pattys day now...

 

[highlandjambo3]

This is my memory of St Paddy’s day…….I was involved in this and my luck was in that day, I was in the back of this vehicle literally 5 minutes before it was hit, I was stood down so didn’t go on patrol.

 

A couple of inaccuracies:

 

1. The troops couldn’t get out of the pig armoured vehicle (not a Saracen) as the RPG strike had fused/buckled the doors closed…..they eventually managed to get out via the front 2 doors…..think of sitting in the back seat of your car but getting out through the front doors.  The troops were raging as from inside of the vehicle they could see the two shooters running down the road and, had they managed to get out it would have been 2-0 in our favour.

 

2. There was no sustained 5 minute gunfire from the IRA, there MO was to empty a *magazine into the air as they bolted as a deterence to anyone following, 10 seconds of firing at the most.

 

* the area was a staunch republican urban area so the IRA could not fire indiscriminately at the vehicle for fear of hitting their own people.

 

*** paddy’s day/*** the IRA 🤬

 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/18/Irish-Republican-Army-guerrillas-attacked-a-British-patrol-with/9166408616180/

[Morgan]

14 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said:

 

 

*** paddy’s day/*** the IRA 🤬

 

 

That sums the whole thing up for me. 👍

[Gundermann]

1 hour ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said:

Church actually but yes, you made the point. He converted pagans to Christianity.

 

All much of the same, really. A good name btw. Paddy's Graveyard for a more goth touch?

 

Quote

 

cill /kʲiːLʲ ~ kʲiLʲə/
boir. gin. -e, iol. -tean

1 chapel 2 churchyard 3 burial ground, graveyard 4 hermit's cell

 

 

[Gundermann]

19 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said:

This is my memory of St Paddy’s day…….I was involved in this and my luck was in that day, I was in the back of this vehicle literally 5 minutes before it was hit, I was stood down so didn’t go on patrol.

 

A couple of inaccuracies:

 

1. The troops couldn’t get out of the pig armoured vehicle (not a Saracen) as the RPG strike had fused/buckled the doors closed…..they eventually managed to get out via the front 2 doors…..think of sitting in the back seat of your car but getting out through the front doors.  The troops were raging as from inside of the vehicle they could see the two shooters running down the road and, had they managed to get out it would have been 2-0 in our favour.

 

2. There was no sustained 5 minute gunfire from the IRA, there MO was to empty a *magazine into the air as they bolted as a deterence to anyone following, 10 seconds of firing at the most.

 

* the area was a staunch republican urban area so the IRA could not fire indiscriminately at the vehicle for fear of hitting their own people.

 

*** paddy’s day/*** the IRA 🤬

 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/18/Irish-Republican-Army-guerrillas-attacked-a-British-patrol-with/9166408616180/

 

I blame King Billy's church, the CoI for stoking the SPD mania.

 

https://www.churchofireland.org/news/9470/st-patricks-day

[Craig_]

2 hours ago, FWJ said:

Can we start by not calling it ‘St Paddy’s Day’ please.

It’s as cringy as calling it “Fort Bill”.

 

Thanks 

 

No bother, Effie Jambs. 

[FWJ]

38 minutes ago, Craig_ said:

 

No bother, Effie Jambs. 

😁👍

[Tazio]

[Morgan]

No thanks.

 

For various reasons it’s not for me....

[JudyJudyJudy]

I’ve only had Guinness once . It was given free at a pub one night . Never had it again 

[Geoff Kilpatrick]

2 hours ago, Gundermann said:

 

All much of the same, really. A good name btw. Paddy's Graveyard for a more goth touch?

 

 

Possibly. Problem is, the Kilpatrick Hills near Dumbarton, where my name originates, aren't exactly where Patrick is buried. More likely that he was kidnapped from there.

[Gundermann]

Just now, Geoff Kilpatrick said:

Possibly. Problem is, the Kilpatrick Hills near Dumbarton, where my name originates, aren't exactly where Patrick is buried. More likely that he was kidnapped from there.

 

😆

 

Him and... Shergar?

[Geoff Kilpatrick]

Just now, Gundermann said:

 

😆

 

Him and... Shergar?

Both good career moves

[Darren]

20 hours ago, Negan said:

I always wondered why no one really celebrates St Andrews day. Given the Scottish drinking culture you'd think it would be an excuse to have a piss up similar to paddy's day. 

 

The Irish have a decent national beer and we don't. A bit more difficult to market a day on the Tennent's. (Or whisky, for that matter.)

[The Real Maroonblood]

1 minute ago, Darren said:

 

The Irish have a decent national beer and we don't. A bit more difficult to market a day on the Tennent's. (Or whisky, for that matter.)

It would be shameful associating with Tennents Lager.

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

4 hours ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said:

Church actually but yes, you made the point. He converted pagans to Christianity.

His biggest mistake 

[Watt-Zeefuik]

2 hours ago, Geoff Kilpatrick said:

Possibly. Problem is, the Kilpatrick Hills near Dumbarton, where my name originates, aren't exactly where Patrick is buried. More likely that he was kidnapped from there.

 

I thought the legend was that Patrick was born in Old Kilpatrick on Clydeside. It was the westernmost fortification of Hadrian's Wall, IIRC. (I seem to be related to about 1/3 of the population of the village circa 1730.)

[Geoff Kilpatrick]

4 hours ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

 

I thought the legend was that Patrick was born in Old Kilpatrick on Clydeside. It was the westernmost fortification of Hadrian's Wall, IIRC. (I seem to be related to about 1/3 of the population of the village circa 1730.)

Same area. Patrick is supposedly buried at Saul, in Downpatrick.

Edited March 17 by Geoff Kilpatrick

[il Duce McTarkin]

8 hours ago, Tazio said:

 

 

Nine pints of Guinness is a snack.

[Star Lizard]

The only thing I dont like about St Patrick is the myth that he chased all the snakes out of Ireland . I prefer my historical religious figures to be steeped in scientific fact like the ones that slew dragons or had giant fresh water aquariums with millions of pairs of fish floating on a wooden boat beside a menagerie of dinosaurs and modern animals

 

FFS folks , it is just a big laugh and an excuse for a piss up . I agree with others about us doing more to celebrate St Andrews day . We should join hands with our brothers in Greece and Russia and get blitzed on Raki , Vodka and whisky in the name of our joint patron saint

 

Any excuse for a moan honestly  

[il Duce McTarkin]

St Patrick was a ****.

FACT.

 

 

Edited March 17 by il Duce McTarkin

[Star Lizard]

5 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

St Patrick was a ****.

FACT.

 

 

Ah , a fellow ophiophile eh . Word my brother 

 

 

 

Edited March 17 by Star Lizard

[Martin B]

 

[il Duce McTarkin]

Are mods allowed to ban themselves?

[Negan]

5 hours ago, il Duce McTarkin said:

 

 

Nine pints of Guinness is a snack.

I used to work in my local boozer when I was in my 20s and every Monday night these black cab drivers would come in as it was their night off (weekend etc). One of them was a very obese man. I mean really really big, and he could drink. He would order Guinness all night 3 pints at a time and take 2 gulps to finish one pint. He'd easily dust off 30 odd pints throughout the night then head to the Maybury casino. I actually have no idea how it was physically possible. Imagine his Tom kites the next day 😐😐

[il Duce McTarkin]

16 minutes ago, Negan said:

I used to work in my local boozer when I was in my 20s and every Monday night these black cab drivers would come in as it was their night off (weekend etc). One of them was a very obese man. I mean really really big, and he could drink. He would order Guinness all night 3 pints at a time and take 2 gulps to finish one pint. He'd easily dust off 30 odd pints throughout the night then head to the Maybury casino. I actually have no idea how it was physically possible. Imagine his Tom kites the next day 😐😐

 

His name wasn't Mike, was it?

[Martin B]

 

Even Big Tam liked a wee Irish ditty.

[jack D and coke]

On 16/03/2025 at 00:51, Negan said:

I always wondered why no one really celebrates St Andrews day. Given the Scottish drinking culture you'd think it would be an excuse to have a piss up similar to paddy's day. 

Because some “Scots” cringe at anything to do with their own country. The Irish don’t seem to mind their identity getting taken around the globe even though it was just a brilliant marketing campaign by Guinness. 
It’s massive now.
Scotland I doubt could never achieve this. People would rather just knock the shit out the place and the people. 

 

[BlueRiver]

4 minutes ago, jack D and coke said:

Because some “Scots” cringe at anything to do with their own country. The Irish don’t seem to mind their identity getting taken around the globe even though it was just a brilliant marketing campaign by Guinness. 
It’s massive now.
Scotland I doubt could never achieve this. People would rather just knock the shit out the place and the people. 

 

 

At the same time i think Burns Night almost takes its place. 

 

What would be different about a St Andrews Day celebration? 

[il Duce McTarkin]

1 minute ago, BlueRiver said:

 

At the same time i think Burns Night almost takes its place. 

 

 

Correct, and Burns was actually a real-life person, not some made up bunch of arse.