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This is a big day; opening day for March Madness and St. Patrick's Day. What could be better?

So my question is what do you do to prepare for a day like this? Personally, I have to pass on the Slim Fast and load up on alcohol absorbing food. Start off with a gravy biscut, lots of water through the day, and corned beef and cabbage for lunch, then the drankin starts around 3-4pm.

The St. Patrick's Day Parade is practically right outside my office so I prepare by making sure I have enough work to keep me occupied all day. That way I don't have to go outside because today is just as much amateur day as New Year's Eve. St. Patrick, the patron saint of people who get drunk at parades and puke on their shoes.

land_shark3 wrote: then the drankin starts around 3-4pm.

You're waiting that long? I'm on my way to the bar in about 10 minutes!!!

land_shark3 wrote:This is a big day; opening day for March Madness and St. Patrick's Day. What could be better?

So my question is what do you do to prepare for a day like this? Personally, I have to pass on the Slim Fast and load up on alcohol absorbing food. Start off with a gravy biscut, lots of water through the day, and corned beef and cabbage for lunch, then the drankin starts around 3-4pm.

Solid menu for the day...

I train everyday for this event. No less than 1 alcoholic beverage per day (unless ill). I also try to rest my arms during the day to save strength to lift those glasses!

Gulfbreeze wrote:

Where do you find this stuff? I love it!

Well, I have 3rd Grade Brownies meeting at 2pm, and then 1st Grade Brownies meeting at 6pm, so maybe about 9pm I'll watch some ball and have a drinky poo. Will settle for Reubens for dinner tonight, but the big family corned beef and cabbage shindig, with folks coming from up to 4 hours away, will be Saturday. This is the 1st back to back St Pats and Easter get-togethers that we can recall!

(By the way - suggestions for St Pat's fun at Brownies are welcome! Not a hijack, it's still on topic.)

March Madness is on my s*it list.


As far as St. Patrick's goes - I wear green, taking off at 2:30, going to the doctor and then the bar!!

I had plenty of St. Patrick's day fun over the weekend at the South side Irish parade... today will pale in comparison.

What? There's a basketball tournament going on? Whatever... how many days until opening day?

Tiki Bar wrote:(By the way - suggestions for St Pat's fun at Brownies are welcome! Not a hijack, it's still on topic.)

Where are the moderators when you need them?

iuparrothead wrote:Whatever... how many days until opening day?

Oh yeah, cause its fun to watch doped up guys swing a piece of wood and get paid millions of dollars a year to miss two-thirds of the time.

iuparrothead wrote:I had plenty of St. Patrick's day fun over the weekend at the South side Irish parade... today will pale in comparison.

What? There's a basketball tournament going on? Whatever... how many days until opening day?

17 Days 8 hours 29 minutes 1 second and counting...

Here I am! Here I f'n am!

How's this? Mix up equal parts Malibu Rum and Midori Liquer, and enjoy over ice with cherry and pineapple slice garnish. You could even add a bit o' pineapple juice if you like.

Festive and fabulous!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Gulfbreeze wrote:

iuparrothead wrote:I had plenty of St. Patrick's day fun over the weekend at the South side Irish parade... today will pale in comparison.

What? There's a basketball tournament going on? Whatever... how many days until opening day?

17 Days 8 hours 29 minutes 1 second and counting...

17 long... painfully long days... I... don't... know... if... I... can... stand... waiting... that... long!!!

I'm even taking the day of the Cubs home opener, April 8, off work just to go to Wrigleyville and watch the game on tv at the bar!!

land_shark3 wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:(By the way - suggestions for St Pat's fun at Brownies are welcome! Not a hijack, it's still on topic.)

Where are the moderators when you need them?

Wonder if they'll mind the pot without the gold!

Tiki Bar wrote:

land_shark3 wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:(By the way - suggestions for St Pat's fun at Brownies are welcome! Not a hijack, it's still on topic.)

Where are the moderators when you need them?

Wonder if they'll mind the pot without the gold!

I'm sure to some people on here, the pot would be more valuable.

ph4ever wrote:March Madness is on my s*it list.


As far as St. Patrick's goes - I wear green, taking off at 2:30, going to the doctor and then the bar!!

What Connie said, except for the doctor part!

My wife is so lucky. She got the flu yesterday and gets to stay at home the next two days. I kept drinking after her and tyring to kiss her last night hoping it would hit me before the morning. No such luck and here I sit at work following on the ESPN bottom line.

Damn you Pitt & Bama!!!

Here is a guide for you rookies out there

St. Patrick's Day: the one day of the year when the 2% of the world's population that's Irish gets the other 98% completely shitfaced.

However, while we appreciate that those who aren't Irish wish to join in celebrating the day St. Patrick (real name: Patrick McPuke) drove the serpents out of Ireland using only the power of God, a quart of Jameson and weapons-grade irradiated cobalt, the way most people observe St. Patrick's Day is offensive and disrespectful. There's nothing more pathetic than some fat Polack swilling seven Buds mixed with carcinogenic green dye drunkenly arguing that "INXS is authentic Irish music" just before barfing into a plate of corned beef and cabbage.

Let's face it: most people are in no condition to handle the all-day drunk of St. Patrick's Day. However, if you follow this simple blueprint, you can enjoy St. Patrick's Day with no fear that anyone will think you're not from the Auld Sod, even if your name is Amhed Al Jihad.

Leg 1: 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Rise and shine early. Take a long, hot shower, and liberally use aftershave, perfume, cologne, deodorant and powders afterwards, because by 3 p.m., you will be excreting raw alcohol and other poisons, and without proper preparations, you will smell like a three-day dead cat wrapped in a fraternity carpet.

The bars open at 9, so use this time to prepare. Collect the following supplies and put them in a place where you will easily be able to find it in an impaired condition. We recommend the bathroom floor, between the toilet and the baseboard heater, since that's where you'll probably end up.

* 1 quart spring water
* 1 bottle aspirin
* 5 pairs Depends undergarment
* 1 bottle Percocets
* 1 gram morphine sulphate
* 1 oz. human adrenaline extract
* 1 precharged electric defibrillator
* 4 Cardiac needles
* 1 trauma surgeon

The final impression you leave is the most important: as you are being dragged from the bar, begin screaming that you want to take your drink with you.

Brew a strong pot of coffee. Add 9 ozs. Jameson Irish whiskey, drink. Note that coffee should be drunk liberally throughout the day. There is a reason that the Irish invented "Irish Coffee"; unless you ingest a large volume of artificial stimulants throughout the course of St. Patrick's Day, you are going to die.

Arrange to be picked up to be taken to the bar by 8:45 a.m. We cannot stress enough that you should not drink and drive. There is no reason to chance losing your license or killing someone in a drunken state when you have plenty of idiot friends willing to take that risk on your behalf.

Leg 2: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Arrive at the bar right when it opens. Make sure this is an Irish bar if at all possible. An Irish bar in Boston is the best alternative, since "Boston" in Gaelic means "West Kilarney." However, almost every city in America has bars called "The Blarney Stone", "McSomethings", or "The Dirty Mick." Just try to ignore the fact that the bar is probably owned by Koreans.

Secure a barstool and do not leave it under any circumstances. The bar is liable to be packed by noon, and real Irish people do not wait in line for drinks, no matter what the consequences. While we do recommend the use of an adult undergarment to mask unpleasant smells, it really doesn't matter. By afternoon, you'll be sopping wet with spilled beer anyway, and your mild urine smell will be completely overpowered by the toxic stench of vomit.

We recommend starting out with a few more Irish Coffees to spike the stimulant level, however, you should not order an "Irish Coffee," as you will be given a fruity little glass mug topped with whipped cream and a cherry, and some guy named Seamus will call you a yuppie poseur while putting a cigarette out on your neck. Ask for coffee with Jameson or Bushmill and ask the bartender to leave the whipped cream can, as nothing will add spice to your day like the occasional whippet.

Leg 3: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

It's lunchtime! You may not be hungry, but it's important to eat something, because like the man said in Blazing Saddles: " Man drink like that, without eating, he is going to die.

it's just another day except I wore green to work & won a free stapler