Valentine's Day - Am I the only one...

sy · Post by sy » February 13, 2006 10:45 am

rsgeist wrote: Geez, I dunno. A lot of people pretend to be Christian around Christmas.

Well, yeah. But then we could probably spend the better part of a day and a full thread on holiday hypocrisy

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » February 13, 2006 10:46 am

sy wrote:
buffettbride wrote: Yeah. You'd fool nobody with that red hair of yours.
Yeah...sadly, Irish is really the only nationality I can pass for.....don't think I've ever been confused with any other.

At least I don't have the damned freckles anymore That was annoying when I was younger.

hey... freckles and red hair... the mark of God's Favour.

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 10:46 am

rsgeist wrote:
sy wrote:
mings wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
mings wrote:Don't get me started on St. Patricks Day. I hat e the fact that everybody celebrates it. (I think I hate it more that tomorrow.)
Sorry, but when one holiday celebrates Baileys and the other celebrates FLOWERS, guess which one I'm giving the nod to!
I absolutely despise the "everybody's irish on St. Patricks Day". DESPISE.
Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.
Geez, I dunno. A lot of people pretend to be Christian around Christmas.

thats fine with me, because the difference is everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves and then just blames the Irish for having that Holiday. "Oh, well it's ok. It was Saint Patricks Day. I'll buiy you a new car window. Come on man, don't sweat it. Everybody's Irish..."

sy · Post by sy » February 13, 2006 10:47 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
sy wrote:
buffettbride wrote: Yeah. You'd fool nobody with that red hair of yours.
Yeah...sadly, Irish is really the only nationality I can pass for.....don't think I've ever been confused with any other.

At least I don't have the damned freckles anymore That was annoying when I was younger.
hey... freckles and red hair... the mark of God's Favour.

Except when you're in grade school and get mocked relentlessly for them

But then, at least I wasn't the fat kid in school. I had an easier time with just freckles and red hair.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » February 13, 2006 10:47 am

mings wrote:
sy wrote:
mings wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
mings wrote:Don't get me started on St. Patricks Day. I hat e the fact that everybody celebrates it. (I think I hate it more that tomorrow.)
Sorry, but when one holiday celebrates Baileys and the other celebrates FLOWERS, guess which one I'm giving the nod to!
I absolutely despise the "everybody's irish on St. Patricks Day". DESPISE.
Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.
Exactly - Think of the looks I'd get if I were to join in the Puerto Rican day parade, or go crash teh Greek Picnic in Philly, or whatever else. It sounds unsensitive, when in reality its completely hypocritical.

I thought you crashed the Greek Picnic for ouzo and dates with hot Greek women smelling of Windex?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 13, 2006 10:48 am

sy wrote:
buffettbride wrote: Yeah. You'd fool nobody with that red hair of yours.
Yeah...sadly, Irish is really the only nationality I can pass for.....don't think I've ever been confused with any other.

At least I don't have the damned freckles anymore That was annoying when I was younger.

I'm about 1/8th Irish.

But mostly Hungarian/Austrian/English/French.

But, this does remind me I am due to send my Irish pals we met in Mexico an e-mail.

Thems folks can drink!

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 10:49 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
mings wrote:
sy wrote:
mings wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
mings wrote:Don't get me started on St. Patricks Day. I hat e the fact that everybody celebrates it. (I think I hate it more that tomorrow.)
Sorry, but when one holiday celebrates Baileys and the other celebrates FLOWERS, guess which one I'm giving the nod to!
I absolutely despise the "everybody's irish on St. Patricks Day". DESPISE.
Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.
Exactly - Think of the looks I'd get if I were to join in the Puerto Rican day parade, or go crash teh Greek Picnic in Philly, or whatever else. It sounds unsensitive, when in reality its completely hypocritical.
I thought you crashed the Greek Picnic for ouzo and dates with hot Greek women smelling of Windex?

The Greek Picnic is actually a black event.

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 10:49 am

buffettbride wrote:
sy wrote:
buffettbride wrote: Yeah. You'd fool nobody with that red hair of yours.
Yeah...sadly, Irish is really the only nationality I can pass for.....don't think I've ever been confused with any other.

At least I don't have the damned freckles anymore That was annoying when I was younger.
I'm about 1/8th Irish. But mostly Hungarian/Austrian/English/French.

But, this does remind me I am due to send my Irish pals we met in Mexico an e-mail.

Thems folks can drink!

It's a talent of all talents.

rsgeist · Post by **rsgeist** » February 13, 2006 10:52 am

mings wrote:
rsgeist wrote:
sy wrote:
mings wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
mings wrote:Don't get me started on St. Patricks Day. I hat e the fact that everybody celebrates it. (I think I hate it more that tomorrow.)
Sorry, but when one holiday celebrates Baileys and the other celebrates FLOWERS, guess which one I'm giving the nod to!
I absolutely despise the "everybody's irish on St. Patricks Day". DESPISE.
Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.
Geez, I dunno. A lot of people pretend to be Christian around Christmas.
thats fine with me, because the difference is everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves and then just blames the Irish for having that Holiday. "Oh, well it's ok. It was Saint Patricks Day. I'll buiy you a new car window. Come on man, don't sweat it. Everybody's Irish..."

Sounds kinda like a Christmas party. Everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves, says inappropriate things to the boss's wife, then throws up on the boss's Mercedes. But it's all good .... "Merry Christmas, I love you man". Or was that just me?

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » February 13, 2006 10:53 am

sy wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
sy wrote:
buffettbride wrote: Yeah. You'd fool nobody with that red hair of yours.
Yeah...sadly, Irish is really the only nationality I can pass for.....don't think I've ever been confused with any other.

At least I don't have the damned freckles anymore That was annoying when I was younger.
hey... freckles and red hair... the mark of God's Favour.
Except when you're in grade school and get mocked relentlessly for them

But then, at least I wasn't the fat kid in school. I had an easier time with just freckles and red hair.

dear... you've seen the pictures from Cinci, right?

and I always took revenge in subtle ways, like ruining the grading curve for the jocks..

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 13, 2006 10:53 am

mings wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
sy wrote:
buffettbride wrote: Yeah. You'd fool nobody with that red hair of yours.
Yeah...sadly, Irish is really the only nationality I can pass for.....don't think I've ever been confused with any other.

At least I don't have the damned freckles anymore That was annoying when I was younger.
I'm about 1/8th Irish. But mostly Hungarian/Austrian/English/French.

But, this does remind me I am due to send my Irish pals we met in Mexico an e-mail.

Thems folks can drink!
It's a talent of all talents.

I seriously have never seen people drink the way they did.

They were pros, and a helluva lotta fun!

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 10:53 am

rsgeist wrote:
mings wrote:
rsgeist wrote:
sy wrote:
mings wrote:
Wino you know wrote: Sorry, but when one holiday celebrates Baileys and the other celebrates FLOWERS, guess which one I'm giving the nod to!
I absolutely despise the "everybody's irish on St. Patricks Day". DESPISE.
Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.
Geez, I dunno. A lot of people pretend to be Christian around Christmas.
thats fine with me, because the difference is everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves and then just blames the Irish for having that Holiday. "Oh, well it's ok. It was Saint Patricks Day. I'll buiy you a new car window. Come on man, don't sweat it. Everybody's Irish..."
Sounds kinda like a Christmas party. Everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves, says inappropriate things to the boss's wife, then throws up on the boss's Mercedes. But it's all good .... "Merry Christmas, I love you man". Or was that just me?

that may just have been you

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » February 13, 2006 10:56 am

mings wrote:
rsgeist wrote:
mings wrote:
rsgeist wrote:
sy wrote:
mings wrote: I absolutely despise the "everybody's irish on St. Patricks Day". DESPISE.
Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.
Geez, I dunno. A lot of people pretend to be Christian around Christmas.
thats fine with me, because the difference is everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves and then just blames the Irish for having that Holiday. "Oh, well it's ok. It was Saint Patricks Day. I'll buiy you a new car window. Come on man, don't sweat it. Everybody's Irish..."
Sounds kinda like a Christmas party. Everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves, says inappropriate things to the boss's wife, then throws up on the boss's Mercedes. But it's all good .... "Merry Christmas, I love you man". Or was that just me?
that may just have been you

at least it was just pre-digested stomach contents..

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 10:58 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
mings wrote:
rsgeist wrote:
mings wrote:
rsgeist wrote:
sy wrote: Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.
Geez, I dunno. A lot of people pretend to be Christian around Christmas.
thats fine with me, because the difference is everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves and then just blames the Irish for having that Holiday. "Oh, well it's ok. It was Saint Patricks Day. I'll buiy you a new car window. Come on man, don't sweat it. Everybody's Irish..."
Sounds kinda like a Christmas party. Everyone gets blasted, makes complete a$$e$ out of themselves, says inappropriate things to the boss's wife, then throws up on the boss's Mercedes. But it's all good .... "Merry Christmas, I love you man". Or was that just me?
that may just have been you
at least it was just pre-digested stomach contents..

yeah - theres no biggie there.

sy · Post by sy » February 13, 2006 10:59 am

RinglingRingling wrote: dear... you've seen the pictures from Cinci, right?

and I always took revenge in subtle ways, like ruining the grading curve for the jocks..

No, I haven't seen those...

and I like the ruining the grading curve....I took great pride in that

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 11:01 am

buffettbride wrote:
mings wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
sy wrote:
buffettbride wrote: Yeah. You'd fool nobody with that red hair of yours.
Yeah...sadly, Irish is really the only nationality I can pass for.....don't think I've ever been confused with any other.

At least I don't have the damned freckles anymore That was annoying when I was younger.
I'm about 1/8th Irish. But mostly Hungarian/Austrian/English/French.

But, this does remind me I am due to send my Irish pals we met in Mexico an e-mail.

Thems folks can drink!
It's a talent of all talents.
I seriously have never seen people drink the way they did. They were pros, and a helluva lotta fun!

I hung out with a bunch this summer. Tons of fun.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » February 13, 2006 11:01 am

sy wrote:Thank you. While I don't care tooooo much, it does bug me that 'everyone's irish' for st patricks day. It is actually a holiday for those of us who are legitimately Irish. Cripes, I don't run around going 'I'm black' on Martin Luther King day.

AW, C'MON!
Check this out and tell me how I can't NOT be Irish for the day.

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/ ... page=video

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » February 13, 2006 11:02 am

Valentine's Day is just another example of the man keeping single people down

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 11:05 am

LIPH wrote:Valentine's Day is just another example of the man keeping single people down

I used to feel that way. Now I just feel like its forced and hollow expenditure day.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » February 13, 2006 11:07 am

LIPH wrote:Valentine's Day is just another example of the man keeping single people down

That's EXACTLY what Valentine's Day is-an excuse to keep single people down and a LEGAL way for the blood suckers at Hallmark to r.ape the public.