Saint Patricks Day!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Yes, this Friday is St. Paddy's day! A time when we can all get rotten drunk in the name of the Emerald Isle. My university union is putting on a big party, full of "traditional" Irish activities and decorations (i.e. shamrocks and leprechauns), and has the Wildcats of Killkenny (a band) putting on a show for us. A couple of my friends are getting dressed up all in green and possibly donning fake ginger beards. Does anyone have any celebrations planned? I don't think we have any native Irish here, but that certainly never stopped anyone before.

Here is a bonus picture of the Chicago River died green for last years festivities!
http://sw-fans.net/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=752844

[Nathanial K'cansce]

I had a few plans lined up, and planned on choosing which one this week sometime.

The included heading down to Lycoming College to visit a friend of mine down there and getting crunked with her sorority.

I was also asked to go bar hopping here at home with one of my friends (Irish) and some other people. His dad's in one of the bag-pipe bands and is going to be playing at all the bars on our main streets, so he is going to be going with his dad to each bar, drinking himself silly.

However, I think I'm just gunna relax at home, and rest up my sprained ligament in my knee. Bar hopping on crutches, methinks, is not a good idea.

[Park Kraken]

I'll just wear green maybe to prevent anyone from pinching me and do some fine under-age drinking at home (I'm only 5-6 months away from being legal anyways), and maybe cook a supper for the family unless we have plans to go out.

[Sorsha Kasajian]

Nothing special planned, unfortunatley. =*(

[Jorshal Vuntana]

I dyed my hair green, but unfortunately not for St. Patricks Day as it will be all cut off as of tonight. But it WAS green.

[JMK]

Montreal has the longest running St. Paddy's day parade in the world (in fact I think it's the longest running parade in the world, period), but I haven't decided if I'll be heading downtown to see it or not.

[Morgan Evanar]

I dunno but beeeeeeeeeeeeer.

[Ryan Pode]

ditto.

[Miranda Tarkin]

Ah .. the Chicago river. Saint Patty's day just brings out the more green of the water then it already has.

Sniffs.. so pretty

[Mandy with an I]

May or may not be going to an Irish pub downtown with friends from HS. Probably not, since all of our plans tend to fall through. :(

[Droo]

Since I gave up alcohol (amongst a number of things) for Lent, I won't be able to enjoy St. Paddy's Day to the max this year. :(

[Jaime Tomahawk]

March 17 is just another day. And just another day prepping the car for first event of the year :D

[Sanis Prent]

Originally posted by Droo
Since I gave up alcohol (amongst a number of things) for Lent, I won't be able to enjoy St. Paddy's Day to the max this year. :(

You fool! Have you not learned from my past mistakes? :(

Myself, I'm going to drink about ten Irish Carbombs and listen to a few Dropkick Murphys albums until I fall down.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Originally posted by Droo
Since I gave up alcohol (amongst a number of things) for Lent, I won't be able to enjoy St. Paddy's Day to the max this year. :(


I thought about doing that, but then thought better of it. Besides, it would have left one of my buds without a drinking buddy. :(

[Park Kraken]

Right now it looks like my sister is going to rent a limo with some friends and head over to Pleasure Island in Orlando for an all night celebration.

I'll probably just stay home and cook an Irish supper of some kind for the family.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I... am going to get drunk. Very drunk. And then I'm going to prance around the house for a little while before getting up close and personal with the john.

[Khendon Sevon]

I'm getting drunk next friday, does that count?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Originally posted by Loklorien s'Ilancy
I... am going to get drunk. Very drunk. And then I'm going to prance around the house for a little while before getting up close and personal with the john.


Curse all the miles between us! We could go out and paint the town ...green? but instead I'm stuck here. :cry

I think we're going to see V for Vendetta and then going home to clean house or something. We're being attacked by ants and I'm about ready to call an exterminator.

[Rama: 2nd GIG]

Irish Holidays are meaningless when you don't drink.

[Alexander Bane]

Yes, it St. Patricks day today... but what does that matter? I spent this glorious holiday doing nothing except watching my brothers play video games, but only because they won't stop playing long enough for me to jump on. Well, I hope the rest of you had a great St. Patties Day :)

[Sanis Prent]

Why are you not drinking?

Drink, dance (badly), fight, repeat

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Gah! I hate being gimp. And with the 'rents being anti-alcohol in their house, all I have is frozen popsicles, tortilla chips, and diet coke.

[Sanis Prent]

Punch your parents in the mouth. Aren't you over 21?

[Alexander Bane]

Originally posted by Sanis Prent
Aren't you over 21?

No, hence why I'm not drinking :D
And even if I was 21+ I wouldn't drink anyways *mneh*

Hey, I wouldn't mind some popsicles or tortilla chips(aslong as there is salsa with the chips), but no diet coke for me; it makes me sick *burp*

[Sanis Prent]

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 drunk.

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 first hour or so 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 Percocet
1 gram morphine sulphate
1 oz. human adrenaline extract
1 precharged electric defibrillator
4 Cardiac needles
1 trauma surgeon

Brew a strong pot of coffee. Add 9 oz. 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 Killarney. 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 whiskey 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 Sheriff Bart said in Blazing Saddles: "Man drinks like that and don't eat, he is going to die." If you want to maintain your buzz and not get that hideous, bloated feeling that could slow down your drinking, there are only two options: popcorn or Pop Tarts. Both have the carbohydrates you'll need to give you energy, both will soak up excess bile in your stomach, and both have names that are hard to slur. If you start slurring your words too early, you'll hear the most frightening phrase in the English language on St. Patrick's Day besides "I'm pregnant;" "You're cut off."

By now, you should switch off of coffee drinks and go to beer. You have only one option here: Guinness stout. You may be tempted to order green beer, but remember: beer doesn't always turn green because of food coloring.


Leg 3: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
By now, the bar is definitely crowded as people take long lunches and bail out of work early to tie one on. If you're doing your job correctly, the bar should look twice or three times as crowded as it really is.

By now, you may be in conversation with some real Irish people, since the person you came with has likely been taken away by ambulance. Some conversational points to remember when talking to the Irish are: Football really means Soccer, and you should be more passionate about it than you are about your wife or husband, AND The English are all bastards who should be lined up and kicked into the Liffey. If you remember those two points, as well at least three derogatory names for Margaret Thatcher, you can talk to the Irish for hours. You should continue to drink Guinness throughout this leg, although you may want to have another Irish Coffee if your heartbeat has become irregular.


The Home Stretch: 7 p.m. to Closing
Your goal, of course, is to be the last person to leave the bar at closing time. This will be impossible, since a blood alcohol content of .50 usually equals death, and you should be pushing a .35 or .40 by now. The only way for a true Irishman to leave a bar before closing time with honor is to be hauled away by the police. Throw a punch. It doesn't matter who you hit or why; no one's made any sense since 3 o'clock, anyway. You will be beaten mercilessly, since your fine motor control has been gone since the late morning, but it doesn't matter since you can't feel anything.

Depending on your community, the police should arrive within fifteen minutes to scrape you off the floor and clap you in irons. 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. You will be a legend, and by now the friend who took you to the bar should have had his or her stomach pumped, and will be able to bail you out.


By following these simple guidelines, your St. Patrick's Day experience would be one you would never forget if it weren't physically and biologically impossible for you to remember any of it.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Originally posted by Sanis Prent
Punch your parents in the mouth. Aren't you over 21?

Yes.

But then there's the fact I don't wanna hobble to the store, and try all I want to carry a case whilst on cructhes.

...Unless I get one of my buds to do it for me.

The gears turn now. >D

[Sanis Prent]

1 carbomb down, nine to go.

I am on a mission.

[Sansa]

I just need 5 bicardi Os to mess me up.

I have.. none. :cry

[Vega Van-Derveld]

I had 2 bottles of wine, on an empty stomach, and got very drunk very quickly. :x

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Two whole bottles? Can your body even fit that much liquid inside it at once?

[Miranda Tarkin]

depends on the bottle. If it is the 750ml, sure. We need 1000-1500ml of water a day and it can be drank in one sitting.

I know this because of the 4000ml medication some people need to take before certain tests :|

[Vega Van-Derveld]

Apparently it can! Two of my friends had to walk me back to their flat in the end. I was really ill. I don't remember much of it, but oh well!

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I'm still drinking ^_^; I had a small 4 hour nap, but opened up a beer upon waking.

Charley is passed out right now - he only made it to the sixth carbomb.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

As long as he's not passed out in a puddle of his own vomit. :x

[Ryan Pode]

Worst. Hangover. Ever.

[Miranda Tarkin]

:: has yet to ever get hung over ::

:crack

[Vega Van-Derveld]

I miraculously had no hangover whatsoever, in spite of spending the night either vomitting or paraletic. It's amazing.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Originally posted by Lilaena De'Ville
As long as he's not passed out in a puddle of his own vomit. :x


He better not be, since that would mean there'd be vomit on my bed >_<

[Sansa]

Originally posted by Vega Van-Derveld
I miraculously had no hangover whatsoever, in spite of spending the night either vomitting or paraletic. It's amazing.

Sometimes vomiting is good because it clears your system - sometimes it's too late for it to do any good.

That's my theory, anyway.