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Happy St Patrick's Day!
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Caelis Boirelle
Aurora Investments
#21 - 2013-03-18 11:02:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Caelis Boirelle
Sidus Isaacs wrote:
jason hill wrote:
good to know that the whole world is celebrating ... an ENGLISH saint


People tend to just use this day as an excuse to drink. I find it weird that even here in Norway people celebrate it.

I got better things to do than celebrating religious icons, but even more importantly, I do not need an excuse to drink if I see it fit :)


It's a national and cultural identity thing, it really isn't a religious thing at all for he majority of people.

As for the drinking, supposedly that came about because as lots of people would give up the booze for lent and you were essentially allowed to indulge on St Patrick's day because it was a feast day, everyone went nuts because it was the first time in weeks they could drink, and would be the last for a while yet to boot.

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#22 - 2013-03-18 11:08:22 UTC
Sidus Isaacs wrote:
jason hill wrote:
good to know that the whole world is celebrating ... an ENGLISH saint


People tend to just use this day as an excuse to drink. I find it weird that even here in Norway people celebrate it.

I got better things to do than celebrating religious icons, but even more importantly, I do not need an excuse to drink if I see it fit :)



Believe me, it's hardly a religious holiday.....lots of rather unholy activity can indeed be experienced.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
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