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X-E’s Tribute to St. Patrick’s Day!

Well hello there. Long time no chat. How are the kidddss??? Today's article focuses on the finer points of Saint Patrick's Day, written from the non-Irish perspective because I am absolutely not Irish. We'll take a look at such holiday staples as green beer, McDonald's Shamrock Shakes, Cookie O'Puss and beyond. There's even a wild, woolly relative of Grimace hidden inside. I think the Chia Plot is on hold till next week, so I hope rambling about green beer can compensate. No? Aw come on. Back with more tomorrow!

Posted by Matt on 03/16/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 90 comments

about cookie o’puss’s "arms":
I think they’re supposed to be mutton chops. ya know when you see an old irish guy, well, pretend ones anyway, they always have big gnarly mutton chops.

Chestnuts roasted by Jen @ 03/18/2004 11:25 PM

Two things:

1) Yes there _were_ Hostess St. Paddy’s day SnoBalls. They where called Lucky Puffs. i had some earlier this week.

2) Someone requested an Italian St. Paddy’s-type holiday? In some major US cities (like San Francisco and New York) Italians use Columbus Day like that, parade and ev’rything. i don’t know why. Didn’t you guys blow him off so that he had to go to Spain for backing?

Chestnuts roasted by marvel bunny @ 03/19/2004 12:33 PM

Once, in San Fran, many years ago, someone tried to reenact Columbus’s landing and a group of Native American protesters ran out and shoved him back into his rowboat.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/19/2004 12:47 PM

On St. Patrick’s Day/Night/Morning, on the way home from the bar, me and my associates were discussing the possibilites for other coloured beers. Matt and X-E came to mind as I thought of "Spring Coors" (dyed blue) and "Winter Budweiser" (dyed red).

Chestnuts roasted by Jeriko @ 03/19/2004 3:40 PM

Actually, even though none of the limited edition stuff Matt mentioned in this piece is available in Ireland, I’m kind of glad.

We have enough of this st. patricks shit in our stores the other 364 days of the year. Tell your old people to stop coming over here and buying it so we can concentrate on our main export: alcahol related public disorder.

Chestnuts roasted by ThunderingMike @ 03/19/2004 7:47 PM

1) If I remember correctly, St. Patrick wasn’t Irish. (But on his feast day, he, as well as all of us, can be Irish)

2) I believe St. Patrick’s claim-to-fame was ridding the countryside of a certain snake

3) GMTR doesn’t always work to censor free speech

Chestnuts roasted by ibinsomniac @ 03/19/2004 8:02 PM

FACTS
1. There is a fifth leprachaun movie, with a hip-hop theme
2. Northern Ireland is a country (very few Americans have believed me in the past)
3. I’ve lived in belfast my whole life without hearing a bomb go off (not abnormal)
4. We don’t get green beer or st paddy shakes, but sales of guinness-themed keychains, posters, stationary, drums and the liquid itself increase exponentially.
5. Belfast has the lamest St Paddys day celebration in the world (there’s no funding because certain politicians are total dinosaurs who think it’ll offend). This year it featured Girls Aloud (bland spice-girls continuation) and the reanimated corpse of Shane MaGowan from the pogues (how is he still moving?).

Chestnuts roasted by chev happy @ 03/20/2004 7:27 AM

Yeah, I’m Irish. And there is a sixth Leprechaun movie.

Leprechaun: Back to Tha Hood.

Chestnuts roasted by Sirkus O'Peanuts @ 03/20/2004 2:13 PM

I’m pasty, I’m irish & a bunch of other euro-breeds in one. From what I can tell, the green icing squiggles on cookie o’ puss are sideburns. am i the only one who sees this? oh well, it’s irrelevant by now, although people were still celebrating @ the bars last nite. but alas, no shamrock shakes to be found in Denver….

Chestnuts roasted by grace @ 03/21/2004 5:12 PM

"I was always jealous that the Irish get their own day, but us Scots go home empty handed.

There needs to be a Scottish Day!

Posted by Jeff Mack @ 03/18/2004 11:00 AM EST"

What about Scotchtoberfest?

Chestnuts roasted by DJ Maniak @ 03/21/2004 10:03 PM

Oh my god! You killed Cookie ‘O Puss. You bastard.

Chestnuts roasted by Brias @ 03/22/2004 3:07 PM

Uncle O’Grimacy is the best! On the merch page of the band Rutherford B. Hayes Is Dead, they have a t-shirt that you can buy with O’Grimacy on it! http://www.RBHID.com

Chestnuts roasted by Jason @ 06/16/2004 6:33 AM

hahahahahaha this is soooo funny. Love it. We don’t get any of that shite…

By the way, the Scots get Burns day. I’m from Dublin, live in Edinburgh. On Burns day, I cooked haggis and drank Lagavulin malt whisky… Paddy’s day was spent drinking cans of Guinness, eating coddle and watching Celtic play on telly.

Cool article though!!

Chestnuts roasted by ScaryEire @ 06/21/2004 11:13 AM

hahahahahaha this is soooo funny. Love it. We don’t get any of that shite…

By the way, the Scots get Burns day. I’m from Dublin, live in Edinburgh. On Burns day, I cooked haggis and drank Lagavulin malt whisky… Paddy’s day was spent drinking cans of Guinness, eating coddle and watching Celtic play on telly.

Cool article though!!

Chestnuts roasted by ScaryEire @ 06/21/2004 11:13 AM

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