The day of the year where descendents of the British Isles (that'd be the UK, Ireland, Australia, the US and...uh...I guess South Africa and Canada) celebrate their Irish heritage however miniscule.
- I am 1/8 Irish, which is awesome and legit.
- I really love U2, Riverdance and Liam Neeson.
- I plan on eating corned beef & cabbage for dinner and possibly watching Michael Collins. Shame, most Irish movies are historical and justifiably depressing, but there's always Darby O'Gill. In fact most movies with Liam Neeson's (Northern) Irish accent would suffice. BTW Taken was awesome.
- I do not plan on consuming Guinness because here in the US it tastes like spoilt bird droppings.
Unfortunately, I never celebrated the Catholic saint's part-ahy in Ireland, but twice in London and it was a blast. If you could stomach the calories of 3+ Guinness (Guinni?), you got this amazing hat in the shape of a stout, complete with foamy top. Depending on the establishment, it may have listed the name of the bar. People started drinking at 9am and lasted into the wee hours.
Here in Amare-eeca, Folks gleefully belt out ditties like "Danny Boy," not realizing they're singing about death. Anyone whose not a fool or sexual pervert is in green to avoid getting pinched. Peeve? Irish people who get pinched for not wearing green then think they can pinch you back 4x...just because they are cynical and grumpy. That just sounds so Welsh. (Which I'm also 1/8...so I wear red or dragons on St. David's Day). Some people even see leprechauns:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8
So best wishes for the day o' the Irish. Have fun, be safe and don't drive...too fast.
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