February 21, 2008

St. Patrick's Day falls during Holy Week this year. Some St. Paddy's Days have been moved to March 14th, others not. Check your local listings.

"Actually, you're born Irish first," he said, "and then you're baptized Catholic."

posted by Capt. Renault 16 years ago
  • "Actually, you're born Irish first," he said, "and then you're baptized Catholic." that's right. and my birthday is march 17th, and my birthday is st. patrick's day (altho I am not an xian nor do I think there is anything particularly special about old pat...) but! it's by birfday and it's the 17th. it's only holy week because I was born in it :P
  • Members of the local chapter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a national Irish Catholic organization, will skip the parade and will instead join the March 15 parade in Dublin, a Columbus suburb. I once stayed at a hotel where there was a Hibernians convention going on. I've never seen so many green cars in one parking lot in my life. When I ran out of hot water, I liked to think it was because of all the Hibernians boiling potatoes in their rooms. You gots to watch out for that Patrick feller, Medusa - he'll drive all the snakes off your head!
  • Holy WEEK?
  • Holes in my week: DO NOT WANT!
  • when i can haz green beer?
  • My whole year is holy.
  • Holy week: Palm Sunday Holy Monday Holy Tuesday Spy Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Chocolate Egg Sunday
  • Holy Monday, Can't trust that day. Holy Monday is full of holes, Or so they say. Oh, Monday Holy, I was roly-poly, Until Lent, you see - Oh Holy Monday, When will that bunny Bring eggs to me? Every other day, every other day, Of the holy week is keen, yeah But when Holy Monday comes, But when Holy Monday comes, You can find me cravin' them jellybeans. Holy Monday, So good to me, Holy Monday, But by Thursday it was Maundy, Oh, Holy Monday, Isn't a fun day, But it's not too late, Because by Sunday I will have lots Of chocolate.
  • Seriously, though, when I were a churchgoer it was my favorite time of the year.
  • I used to play secret agent games on Spy Wednesday.
  • I could never figure out why Holy Thursday or Holy Saturday were holy, but Good Friday was merely good. Good Friday was where all the action was.
  • Palm Sunday Manic Monday Ruby Tuesday Sheffield Wednesday Maundy Thursday His Girl Friday Saturday Night Fever
  • I think Good Friday can also be called Holy Friday. In Ireland it's traditionally one of the two days of the year when you can't buy booze (xmas day being the other one). It's also a holiday for most workplaces, though not all. This has led to Maundy Thursday being renamed remember-to-go-to-the-off-license-after-work-or-you're-shagged Thursday.
  • We called it "Two Pages of Comics Day".
  • So, how does the Feast of St. Solomon Grundy work into all of this?
  • Catch a pickled herring Put it in your pocket Save it for a Lenten day.
  • Singing of 'Danny Boy' banned in New York pub for St. Patrick's Day. Now if they could just ban U2's first Greatest Hits...