Happy St. Patrick's Day, Irelings!
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Im getting me a Lucky Leprechaun burger tonight, its SO good. Its got burger, with a slice of corned beef, Swiss, sauerkraut, and spicy mustard!!!
Jus ate 2 green donuts from Krispy Kreme lol.
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My wife and I went out to a local Indian casino last night for the first time in a year. It kind of sucked. There were strict limits as the casino was at 25% capacity, the buffet remains closed, yet the few other dining options were high priced and, frank, sucked. 2/3rds of the machines and seats at card tables. The result is the casino put very high minimum bet requirements on the few available seats.
I have never been a big gambler, I will budget $100 for the night and that is it, my wife likes slot machines so she used $200. She ended up making $330 so we broke even but most of the night I just watched her play and waited for the drinks service which never seemed to come. Seriously, in three hours I saw just one waitress, placed our drink order, and then never saw her again even though we were in the same place for an hour. I ended up buy one crappy beer which was $5 ($6 with tip) and that was it. Just not that fun really.
I have never been a big gambler, I will budget $100 for the night and that is it, my wife likes slot machines so she used $200. She ended up making $330 so we broke even but most of the night I just watched her play and waited for the drinks service which never seemed to come. Seriously, in three hours I saw just one waitress, placed our drink order, and then never saw her again even though we were in the same place for an hour. I ended up buy one crappy beer which was $5 ($6 with tip) and that was it. Just not that fun really.
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...one belated last clip in observation of the Emerald Holiday....
He's altogether a marvellous man, an' he understands the Irish!
...And any man who understands the Irish, haha
Can't be reckoned altogether bad.
The same way that a lunatic
Whose patron saint is Patrick
Can't be reckoned altogether mad.
The doctor's very smart.
He's an Irishman at heart.
His favourite colour, sure it must be GREEN.
Also he's a man
Who'll blarney when he can.
Let me explain the sort of thing I mean.
My friend the doctor says
The moon is made of apple pie
And once a month it's eaten by the sun!
And that is why,
Up in the sky,
You'll find as every month goes by
Somebody in the sky is makin' another one!
My friend the doctor says
The sun is made of cheddar cheese
The doctor even knows the reason why
The facts are these
Try if you please
Pretendin' you're a lonely cheese
Wouldn't you want to try findin' an apple pie?
Of course you would!
Maybe what the doctor tells me
Isn't altogether true
But I love every tale he tells me
I don't know any better ones, Do you?
My friend the doctor says
The world is full of fantasy,
And who are you and I to disagree?
Let's hope and pray
That is the way
The life we love will always stay
For my friend the doctor
AND ME!
(whistle tune... la la la la)
My friend the doctor says
The stars are made of lemon drops
The bigger ones are lollipops and ice
The clouds have shops
Up on the tops
That sells you sweets and soda pops
What do they call the place? Isn't it PARADISE?
(slow as it begins to rain)
My friend the doctor says
That every time it starts to rain
And people run indoors again in swarms,
If you remain out in the rain,
You'll think you're drinkin' pink champagne,
And you'll spend your life
PRAYIN' FOR THUNDERSTORMS!
MAYBE WHAT THE DOCTOR TELLS ME
ISN'T ALTOGETHER TRUE,
But I love every tale he tells me.
I don't know any better ones, do you?
MY FRIEND THE DOCTOR SAYS
THE WORLD IS FULL OF FANTASY
AND WHO ARE YOU AND I TO DISAGREE?
LET'S HOPE AND PRAY
THAT IS THE WAY
THE LIFE WE LOVE WILL ALWAYS STAY
For MY friend the DOCTOR,
MY FRIEND THE DOCTOR AND ME!
He's altogether a marvellous man, an' he understands the Irish!
...And any man who understands the Irish, haha
Can't be reckoned altogether bad.
The same way that a lunatic
Whose patron saint is Patrick
Can't be reckoned altogether mad.
The doctor's very smart.
He's an Irishman at heart.
His favourite colour, sure it must be GREEN.
Also he's a man
Who'll blarney when he can.
Let me explain the sort of thing I mean.
My friend the doctor says
The moon is made of apple pie
And once a month it's eaten by the sun!
And that is why,
Up in the sky,
You'll find as every month goes by
Somebody in the sky is makin' another one!
My friend the doctor says
The sun is made of cheddar cheese
The doctor even knows the reason why
The facts are these
Try if you please
Pretendin' you're a lonely cheese
Wouldn't you want to try findin' an apple pie?
Of course you would!
Maybe what the doctor tells me
Isn't altogether true
But I love every tale he tells me
I don't know any better ones, Do you?
My friend the doctor says
The world is full of fantasy,
And who are you and I to disagree?
Let's hope and pray
That is the way
The life we love will always stay
For my friend the doctor
AND ME!
(whistle tune... la la la la)
My friend the doctor says
The stars are made of lemon drops
The bigger ones are lollipops and ice
The clouds have shops
Up on the tops
That sells you sweets and soda pops
What do they call the place? Isn't it PARADISE?
(slow as it begins to rain)
My friend the doctor says
That every time it starts to rain
And people run indoors again in swarms,
If you remain out in the rain,
You'll think you're drinkin' pink champagne,
And you'll spend your life
PRAYIN' FOR THUNDERSTORMS!
MAYBE WHAT THE DOCTOR TELLS ME
ISN'T ALTOGETHER TRUE,
But I love every tale he tells me.
I don't know any better ones, do you?
MY FRIEND THE DOCTOR SAYS
THE WORLD IS FULL OF FANTASY
AND WHO ARE YOU AND I TO DISAGREE?
LET'S HOPE AND PRAY
THAT IS THE WAY
THE LIFE WE LOVE WILL ALWAYS STAY
For MY friend the DOCTOR,
MY FRIEND THE DOCTOR AND ME!
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Probably should have stayed home with a bottle of Jack and a takeaway.
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I specifically avoid injun casinos. Those filthy cunts dont pay their fair share of taxes and suck up all the goobermint bennies. Fuk injuns!
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"I arise today
Through the strength of heaven; Light of the sun, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of the wind, Depth of the sea, Stability of the earth, Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me; God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's eye to look before me, God's ear to hear me, God's word to speak for me, God's hand to guard me, God's way to lie before me, God's shield to protect me, God's hosts to save me
Afar and anear, Alone or in a mulitude. Christ shield me today against wounding
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through the mighty strength Of the Lord of creation" ~ Prayer of St. Patrick~
Through the strength of heaven; Light of the sun, Splendor of fire, Speed of lightning, Swiftness of the wind, Depth of the sea, Stability of the earth, Firmness of the rock.
I arise today
Through God's strength to pilot me; God's might to uphold me, God's wisdom to guide me, God's eye to look before me, God's ear to hear me, God's word to speak for me, God's hand to guard me, God's way to lie before me, God's shield to protect me, God's hosts to save me
Afar and anear, Alone or in a mulitude. Christ shield me today against wounding
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in the eye that sees me, Christ in the ear that hears me.
I arise today
Through the mighty strength Of the Lord of creation" ~ Prayer of St. Patrick~
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"Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You"
Psalms 139:7-18 NKJV
Things to meditate on rather than drinking oneself into a stupor :)
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You"
Psalms 139:7-18 NKJV
Things to meditate on rather than drinking oneself into a stupor :)
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An internet user claiming to be an Irish-American has been called out by an Irishman for spouting some grossly wrong history about "his" country.
In the clip, the American says he is "Irish" but doesn't actually provide any proof, apart from pulling down his shirt to reveal a tattoo of some kind.
He then claims that: "My ancestors were enslaved for over 1,000 years on the British Isles."
This, naturally, doesn't qualify him at all to be Irish - unlike Caoimhín, who responded to the video with a clip of his own.
In the TikTok video, which made it's way onto Reddit, Caoimhín starts: "Okay, number one, it wasn't 1,000 years, it was 800 - 800 years of oppression is a well-known Irish phrase, if you had any kind of real connection to your Irish heritage, you'd know that.
"Number two: No one was enslaved here. The Brits didn't have Irish people have slaves. In fact, it was the other way around. Irish people often took slaves from Britain. St Patrick came from Wales - he was brought to Ireland as a slave!
"Also, the fact that you're sitting there, calling yourself Irish and using the phrase 'British Isles'? Ask my a**e
Caoimhín then explained in fairly comprehensive detail why the original clip was a big problem.
He said: "This drives Irish people up the f**king wall you know. You're not Irish. You're an American with a tenuous link to an Irish person from hundreds of years ago. You engage in this paddywhackery which is gross - do you even know what the symbol plastered all over your chest, in green of course, do you even know what that means? But of course, use it it justify racism. Away and s***e, ámadán."
People backed up Caoimhín majorly in the comments.
One person wrote: "I love that he called him an amadán. You know it is getting serious when the Gaeilge comes out."
A second added: "I'm not a particularly patriotic Irish man, but for some reason the mention of "The British Isles" cut me. Especially so, when the first fella was so ignorant and took the first results from Google as fact about the history.
To be fair, one American did respond: "My apologies to everyone who is actually Irish for the idiocy and cultural misinterpretation that you experience so often at our ignorant American hands, and especially this week."
In the clip, the American says he is "Irish" but doesn't actually provide any proof, apart from pulling down his shirt to reveal a tattoo of some kind.
He then claims that: "My ancestors were enslaved for over 1,000 years on the British Isles."
This, naturally, doesn't qualify him at all to be Irish - unlike Caoimhín, who responded to the video with a clip of his own.
In the TikTok video, which made it's way onto Reddit, Caoimhín starts: "Okay, number one, it wasn't 1,000 years, it was 800 - 800 years of oppression is a well-known Irish phrase, if you had any kind of real connection to your Irish heritage, you'd know that.
"Number two: No one was enslaved here. The Brits didn't have Irish people have slaves. In fact, it was the other way around. Irish people often took slaves from Britain. St Patrick came from Wales - he was brought to Ireland as a slave!
"Also, the fact that you're sitting there, calling yourself Irish and using the phrase 'British Isles'? Ask my a**e
Caoimhín then explained in fairly comprehensive detail why the original clip was a big problem.
He said: "This drives Irish people up the f**king wall you know. You're not Irish. You're an American with a tenuous link to an Irish person from hundreds of years ago. You engage in this paddywhackery which is gross - do you even know what the symbol plastered all over your chest, in green of course, do you even know what that means? But of course, use it it justify racism. Away and s***e, ámadán."
People backed up Caoimhín majorly in the comments.
One person wrote: "I love that he called him an amadán. You know it is getting serious when the Gaeilge comes out."
A second added: "I'm not a particularly patriotic Irish man, but for some reason the mention of "The British Isles" cut me. Especially so, when the first fella was so ignorant and took the first results from Google as fact about the history.
To be fair, one American did respond: "My apologies to everyone who is actually Irish for the idiocy and cultural misinterpretation that you experience so often at our ignorant American hands, and especially this week."
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Many of my ancestors came from Ireland. Doesnt mean much to me other than the novelty.
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Same.
My grandmother and her sister spoke in Gaelic to eachother and called it "sister language" and wouldnt teach me.
She only taught me "maimeo"....which is a way of saying "grandma" lol. She would call me her "mion babai" ♡
But yeah they would sit there and just go on and on and we couldnt understand a word. No way to look anything up back then either lol. And even if we could....she didnt tell us it was Gaelic. It was "sister talk" lol.
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Happy Irish, Dove
I almost forget it was St. Patrick's Day.
I asked a guy at the store if it was, and he looked so serious but then broke out in a wide smile when he confirmed to me that it was.
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Happy belated everyone wants to be Irish day…
It was my anniversary. I’m still recovering =]
It was my anniversary. I’m still recovering =]
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I dont understand dis holiday??
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Like most holidays in the USA it's just an excuse to wear silly things and drink too much.
We're a very unserious nation.
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It is a holiday in Ireland which celebrates their conversion to Christianity.
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Same situation this time around.
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My bestie is slow cooking corned beef and it smells amazing
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Lucky Gal. Enjoy
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