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The St Patrick's Day Stereotypes

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So, what would happen if we celebrated Black History Month by all going to a crack house to get our smoke on, and then head out to impregnate a bunch of single women? Or, how about if we celebrate Cinco De Mayo by jumping over the fence and begin picking lettuce from our neighbor's garden? Or, how about during Oktoberfest, we dress up as Nazis and culminate it by rounding up Jews?

Obviously not too many people would be happy about any of that.

So, why is it OK to spend a day pretending that the Irish were a bunch of drunks who wore green?
 
calamity said:
So, what would happen if we celebrated Black History Month by all going to a crack house to get our smoke on, and then head out to impregnate a bunch of single women? Or, how about if we celebrate Cinco De Mayo by jumping over the fence and begin picking lettuce from our neighbor's garden? Or, how about during Oktoberfest, we dress up as Nazis and culminate it by rounding up Jews?

Obviously not too many people would be happy about any of that.

So, why is it OK to spend a day pretending that the Irish were a bunch of drunks who wore green?
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Not another troll thread! :doh

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Captain Adverse said:
Not another troll thread! :doh

:inandout:
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Seriously? You don't see a problem with this?

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calamity said:
Seriously? You don't see a problem with this?

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Seriously?

NO! I don't. :no:

I see people dressed up as leprechauns (mythical Irish fairies) and having fun, which is what most celebrations are for.
 
calamity said:
So, what would happen if we celebrated Black History Month by all going to a crack house to get our smoke on, and then head out to impregnate a bunch of single women? Or, how about if we celebrate Cinco De Mayo by jumping over the fence and begin picking lettuce from our neighbor's garden? Or, how about during Oktoberfest, we dress up as Nazis and culminate it by rounding up Jews?

Obviously not too many people would be happy about any of that.

So, why is it OK to spend a day pretending that the Irish were a bunch of drunks who wore green?
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there's a lot of Irish folk in Saint Paul that do just that :lamo
 
calamity said:
So, what would happen if we celebrated Black History Month by all going to a crack house to get our smoke on, and then head out to impregnate a bunch of single women? Or, how about if we celebrate Cinco De Mayo by jumping over the fence and begin picking lettuce from our neighbor's garden? Or, how about during Oktoberfest, we dress up as Nazis and culminate it by rounding up Jews?

Obviously not too many people would be happy about any of that.

So, why is it OK to spend a day pretending that the Irish were a bunch of drunks who wore green?
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Because they are a bunch of drunks who wear green? :mrgreen: Just kidding, of course.

Lighten up dude. I'm Irish and had a wonderful time yesterday with all the other drunks. I think celebrating the Irish heritage is a good thing.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Seriously?

NO! I don't. :no:

I see people dressed up as leprechauns (mythical Irish fairies) and having fun, which is what most celebrations are for.
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So, we agree that some stereotypes are OK to celebrate while others not so much.
 
TheGoverness said:
What's the problem with that exactly?
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How about we all dress up as Sambo in February and wear sunglasses saying "The Crack's On Me." You good with that?
 
calamity said:
So, why is it OK to spend a day pretending that the Irish were a bunch of drunks who wore green?
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The Irish seem to have a better sense of humor about it, apparently. Are a majority of them offended?
 
calamity said:
So, what would happen if we celebrated Black History Month by all going to a crack house to get our smoke on, and then head out to impregnate a bunch of single women? Or, how about if we celebrate Cinco De Mayo by jumping over the fence and begin picking lettuce from our neighbor's garden? Or, how about during Oktoberfest, we dress up as Nazis and culminate it by rounding up Jews?

Obviously not too many people would be happy about any of that.

So, why is it OK to spend a day pretending that the Irish were a bunch of drunks who wore green?
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What do you mean pretending?
 
St Patrick's day was a day back in Ireland when the religious restrictions to drinking and eating were lifted, so naturally the holiday itself was celebrated with... you guessed it, drinking and eating.
 
CMPancake said:
St Patrick's day was a day back in Ireland when the religious restrictions to drinking and eating were lifted, so naturally the holiday itself was celebrated with... you guessed it, drinking and eating.
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I see people celebrating cinco de mayo with about the same fervor for beer as I do St Paddy's day. And Mexico doesn't even much celebrate cinco de mayo. It's an American holiday about mexico.
 
poweRob said:
I see people celebrating cinco de mayo with about the same fervor for beer as I do St Paddy's day. And Mexico doesn't even much celebrate cinco de mayo. It's an American holiday about mexico.
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Now, that is weird.
 
calamity said:
Now, that is weird.
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Americans always mistake cinco de mayo as mexico's independence day. Their independence day is actually September 16th. Cinco de Mayo is just a battle mexico won. Probably the only one they won. Where they defeated the French. A French friend of mine told me that the French guy who picked that fight was basically rogue and not even sanctioned by France to do so. The guy started the fight to try and grab some glory for his name then lost. then France felt like they had to avenge it.

Do People In Mexico Celebrate Cinco De Mayo?

Although the victory was short-lived — the French would capture Mexico City and take over the country within a year — it represented a moral victory for the Mexican government. It came to symbolize unity and pride in the unexpected victory of a clear underdog.

Today, Cinco de Mayo is not that important in Mexico and mainly celebrated only in the state of Puebla. In Mexico, the Independence Day celebrations of September 16 represent that nation's most important national holiday.​
 
poweRob said:
Americans always mistake cinco de mayo as mexico's independence day. Their independence day is actually September 16th. Cinco de Mayo is just a battle mexico won. Probably the only one they won. Where they defeated the French. A French friend of mine told me that the French guy who picked that fight was basically rogue and not even sanctioned by France to do so. The guy started the fight to try and grab some glory for his name then lost. then France felt like they had to avenge it.

Do People In Mexico Celebrate Cinco De Mayo?

Although the victory was short-lived — the French would capture Mexico City and take over the country within a year — it represented a moral victory for the Mexican government. It came to symbolize unity and pride in the unexpected victory of a clear underdog.

Today, Cinco de Mayo is not that important in Mexico and mainly celebrated only in the state of Puebla. In Mexico, the Independence Day celebrations of September 16 represent that nation's most important national holiday.​
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I used to think Cinco De Mayo was Mexico's Independence Day. I was lied to!
 
calamity said:
So, we agree that some stereotypes are OK to celebrate while others not so much.
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Just so long as you don't end up in the Paddy wagon.
 
calamity said:
So, what would happen if we celebrated Black History Month by all going to a crack house to get our smoke on, and then head out to impregnate a bunch of single women? Or, how about if we celebrate Cinco De Mayo by jumping over the fence and begin picking lettuce from our neighbor's garden? Or, how about during Oktoberfest, we dress up as Nazis and culminate it by rounding up Jews?

Obviously not too many people would be happy about any of that.

So, why is it OK to spend a day pretending that the Irish were a bunch of drunks who wore green?
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My wife and I were sitting in bed and she asked me, "So, what is St. Patrick's day anyway? I mean, what are the origins of it?"
Me: "Um....I think an Irishman's wife was kidnapped by leprechauns, so he put on all green clothing and adorned himself in four leaf clovers, then he tricked the leprechauns by getting them all drunk on Guiness Stout, and they gave his wife back and they all did a jig."

We admitted we knew pretty much nothing about the world and our own civilization, and that it would probably be for the best if we weren't chosen to meet with aliens in a first contact scenario.
 
TheGoverness said:
I used to think Cinco De Mayo was Mexico's Independence Day. I was lied to!
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September 16. I learned that the hard way when I tried shipping something to Mexico, only to find out that the border was closed on that day. I think my products sat there for three days, and we had spent an extra $3000 for expedited shipping.
 
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