It's the day of Drink Drink Drink Drink!

[Rithas]

Drink Drink Drink it's the day to Drink Drink DRINK! Well, that's what it's become now :D DRIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNK!

[Cath]

I just went to a nearby bar that's hosting an all day St Patrick's drinking competition; there are people in there drinking Guinness by the keg to the tune of a fiddle. I'm going to go back there later tonight dressed as a leprechaun and see how many of them freak out and run off.

[Dervish]

I never bothered with St Patty's day. Going to an overcrowded bar with a bunch of shitheads talking in terrible fake Irish accents never was my idea of a good time.

[Hank]

It's celebrated a little in the city center in Amsterdam. There's a few Irish pubs there who put on a good show and slash their prices... but only tourists go there, really. I'm going round to a lady's house with a bottle of wine instead. Much more my idea of a good time.

[stark]

Dervish said
I never bothered with St Patty's day. Going to an overcrowded bar with a bunch of shitheads talking in terrible fake Irish accents never was my idea of a good time.

This.

Hank said
I'm going round to a lady's house with a bottle of wine instead. Much more my idea of a good time.

And this.

[Rithas]

I just tend to hide in my house during the whole thing :). Obviously since I live in Ireland everyone's (and I mean everyone) celebrating. At least it actuality means something here.

[Dervish]

xcalx1dw said
I just tend to hide in my house during the whole thing :). Obviously since I live in Ireland everyone's (and I mean everyone) celebrating. At least it actuality means something here.

Over here, it's pretty much pretend you're a semi-offensive walking cartiture of an Irish person while staunchly playing up the fact your great grandparents immigrated to Canada so you're totally Irish, too.

Actually, people here in general put a lot of pride in identifying as their ancestral nationality for some stupid reason. It's usually like, "Oh, I'm totally German even though my family moved here when Germany was called Prussia and electricity wasn't a thing. So proud, Ich bin Deutschelander!" Then you end up seeing more flags during FIFA in some towns than you do on Canada Day, because apparently identifying with some long past ancestry during a shitty sporting event is more important than taking pride in your actual nationality.

I swear, back when I was in high school, EVERYONE overplayed their Irish descent. It was kind of sad.

[Rithas]

It seems like that happens too much, Which is funny. Because a lot of people in Ireland couldn't care less that their Irish (As long as their not British of course :D)
The parades are somewhat nice though, pipes everywhere!
I know a couple people who are like "My great great grandfather was in the same Continent as Ireland so I'm Irish as well".....ah, good times