Lets not play to stereotypes and say that every Irishman is an alcoholic. I'm Irish and I wouldn't say that I was an alcoholic under any circumstance. That being said, we do need to address that I'm a big fan of recreational drinking and I know from first-hand experience that most of my Irish buddies are too. We wear our funny Irish t-shirts and we drink our dirty Irish whiskey and we have a blast. There's nothing wrong with that, is there?
Out of all of the other days set aside on the calendar for us to relax and have a few drinks, Saint Patrick's Day is the one day out of the year we can go crazy all while wearing our funny Irish t-shirts and singing our funny Irish songs. If I acted like I do on Saint Patty's Day on any of those other holidays, I'm pretty sure I'd spend a good portion of the evening's festivities in jail.
The only thing that really brings me down during Saint Patrick's Day is the division amongst the Irish people. Some of us want to party and have a great time. Others of us want to condemn and excommunicate anyone seen with a beer and a funny Irish t-shirt.
We should make this year different. The holy rollers should know by now that we're not going to stop the revelries of St. Patrick's Day while there is still Irish blood flowing free. I propose a simple solution. A meeting in the middle, as Danny Boy would have liked, is what is in order. We will, of course, continue to drink ourselves green on St. Patty's Day. The holy rollers, in turn, can sit patiently by the phone for our confessionals before they drive us home.
I'm not giving up the one time of year we get to be the shining, drunken, stumbling stars of the show. Years ago, people would have scoffed at the idea of "Irish pride". Our people were looked at like vermin. All this time later, we are now treated just like every other red-blooded American. If that's not a reason to toast our glasses together and slosh beer all over our funny Irish t-shirts, I really don't know what is.
Out of all of the other days set aside on the calendar for us to relax and have a few drinks, Saint Patrick's Day is the one day out of the year we can go crazy all while wearing our funny Irish t-shirts and singing our funny Irish songs. If I acted like I do on Saint Patty's Day on any of those other holidays, I'm pretty sure I'd spend a good portion of the evening's festivities in jail.
The only thing that really brings me down during Saint Patrick's Day is the division amongst the Irish people. Some of us want to party and have a great time. Others of us want to condemn and excommunicate anyone seen with a beer and a funny Irish t-shirt.
We should make this year different. The holy rollers should know by now that we're not going to stop the revelries of St. Patrick's Day while there is still Irish blood flowing free. I propose a simple solution. A meeting in the middle, as Danny Boy would have liked, is what is in order. We will, of course, continue to drink ourselves green on St. Patty's Day. The holy rollers, in turn, can sit patiently by the phone for our confessionals before they drive us home.
I'm not giving up the one time of year we get to be the shining, drunken, stumbling stars of the show. Years ago, people would have scoffed at the idea of "Irish pride". Our people were looked at like vermin. All this time later, we are now treated just like every other red-blooded American. If that's not a reason to toast our glasses together and slosh beer all over our funny Irish t-shirts, I really don't know what is.
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