mr craig Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Well i'll definatly be having a couple of pints of the black stuff.I really can't see the harm in having a bit of a knee's up,so what if he wasn't english,its a good excuse to have some fun!! I've been to Dublin a couple of times on St Partricks day and had a great time!! I would really love to be able to celebrate St Georges day in the same way but seen as 1.We dont get the day off and 2.We'd get called racist by all the lefty idiots i'm afriad its not possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 imo the reason we don't celebrate St G's day is because nobody will organise it. It's nothing to do with being called racist or the fact that St G wasn't even English it's just apathy. If all you people spouting off about lefties and do-gooders got off your arses and did something yourselves then, who knows, in a few years time it could be a national holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Originally posted by tittyheed TV will be full of ads for it,and radio stations will be hammering Van Morrison Van Morrison is actually from Northern Ireland, so technically he is British, but I know what you mean. Had a nice pint of Guiness in the Dog and Partridge on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Originally posted by tittyheed thats funny is it?I'm glad to hear you would sooner be a paddy than English,they can have you Um.... calling Irish people Paddies is racist. Therefore you're being just as bad as wot you're complaining to him about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carsondaly Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 The thing I'm ****** about is having to pay £2 into that tent thing outside Virgin. I looked in last night at about 8.30 and there didn't seem to be anyone in there. The bouncers look a bit scary as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Paddies are friendly, welcoming and proud people. What part of that statement is racist, when lots of Irish folk have the nickname Paddy, and are quite proud to use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lickszz Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 I'm pleased that the Irish like to celebrate their day and good luck to them but we should have the opportunity to celebrate our own day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tslogf74 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 ahh.. the alternate thread. I assume you've all been here. http://www.sheffieldforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8344 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilon Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 Well, I for one always celebrate St. Patricks Day. I like Guinness, I fancy three-quarters of the Corrs.... and, most importantly, the 17th of March is the anniversary of my birth. So there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy78 Posted March 16, 2004 Share Posted March 16, 2004 To be honest, i don't think it's anything to do with patriotism or racism, It's just the fact that guinness have marketed it so well, that its become big. Unfortunately there's no really good english ale big enough to market a St. Georges day celebration. I really think that if St Georges day was done well, then we would too, have a celebration. I don't think anyone seriously, would complain that it's racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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