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St. Paddy's Day

HoyaSaxa03
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St. Paddy's Day March 16, 2005 at 07:06 PM UTC #
so where is everyone going to be puking tomorrow?

i have a couple of friends in town and i'm trying to decide where to go … i've spent the last few years at wall-to-wall packed irish places where you wait 30-60 mins to get in and 15 mins for a beer … i don't think i'm going to put up with that again

any ideas for less-packed irish bars in DC? other non-irish places?
Venerable Bede
Joined: October 16, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 16, 2005 at 07:08 PM UTC #
i think i'll be somewhere on the hill, slightly more interested in watching the first round of the ncaa. . .which happens to coincide with me drinking anyway. probably cap. lounge or pourhouse.
jkeisenh
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 16, 2005 at 07:27 PM UTC #
that's amature night. why pay more to get stuck in bigger crowds of stoopid people?
it's sort of like going out to a nice restaurant on valentine's day. it's a no in my book.
Rhett Miller
Joined: November 15, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 16, 2005 at 07:30 PM UTC #
I'll be at a free Irish beers class at Whole Foods tonight. Maybe ggw will join us?
godsshoeshine
Joined: September 18, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 16, 2005 at 07:33 PM UTC #
couch with tourney/beer
ggw
Joined: December 16, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 16, 2005 at 07:35 PM UTC #
and maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt….

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I'll be at a free Irish beers class at Whole Foods tonight. Maybe ggw will join us?
Rhett Miller
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 16, 2005 at 07:41 PM UTC #
Or a crisp $10 bill from Markie.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
and maybe monkeys will fly out of my butt….

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I'll be at a free Irish beers class at Whole Foods tonight. Maybe ggw will join us?
Jaguär
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 03:07 AM UTC #
Damn work is making us go to a nursing training class that starts 2 hours before our usual start time. Fuck! They really hate us this month, it seems as I've had to forfeit everything for a crap job. At least I get to come home earlier. If I didn't have to work the next day, and the next, and the next…and so on, maybe I'd join some of you. As it stands, I'll have to settle for partying with the demented old ladies at work on Sunday with alcohol free beer. Whoopie! :roll:
Doctor Doom
Joined: April 23, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 04:33 AM UTC #
ay, a shamrock and a pint o' guinness to all the lovely lassies!
jkeisenh
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 02:14 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Jaguär:
Damn work is making us go to a nursing training class that starts 2 hours before our usual start time. Fuck! They really hate us this month, it seems as I've had to forfeit everything for a crap job. At least I get to come home earlier. If I didn't have to work the next day, and the next, and the next…and so on, maybe I'd join some of you. As it stands, I'll have to settle for partying with the demented old ladies at work on Sunday with alcohol free beer. Whoopie! :roll:
Jag– make sure they pay you for your time, they pay for the class registration, and they pay for any supplies you need for the class. (labor law, you know). If they don't, you have the right to file an Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) complaint. Also, make sure you get the overtime you have coming– time and a half when you're over 40 hours.
markie
Joined: October 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 02:59 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Or a crisp $10 bill from Markie.

Hey? What did I do? I hate themed bars, especially Irish ones. Leave me outta this.
Doctor Doom
Joined: April 23, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 03:53 PM UTC #
from inDCent:


Posted by calliope on March 17, 2005 at 10:41:40.
In Reply to: Means something to irish folk posted by RamBam on March 17, 2005 at 10:35:18.

St Patrick was credited for driving the snakes out of ireland… well folks, like New Zealand, it doesn't have any snakes that are native to the land. I will never understand why people feel the need to thank St. Patrick and celebrate the man's life. He was a bigot and a religious oppressor. People say he drove the "snakes" out of Ireland; yet all he did was torture and convert Pagans against their will, and the ones he could not convert he simply got them to leave Ireland by any means he saw fit

so yay - lets get drunk. :/

lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 05:23 PM UTC #
The snakes crap is a metaphor for the Pagans he oppressed…..did you know he was English by birth?? Ironic, no?

Anyway, just got back from the Cork St. Patricks day parade…talk about nationalistic. If it was St. Georges day parade there'd be all kinds of complaining going on about it.

I guess a lot of the Irish took a trip over to Cheltenham this week to launder their Northern Bank notes. ;)
brennser
Joined: October 21, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 05:45 PM UTC #
Anyway, just got back from the Cork St. Patricks day parade…talk about nationalistic.
um, maybe you missed the memo, but thats the whole point…..
brennser
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 05:46 PM UTC #
did you know he was English by birth??
you might not want to mention that around any welsh people
HoyaSaxa03
Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 17, 2005 at 08:19 PM UTC #
you know, i've been meaning to meet and befriend more people like RamBam … sounds like a fun guy to hang out with …

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
from inDCent:


Posted by calliope on March 17, 2005 at 10:41:40.
In Reply to: Means something to irish folk posted by RamBam on March 17, 2005 at 10:35:18.

St Patrick was credited for driving the snakes out of ireland… well folks, like New Zealand, it doesn't have any snakes that are native to the land. I will never understand why people feel the need to thank St. Patrick and celebrate the man's life. He was a bigot and a religious oppressor. People say he drove the "snakes" out of Ireland; yet all he did was torture and convert Pagans against their will, and the ones he could not convert he simply got them to leave Ireland by any means he saw fit

so yay - lets get drunk. :/

Jaguär
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 18, 2005 at 02:54 AM UTC #
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Originally posted by Jaguär:
Damn work is making us go to a nursing training class that starts 2 hours before our usual start time. Fuck! They really hate us this month, it seems as I've had to forfeit everything for a crap job. At least I get to come home earlier. If I didn't have to work the next day, and the next, and the next…and so on, maybe I'd join some of you. As it stands, I'll have to settle for partying with the demented old ladies at work on Sunday with alcohol free beer. Whoopie! ;)

That's all in the clear as it was all on the time clock and considered part of the work day. Sadly, no over-time as they let us go home 2 hours earlier than usual. They just upped our 8 hour stretch by 2 hours and provided in-house training. It's just killing me that every freaking thing in the world that I'd like to do in DC seems to be happening in the next 8 or so days and I have to miss every single one of them because of work or other obligations. :mad: I think there is something that I'm interested in every one of those nights, and in some cases, a couple different events.
lwoxley
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Re: St. Paddy's Day March 18, 2005 at 10:25 AM UTC #
Originally posted by brennser:
did you know he was English by birth??
you might not want to mention that around any welsh people
Wales!!!??? Isn't that that boil on the side of England that we look after, and who are going to win the grand slam tomorrow?? ;)
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