Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Subject: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Amos
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 03:43 PM

Wishing you all yhe best of the green,. especially since there won't be anyone on the Cat who isn't Irish on such a day....all together, now:

"Ohhhhhh Daaaaaaaannnnniiieeeeeee Boooooooooyyyyyy....."

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 03:51 PM

This the taste police, stop that naughty Danny boying right now, unless you can produce a license for it. There are certain singarounds where you would be shot on sight for starting that song!

LTS

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 03:56 PM

...or castrated with the proceeds stuffed in your mouth...and then, FORCED to sing the aforementioned song...

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 04:00 PM

MMMmmm, that's one we never thought of.....

LTS

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: GUEST,TTCM
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 04:01 PM

...conjures up a rather flattering picture of Amiss, don't you think?

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: cujimmy
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 05:11 PM

How about this instead

If your Irish, Come into the Muuuudcat, There's a welcome waiting there. If your name is Tmmothy or Pat, Come along and join us, On the day of old Saint Pat.

anyone like to add more

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 05:33 PM

Well, Guest TTCM, I anm not sure that A Miss would have the requsite equipment!

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Mbo
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 05:48 PM

Well, a Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you all too! I'm only a teeny tiny bit Irish, but I once heard a great quote "If you're lucky enough to be Irish, you're lucky enough!" Oh, and I LIKE Danny Boy, though other have pounded it into the ground. And I have it from a VERY reliable authority that I sing it rather beautifully!

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Osmium
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 06:09 PM

Mbo, if you have the ability and the range to do a proper delivery of Danny Boy, and then you have enough left over to do it beautifully I'll listen in the next time your on Here Me Sing. Seriously this is one of the most difficult Irish Folk Songs I've ever come accross and to do it justice requires a special talent - possibly why it gets such short shrift from those who can't.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 06:19 PM

Happy St Patrick's Amos, and all the rest of ye. And, damn right Mbo can warble Danny Boy with the best of 'em.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: GUEST,TTCM
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 06:23 PM

To quote Meebo himself:
''And I have it from a VERY reliable authority that I sing it rather beautifully!''

...even if you do say so yourself.
...and you wonder why you are targeted for special consideration?
...keep on providing the fodder, and we'll be glad to oblige with the nuclear deterents.
We truly believe, that MBO's ultimate goal is, to die in his own arms.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: kendall
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 07:33 PM

Actually, Guest, that little trick was thought of years ago by the Mau Mau, and, documented in a book titled Something of Value by Herman Wouk.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: kendall
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 07:35 PM

Am I missing something? According to my calendar, St. Patricks Day is next Friday...???

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: tar_heel
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 07:37 PM

my wife peggi,is of scotch irish heritage.... good wishes for a happy st.patties day from mudcatters,would make her day....... blessings,my lads and laddies......

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: MK
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 07:41 PM

Speaking of green beer, I am reminded of the story of the Irish kamakazee (sp?) pilot who flew 40 missions....

Cheers.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Mbo
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 08:05 PM

Oh no TTCM, my source is very much a real authority! Ask her yourself! And BTW I WAS planning on singing it again tomorrow on Hearme--join us if you like, TTCM! It'll be fun, then you can form an opinion for yourself!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 08:20 PM

Irish jokes... Am I right in understanding that in America nobody understands the ones they make in England because there's no stereotype about the Irish being thick? So they tell the same jokes about Poles. And over in England they don't understand them, because nobody's ever thought about the Poles as being thick. (And in Ireland they tell them about the man from Kerryman.)

Though, of course, a kamikaze pilot who made 40 trips wouldn't be thick at all would he? Though he'd probably need to be pretty ingenious.

And the real Irish jokes that are funny aren't about being thick, they are more about a certain misplaced ingenuity.

Like the one about the fella in the queue for the guillotine, back in days of the French Revolution. And the first one in the queue goes up, and lays his head on the spot, and they pull the handle, and the blade comes rushing down - and stops. So they let him off.

And the same thing happens to the next one, and the next one - and then it comes to the turn of the Irish fella - and he lays himself down and looks up - "Ah" he says, "I think I see your problem!" And he reaches up and fiddles around with the runners for the blade. And they pull the handle...

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: skarpi
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 08:49 PM

HAPPY ST.PATRICK´S from me , and all In Iceland. I am gonna get some Guinness very soon.

This joke from McGrath was a good one , do you have another??. Have you heard about Paddy McGinty? he´s a funny man from Ireland I have cd from him . All the best skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Den
Date: 11 Mar 00 - 10:02 PM

What's blue and floats in the English channel? The last English man to tell an Irish joke. Den

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: alison
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 12:09 AM

er........ maybe a tadge premature guys....

St Pats is Friday 17th.......

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Amos
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 01:35 AM

Sorry about jumping the deadline -- the hwole of downtown San Diego had to be cross routed this afternoon because they held their St P's parad etoday! Put me in the mind to say something...

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: rangeroger
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 01:57 AM

A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink.
"Why of course",comes the reply.
The first man then asks,"Where are you from"?
"I'm from Ireland", replies the second man.
The first man responds: "You don't say,I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland".
"Of course", says the second.
Curious,the first asks:"Where in Ireland"?
"Dublin",comes the reply.
"I can't believe it,me too! Let's have another round of drinks to Dublin".
"Of course".
The second man can't help himself,so he asks,"What school did you go to"?
"Saint Mary's", replies the first man."I graduated in '62".
"This is becoming unbelievable",they say in unison.
About that time,in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar."What's up" he asks the bartender.
"Nothing much",replied the bartender."The O'Malley twins are drunk again"!

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: Kara
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 04:16 AM

the words to Danny Boy , I believe were written by a German who lived in Portishead, that is a small town on the top of a hill just outside Bristol, rather than the Band who also come from Portishead. Do not worry about being a bit premature, here in france St Valentines is celebrated at any or all times in Febuary, and when thats over it is St Pats until easter.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: cujimmy
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 04:57 AM

Paddy goes fishing one day, when he returns home his wife asks - " what did you catch today Paddy ", Paddy replies - " I caught a whale ", his wife says - " away ye go ye eejit, you can't catch whales in Ireland ", Paddy replies - " I caught a bicicle whale ".

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: TerriM
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 09:59 AM

My current favourite is the Irishman who always orders 2 pints of Guiness in his local. One day the bartender asks him why and he tells him that his brother has gone to America but wherever they are they always buy a pint for the other brother.So, one day he comes in and only orders one pint " Ah, Jaysuz" says the Bartender, " I'm so sorry about your brother" " Not at all" says the man " I've given up drinking"

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: kendall
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 12:46 PM

I have a problem..I'm half Scot and half Irish. Half of me wants to get drunk, but, the other half doesnt want to pay for it.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 12 Mar 00 - 12:55 PM

How I've heard it Den, is: "What's blue and floats in the Bay? The last fella to tell a Newfie joke round here." (We've got a sort of branch of St Johns University of Newfoundland here in Harlow).

Subject: To: Katrina Rasikari
From: GUEST,Misha
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 07:26 PM

For Katrina R.
by: Misha

I wrote you a
St. Patrick's Day Poem

Moikka

Far away out of sight,
beyond the shadowy moonbeams
of the pale moonlight.

Far away from the sparkle in
your lovely eyes.
I will always remember You
and simply ask God why?

Why there was a Moondance,
and a Brand New Day.
Why you liked Chris Isaak,
and why You Sang To Me.

You once loved me,
now you are long gone.
A part of me has slipped away,
I couldn't be more alone.

Far away my ship is lost at sea.
An eternity remembering that
St. Patrick's Day,
forgotten though I be.
Remembering there was once
a place for Us,
a place of You and Me.

Never again to feel your presence
or your warm embrace.
Our eyes will never meet again.
Your kisses will not brighten my days.
Never again will I touch the soft
contour of your face.

Our fiery passion will never again
fill our nights.
Dreams of our future,
no longer in our sights.

My Sweet love,
I will always remember You,
even if you have chosen to forget me.
I will always remember Us as I
traverse this cruel and lonely sea.

Still I ask God why.
As tears still flood my weary eyes,
pain still ravages my broken heart.
I am still so in love with you.
Wishing our days of smiles, of love
and of passion hadn't ended in such
a sad 'goodbye'.

I Miss You !
Mina Rakastan Sinua+
Forever Me...

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:09 AM

Bit early init?

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: GUEST,speakerofthetruth
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 12:50 PM

What is the difference between a St Paddy's Day parade and a Nazi rally? Bugger all, really. Both are an arrogant assertion of race. Danny Boy is sentimental shit and boring shit at that!

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: mg
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 03:45 PM

Well silly person, ours used to be led by Sam Smith, an African American who used to dance the jig until diabetes took his legs. And the little girls from the Omak Indian School always used to march in it. And I think our Chinese-American governor had a few words to say at it...it's for everyone (hopefully...). mg

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: GUEST,Paranoid Android
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 06:15 PM

Ah, Speakerofthetruth, t'is great to hear from you a whole month before the GREAT DAY. Sure and I'll go on the piss from now 'til then to prepare myself for a magnificent rendition of Danny Boy at Reveys of Carlingford on Paddy's Day. Of course, the secret of the song is that you must be totally pissed to do it justice and your audience needs to be even more pissed than you to enjoy it. And wouldn't it be lovely if we could organise young Harry Windsor to lead the parade down O'Connell Street.

Subject: RE: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 11:36 PM

Misha, wonderful lyric, thank you for posting it.

Wishing there was an 'ignore' button for the putzes in the previous posts. Well, they'll be passed out dead drunk soon and won't post for a while.