please log in to view this image I wish St Andrew's day was celebrated like St Paddy's day... any excuse for a piss up. Anyway, enjoy today and yer Monday off (to nurse your hangovers). Whose all heading out today? The Town will be heaving to be sure...
I went to the 1987 tribute parade in Buncrana last year. I loved it....it was neither post modern, nor ironic. The kids are supposed to dress up in club colours for the Derry parade today but they don't seem too fussed just now. I don't know if it is having kids or getting older but St Patrick's days ain't what they once woz. Maybe it is being in Ireland? Back in the day I would go missing for days on end. My best one was an alternative Paddies' day with these lads: [video=youtube_share;PsvtDh0a1ww]http://youtu.be/PsvtDh0a1ww[/video]
There's no reason why it can't, but people are just ****ing idiots. ****s could easily go out and get pissed on St Andrews day, but rather than that choose to get pissed on St Patricks day.
Yip, we should be proud to celebrate our nationality like the Irish (and the welsh) but we have to many who dont want to recognize their Scottishness(is that even a word) but will celebrate St Patricks days, the Queens' jubilee etc
I know people that have booked tomorrow off their work cos they're going out to get pissed today/tonight for Paddy's day. I find myself asking only one question. Why? Ask them who St Patrick is or what he done, could they tell you? Could they ****. It's pointless.
It's just an excuse to get pissed really - just like Christmas is just an excuse to buy people pointless **** that they do not really want.
Because it's tradition? I personally don't give a monkey's sphincter for it myself, I don't see the fuss and i don't drink much, but I get St Andrews day as Public Holiday and I don't have a clue what he did for me either or why i'm getting a day off because of him. I don't care, a day off's a day off.
In Glasgow? If celebrating an Irish holiday in Glasgow is a tradition then our traditions are ****ed up. I've not spoke to many people that go out and get pissed in Glasgow for St Davids day or St Georges day.
If it makes you feel any better the pubs in Malta will be filling up with brown people wearing green right about now. As I said just an excuse to get pissed.
Glaswegians like a drink, St Patricks day is an excuse to get drunk, lots of Glaswegians have an Irish lineage. It's not rocket surgery.
I expect the Scotch diaspora celebrate St Andrew's day in much the same vein. St Patrick's day celebrations were an American thing that got repatriated and passed on to other parts of the Irish diaspora. The west of Scotland has a long tradition of being a destination for the diaspora, so it seems natural to me they would want to St Patrick's day the place up.
