Happy St "Something-Its-a-good-excuse-to-drink-but-nothing-to-do-with-ND" Day POSBANG

What's the difference between God and Bono?
God doesn't wander around Dublin thinking he's Bono.

I took a couple of clients out to dinner at a seafood place a few years ago.  Nice place, with elegant woodwork, etc.  (Think Oceanairre, but not a franchise and more pricey.)

My main client is a perfect gentlemen, orders an appetizer, salad, and entree.  Just orders what he wants, so I don't even think about it.  His colleague starts off by ordering - for himself - the "double flash-fried lobster tails" entree as an appetizer.  I'm able to keep him away from the wine list, but he still ordered enough food for three people and all the most expensive items on the menu.

I relayed the story to a friend of mine who knew the glutton, and he laughed and said "taking [glutton] out for dinner is like one of those old 'shopping cart sweepstakes' where the winner gets 15 minutes to fill the shopping cart with whatever they can find".  Needless to say, the glutton did not get invited to future dinners (he had no power in his company anyway, and never would).

Not a bad night at all. She is one of the better looking clients too!

Here's to our wives and girlfriends!

May they never meet!

I'm doing the same, just with a watchband that's mostly hidden under my sweater. Please somebody violate every rule of workplace-appropriate behavior and pinch me.

Its New Years Eve, and if you're going to put a holiday in quotes, it should be Valentine's Day

Let's not get it twisted, St. Patrick's day in the sense you and I know it is more of an American holiday than it is an Irish one, with roots in Irish pride and activism to combat the discrimination these immigrants and their descendants faced for quite a long time.  While we celebrate in a silly way (name a holiday that's not), it's part of all our histories whether you are Irish or not.

An someone who is part Irish as well (half black Irish people do exist!), I've learned to love this holiday for what is, especially as I only learned I was Irish 10 years back.  I had previously been told my caucasian side was a mix of English, Lithuanian and German, which was not actually the case.  My mom's parents actually lied about their heritage to their kids and grandkids because they were embarrassed of their Irish roots as they came from a time when being Irish wasn't a good thing.  So as an adult to now see how much everyone wants to be Irish when St. Patrick's day rolls around is quite a special sight to see.

Or gold and white...

it was sweet.  Early morning, lot's of guys in 1k suits having a drink on the way to the office.  Chicago is a great town for St. Patrick's Day.

It does look pretty cool in-person.

Was there on St. Patrick's day a few years back.  Seeing the river that color was awesome, and the overall atmosphere was as well.  However, the amount of people (it took 20 minutes to cross the bridge on foot, and 45 minutes to hail a cab nearby once it was time to pass out), was awful.  I'm glad I got to cross that off of my bucket list, but I'm never going to be on Michigan Ave. on St. Patrick's day ever again.

So how would he have been able to drive out the pagans?? That card is false. There is no evidence that he did any such thing. What is suggested is that Christians conquered and drove out those Celts. The snake, a pagan symbol, represents the Celts in the story of the Christianization of the island.

There is a belief that the Celts themselved invaded the islands. That wouldn't be a surprise as invasion was quite common. In other words the Celts did unto others what others did unto them.