Oh yea...today is St. Patrick's Day
Just like almost every year, I was already dressed (without any green) and on the way to work before I remembered that today is St. Patrick's Day. It seems to be a holiday of little significance to those of us not planning on getting completely wasted today. After all, isn't that what St. Patrick's Day is all about now?
My boss, the intern coordinator (aka dictator) greatly supported my belief that St. Patrick's Day is all about drinking. He grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania where the majority of the population is Irish Catholic. Guess who is known as the greatest president of all time in Scranton? In fact, Scranton claims to have the second biggest St. Patrick's Day parade in the country. And what is the point of this parade? To get drunk of course!
Yahoo had a story about St. Patrick today that pointed out myths. For example, did he really rid Ireland of snakes? Sorry, but no. It has been suggested that the snakes are symbolic of pagan practices that he drove out of Ireland. Also, it is thought that St. Patrick really did use clovers to represent the Trinity to the people of Ireland. And speaking of clovers, it is estimate that for every 10,000 three leaf clovers, there is one four leaf.
However, it is not really important that people know any of this information about St. Patrick's Day because they won't be able to remember it when they are drunk anyway.
My boss, the intern coordinator (aka dictator) greatly supported my belief that St. Patrick's Day is all about drinking. He grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania where the majority of the population is Irish Catholic. Guess who is known as the greatest president of all time in Scranton? In fact, Scranton claims to have the second biggest St. Patrick's Day parade in the country. And what is the point of this parade? To get drunk of course!
Yahoo had a story about St. Patrick today that pointed out myths. For example, did he really rid Ireland of snakes? Sorry, but no. It has been suggested that the snakes are symbolic of pagan practices that he drove out of Ireland. Also, it is thought that St. Patrick really did use clovers to represent the Trinity to the people of Ireland. And speaking of clovers, it is estimate that for every 10,000 three leaf clovers, there is one four leaf.
However, it is not really important that people know any of this information about St. Patrick's Day because they won't be able to remember it when they are drunk anyway.
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