Celebridade

Lets not play to stereotypes and say that every Irishman is an alcoholic. I'm Irish and I wouldn't say that I was an alcoholic under any circumstance. That being said, we do need to address that I'm a big fan of recreational drinking and I know from first-hand experience that most of my Irish buddies are too. We wear our funny Irish t-shirts and we drink our dirty Irish whiskey and we have a blast. There's nothing wrong with that, is there?

Out of all of the other days set aside on the calendar for us to relax and have a few drinks, Saint Patrick's Day is the one day out of the year we can go crazy all while wearing our funny Irish t-shirts and singing our funny Irish songs. If I acted like I do on Saint Patty's Day on any of those other holidays, I'm pretty sure I'd spend a good portion of the evening's festivities in jail.

Why spend our blessed, time-honored Holiday fighting amongst ourselves? Half of us want to party and celebrate while the other half just want to berate us for partying and celebrating. Seems a bit of a shame, doesn't it? It's a tale as old as time, though. If you get more than three Irishmen together, they're sure as rain going to have a tussle.

This infighting has to stop, my dear fellow Irishmen. If we have to lie down our beers while they lie down their rosary just so we can figure out how to get along, then so be it. Here's a brilliant idea: The holier-than-thou clan can leave us alone during Saint Patrick's Day, and we'll promise to come straight to the church for confession the next day. The drinkers win, the bake-sellers win, and God wins.

Now that I've settled the problem of all the Irish infighting, let us get back to the revelries. Let us say the Beer Prayer together, hold hands, and try not to spill whiskey on our funny Irish t-shirts while we steal drinks during the prayers. No one can stop the pride the Irish feel during Saint Patrick's Day. It may be a sodden, drunken festival...but it is OUR sodden, drunken festival. Erin go bragh, my friends!