Just wanted to wish all my fellow boarders a Happy St Patrick's Day! (No relation by the way...cough! cough!). My Dredd Paddy's Day T-shirt is ready and waiting to be donned for this special occassion, so all that remains is to get to the off-license to stock up on some cans and bottles for the day. Forget about the recession etc. In times of crisis, the only solution is to get blissfully, maggoty drunk. (I should know: it works for me!)
Cheers to y'all!
P.S. The Management accept no responsibility for any offence caused by the blatant perpetuation of insulting racial stereotypes. And I'm only saying that now because I'll be in no condition to pronounce, never mind repeat it tomorrow!
Same to you! These Scotch people won't give me the day off...
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Yeah, have a happy St Patty's day.
*ducks*
M.
It's going to be Irish night in the Rowdy Yates Yap Shop tonight - whether they want it or not! That means Irish-themed jokes, music and all conversations to be held as Gaeilge. Plastic Paddies also welcome!
I shall also be imbibing some Lech beer (it's sort've patriotic, I guess) to help maintain the positive vibes. Hooray for Ireland!
Well, I'll be working both tonight and tomorrow night, so it's not going to be much of a Paddy's day for me.
Well, it's St. Patricks Festival now. So you can still celebrate Friday or on the weekend...
Or next week... or... ;)
Still dose not result in me getting a day off.
Well in that case, a bomb scare is the way to go.
An anthrax scare is even better. All you need is some talcum powder and an envelope.
St. Patrick wouldn't have given up!
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Something to get ye in the mood...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxEB48jY3F8
Thats great Tord, I love St Patricks day, indulgence in all thing paddywhackery and some cool stuff too is completly allowed. Got into a discussion with the kids about pirates, Roman Empire, and Niall of the Nine Hostages!
Have a great day all who are celebrating.
David
Happy St.Patrick's Day to all Irish boarders everywhere!
Happy St Patricks day y'all!
Off out for my first sea-swim of the year ('cos I'm a wimp), then down to the Wicklow parade (when the best float is a truck from the local recycling centre, you know you've found the true spirit of Paddy's Day). Currently choking down green pancakes for breakfast, and then as David says, I will give my traditional lecture to the kids on the Irish slave trade, the decline of the Romano-British world and the 10,000 petty kings of Ireland. I might spice things up with a serpents-represent-coiling-Earthpower this year, in honour of the Gaffer.
I'm on a course tomorrow morning and have celebrated by ticking the 'Irish' box on the form (and took delight in the fact that there's no 'Welsh' or 'English' option).
Never let it be said that I do not know how to party.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, brought to you by Guinness and Guinness Extra Cold.
Quote from: Lee Bates on 17 March, 2011, 09:33:09 AM
and Guinness Extra Cold.
HEATHEN!
Guinness, like proper beer, should be cool if not slightly warm,
definitely not 'Extra Cold'
M.
Quote from: Mikey on 17 March, 2011, 10:24:47 AM
Guinness, like proper beer, should be cool if not slightly warm, definitely not 'Extra Cold'
I heard of a Northern working men's club that was told by the brewery that they HAD to switch to Guinness extra cold. The old geezers objected, so they now have a microwave on the bar - a few seconds takes the chill off!
A workmate brought various Irish foodstuffs into work today for an office buffet - shortbread, soda bread and Kerrygold butter etc - and I had my first ever bag of Tayto crisps, which I've wanted to try for ages considering how much Irish people bang on about them. They were ... okay.
http://youtu.be/kY364HPFyDU
it gets aired once a year
(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200280_10150115292061629_567821628_6290840_2765153_n.jpg)
What did St Patrick say when he was driving the snakes out of Ireland?
I confess, I like my beer cold.
I'm hoping to meet up with a mate later. (I say 'hoping' as often these things tend to get put off to another day...) There was talk of going to the pub for a Guinness later. To be honest I find it a bit bitter tasting for my pallet (I usually drink either cider or the thicker ale type drinks) but I don't mind giving the black stuff a go every now and again...
Quote from: Mikey on 17 March, 2011, 10:24:47 AM
Quote from: Lee Bates on 17 March, 2011, 09:33:09 AM
and Guinness Extra Cold.
HEATHEN!
Guinness, like proper beer, should be cool if not slightly warm, definitely not 'Extra Cold'
M.
I know that Guinness Extra Cold is an abomination Mikey, I was adopting the persona of a Guinness marketing cunt, eager to mention all variations of the product.
I forgot 'Guinness Draught'.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 17 March, 2011, 11:05:09 AM
A workmate brought various Irish foodstuffs into work today for an office buffet - shortbread, soda bread and Kerrygold butter etc - and I had my first ever bag of Tayto crisps, which I've wanted to try for ages considering how much Irish people bang on about them. They were ... okay.
Shortbread? :-*
Now these Tayto...it's important to know were they the
real thing, made in Tayto Castle, Tanderagee, by Mr Tayto hisself (see Figure 1) or were they the illegitimate ones (see Figure 2) from the South? The southern ones are piss.
Figure 1 - The true Tayto, tasty and delicious as only the real Mr Tayto can make.
(http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00031/taytobig_31086t.jpg)
Figure 2 - Crap rip offs, trading on the good name of fine crisps.
(http://irishbutcher.com/cart/images/tayto-500w.jpg)
Quote from: Lee Bates on 17 March, 2011, 11:33:26 AM
I was adopting the persona of a Guinness marketing cunt, eager to mention all variations of the product.
Thank fuck for that!
M.
And can anyone spot the mistake on this otherwise fine statement?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3038096754_8e5db73675.jpg)
[spoiler]It should be "So I do", not "So it is!"[/spoiler]
M.
Having checked the packet, it's definitely the first one and they're from Tanderagee.
Must have been a duff batch Dan :|
M.
Nothing wrong with Taytos...
Taytos has become THE word for crisps down South. Much like vacuum cleaners are called Hoovers.
Also-ice cold Guinness?...Ulster says no
Quote from: Mikey on 17 March, 2011, 11:40:24 AM
Now these Tayto...it's important to know were they the real thing, made in Tayto Castle, Tanderagee, by Mr Tayto hisself (see Figure 1) or were they the illegitimate ones (see Figure 2) from the South? The southern ones are piss.
(http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00031/taytobig_31086t.jpg)
Absolute nonsense, I'll not hear of this nightshade blasphemy. Tanderagee is
second-fiddle to Joe 'Spud' Murphy's & Tayto's innovative fried-tuber-manipulation. Thomas Hutchinson bought the Northern Ireland rights to the Tayto brand, including its famous potato-man mascot, from its
southern founder, Joe 'Spud' Murphy, half a century ago for £250, spawning the tale of two Taytos.
The real southern 'Tayto' invented the first Cheese & Onion crisps as well as the process of the seasoned potato chip/crisps:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Mr_tayto.jpg)
QuoteThe potato chip remained otherwise unseasoned until an innovation by Joe "Spud" Murphy (1923–2001),[10] the owner of an Irish crisp company called Tayto, who developed a technology to add seasoning during manufacture in the 1950s. Though he had a small company, consisting almost entirely of his immediate family who prepared the crisps, the owner had long proved himself to be an innovator. After some trial and error, Murphy and his employee, Seamus Burke,[11] produced the world's first seasoned crisps, Cheese & Onion and Salt & Vinegar.
The innovation became an overnight sensation in the food industry, with the heads of some of the biggest potato chip companies in the United States traveling to the small Tayto company to examine the product and to negotiate the rights to use the new technology. Companies worldwide sought to buy the rights to Tayto's technique. The sale of the Tayto company made the owner and the small family group, who had changed the face of potato chip manufacturing, very wealthy.
An advertisement for Smith's Potato CrispsThe Tayto's innovation changed the entire nature of the potato chip, and led to the end of Smith's twist of salt.
>:( Well...well, just shut up with your historical precedence! First they may have been, but not for flavour! I will always consider your ones as the imi-taters...and Mr Tayto lives in Tayto Castle in Tanderagee because I met him there, right?!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/2343205921_28ff2577f2.jpg)
M.
Quote from: Mikey on 17 March, 2011, 12:44:10 PM
>:( Well...well, just shut up with your historical precedence! First they may have been, but not for flavour! I will always consider your ones as the imi-taters...and Mr Tayto lives in Tayto Castle in Tanderagee because I met him there, right?!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/2343205921_28ff2577f2.jpg)
M.
I cannot articulate just how jealous I am of you.
Red bag Tayto. THAT IS ALL.
Quote from: The Cosh on 17 March, 2011, 11:12:17 AM
What did St Patrick say when he was driving the snakes out of Ireland?
"Are yeh all right in the back there, lads?"
No love for King crisps then?
It's far from King Crisps I was raised I tell you
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/johnnystress/samspudz.jpg)
Sam Spudz used to do a range called Captain Crisp that featured the most blatant Dredd ripoff I've ever seen
Can't find an image of it unfortunately
I must confess to not being a big fan of Tayto crisps. They're too oily and too badly burnt for my liking.
Used to love Banshee Bones though.
Quote from: johnnystress on 17 March, 2011, 03:21:59 PM
Sam Spudz used to do a range called Captain Crisp that featured the most blatant Dredd ripoff I've ever seen
Blast from the past!
Actual that-is-to-say-Southern Tayto S&V and cold-but-not-so-cold-as-to-be-utterly-tasteless Guinness, a match made in heaven.
Happy St Patrick's Day, guys. I tried some haggis the other week, bloody awful, don't know how you eat it.
We feel the same about your frogs legs and snails
Celebrating from a former major shrine to St Patrick in Glastonbury - with LOCAL CIDERS. Which I can only imagine he'd approve of somehow.
Got rid of the snakes..nice one. Christianity..ah shit, did you have to?
Quote from: johnnystress on 17 March, 2011, 03:21:59 PM
It's far from King Crisps I was raised I tell you
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/johnnystress/samspudz.jpg)
Sam Spudz used to do a range called Captain Crisp that featured the most blatant Dredd ripoff I've ever seen
Can't find an image of it unfortunately
I once had me a
Captain Crisp badge, 'twas indeed a Dredd rip-off but Sam Spudz were the biz.
Isn't St. Patrick the
patron-saint-of-paedophiles now?
Looks like I started something with this Tayto talk! I should point out, so as not to offend either camp (Jeez- even the bloody crisps are sectarian over there!), that they were actually rather good - it's just that I was expecting orgasmic ambrosia from the reputation!
Quote from: Dandontdare on 17 March, 2011, 09:38:19 PM
Looks like I started something with this Tayto talk! I should point out, so as not to offend either camp (Jeez- even the bloody crisps are sectarian over there!), that they were actually rather good - it's just that I was expecting orgasmic ambrosia from the reputation!
Let that be a lesson - never,
never offer an opinion on anything that a group of Irish people, north or south, are talking about :lol:
M.
Buffalo flavoured Hunky Dorys, Smoky Bacon Sam Spudz,Wheelies, Monster Munch (they changed the name when Walkers crisps came to Ireland if I'm right?) and Mr. Perry's line of crisps were my favourites back when I used to eat crisps
Barry McGuigan Nettle flavour jabs
Like most things in Ireland, I found the crisps to be massively inferior to Good Old British crisps during my extended seven year stay in Dublin. Tayto are inedible. You want Frazzles: The only crisp with the ability to send a man into a semi-Celtic berserker rage- the much-loved 'Frazzle Fenzy'.
SBT
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 18 March, 2011, 09:31:25 PM
Barry McGuigan Nettle flavour jabs
And don't forget Barry's Rings - square naturally!
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 18 March, 2011, 09:35:21 PM
Tayto are inedible.
Careful...
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 18 March, 2011, 09:35:21 PM
You want Frazzles: The only crisp with the ability to send a man into a semi-Celtic berserker rage- the much-loved 'Frazzle Fenzy'.
...and you pull it back before there's a big fight! Frazzles were indeed a fine crisp!
M.
Quote from: SmallBlueThing on 18 March, 2011, 09:35:21 PMTayto are inedible.
The ravings of a dangerous lunatic. Along with all those who say they prefer Walkers, you'll be first against the wall when the potato revolution starts.