I did it once. That should be enough, right?
Happy St. Patrick's Day, the one day when everyone is Irish and doesn't have to depend upon a crazy drunk great-great-great grandfather to actually BE Irish (and, if you haven't read yesterday's blog yet, do so and that line will make much, much more sense). There are several traditional things that one does on a day like today, such as eat corned beef, wear a strange hat, and drink green beer.
I did that once. I don't think I need to do it again.
Of course, I'm not that much of a beer drinker, anyway. But there was one year—and I don't remember when, but I know it was a while ago—I actually went to a bar with a friend to celebrate the holiday and ended up drinking a green beer. Well, more specifically, I ended up drinking a glass of green food coloring with a little beer in it. I'm basing that on how green my tongue turned and how long it took to change back to its normal tongue-colored color. If I remember correctly (and I may have blocked the exact length due to, you know, trauma) my tongue was green for over three days.
Yup. Three days with a green tongue. Because, you know, I don't draw enough attention to myself as it is.
So that's why, even through I'm a little over 12% Irish, I don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day the way a true Irish person would. I guess I just enjoy having a tongue-colored tongue just a little too much.
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I'm off tomorrow to take a three-day weekend (and do stuff for one of my other gigs), so see you Monday. If you ARE celebrating St. Patrick's Day, stay safe. And if not, make sure you have enough bail money on you.
8-)
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