Comments on: Good Thangs: St. Paddy’s http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html/comment-page-1#comment-34337 Sheila Ryan Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:26:49 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html#comment-34337 Oh, and Amy, I'd love to help you achieve your goal of being <em>arrested for some non-violent, outlandish petty crime</em>. But I'm chickening out on the orange dye escapade. Having been arrested by Chicago's finest for a non-violent petty crime that fell short of outlandish, I don't think I'm up for the consequences of disrupting a St. Patrick's Day Chicago tradition. Oh, and Amy, I’d love to help you achieve your goal of being arrested for some non-violent, outlandish petty crime. But I’m chickening out on the orange dye escapade. Having been arrested by Chicago’s finest for a non-violent petty crime that fell short of outlandish, I don’t think I’m up for the consequences of disrupting a St. Patrick’s Day Chicago tradition.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html/comment-page-1#comment-34336 Sheila Ryan Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:21:22 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html#comment-34336 Well, after all, here in the States what it really is -- is our way of celebrating Carnival. Though it wasn't always such a big thing. Definitely not in Dallas. As a neighbor child once said to my mother, "You know . . . that . . . that <em>green day</em> you celebrate." Well, after all, here in the States what it really is — is our way of celebrating Carnival.

Though it wasn’t always such a big thing. Definitely not in Dallas. As a neighbor child once said to my mother, “You know . . . that . . . that green day you celebrate.”

]]> By: Amy Mabli http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html/comment-page-1#comment-34329 Amy Mabli Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:00:51 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html#comment-34329 Thanks, Sheila. Our celebration of the day is quite silly indeed, but I think of it as a way to celebrate my (partial) Irish ancestry. I'd help you with the orange dye project, though, since it's a personal goal of mine to be arrested for some non-violent, outlandish petty crime. Thanks, Sheila. Our celebration of the day is quite silly indeed, but I think of it as a way to celebrate my (partial) Irish ancestry. I’d help you with the orange dye project, though, since it’s a personal goal of mine to be arrested for some non-violent, outlandish petty crime.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html/comment-page-1#comment-34326 Sheila Ryan Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:48:58 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/03/good-thangs-st-paddys.html#comment-34326 Amy, I love you. You did <em>not</em> title your post "Good Thangs: Saint Pa<strong>TT</strong>y's". You used the correct derogatory term "Pa<strong>DD</strong>y" -- and, speaking as a (Danish) Irish-American with an allegiance to historical accuracy, I tip one to you. Even though I find the American incarnation of St. Patrick's Day deeply, profoundly embarrassing. So much so that I've imagined organizing a terrorist group the goal of which would be to substitute a vat of <em>orange</em> dye for the <em>green</em> they dump into the Chicago River each March 17. I didn't say that. I did not say that. Amy, I love you. You did not title your post “Good Thangs: Saint PaTTy’s”. You used the correct derogatory term “PaDDy” — and, speaking as a (Danish) Irish-American with an allegiance to historical accuracy, I tip one to you.

Even though I find the American incarnation of St. Patrick’s Day deeply, profoundly embarrassing. So much so that I’ve imagined organizing a terrorist group the goal of which would be to substitute a vat of orange dye for the green they dump into the Chicago River each March 17.

I didn’t say that. I did not say that.

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