Fuck Saint Patrick, patron of drunk dickheads and shitstains. It's Feast of Joseph of Arimethea Day!

[Rabrrrrrr]

Seriously, March 17 is, in the Western tradition, the feast day of St. Joseph of Arimethea, a far better role model than some Irish snake flogger who's become the patron saint of American shitstains who think Irish food is corned beef and cabbage (it isn't, it's something the newly arrived Irish immigrants in America adopted from their Jewish neighbors) and that one best celebrates a saint by getting drunk, fighting, pissing in public, and making a damn food spectacle of yourself.

Just sayin'.

[Dr. Strange]

1. Can someone please explain to me...

why we don't have a Joseph of Arimethea Bowl game in the NCAA? We have the Orange Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, and the ExLax Bowl. Doesn't it make sense to also have a Joseph of Arimethea Bowl, in which the NCAA division I team with the largest number of Sanhedrin members plays the SEC champion? I've mentioned this many times to the BCS, but my logic is ignored.

[Richard Steele]

6. Life is unfair. nm

[Orsino]

16. Because a millennium of questing has failed to turn up the Bowl.

Unless it's buried under Rosslyn Chapel, I think we're screwed.

[rurallib]

20. because so many football players failed arimethea in grade school?

[Demoiselle]

45. Shame on you! (tee hee.)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Isn't Joseph of Arimathea on March 19?

I know, because there was an Italian restaurant owner in the Twin Cities named Giovanna D'Agostino who served free meals to the poor on March 19, St. Joseph's Day. After she died, her son continued the custom.

[Lavender Brown]

3. Different St. Joseph's day

The Italian patron saint, St. Joseph, is Mary's husband, not Joseph of Arimathea.

My mom spent all day frying zeppole in preparation for St. Joseph's Day. :9

[rug]

4. That's Joseph, husband of Mary.

[rurallib]

21. That's red beer day around these parts.

[Kat45]

5. In my family, on St. Joseph's Day you'd pull the ears of men named Joseph

I've mentioned that to other Italian friends, and no one else has ever done that or heard of it. Is anyone here familiar with that tradition?

[old mark]

14. A high school friend's family used to do that - my middle name is Joseph.

They were Sicilians, and if Mama wanted to pull your ear, you would let her pull your fuckin' ear.

Seriously, they were great people and Mama's food was incredible.


mark

[Debi]

32. That's messed up

You Sicilians are a crazy bunch x(

[old mark]

46. Actually, I'm German, Prod Irish, PA Dutch and a little Osage.....

My friends were Sicilians.....


mark

[Kat45]

48. Cool! You're the first person who has ever heard of it.

My father's name was Joseph so he got a lot of ear pulling. Your friend's family was Sicilian? My father's family was too. But my mother's family wasn't Sicilian--they were from Southern Italy--and they did the ear pulling too! Yet you are the only other person I've mentioned this to who has heard of it. Though I suppose if there weren't any Josephs in the family, they may not know about it. You know I'll be continuing to ask other Italian friends about it because I'm incredibly curious about it. (I tried googling it once but didn't come up with anything.)

[keroro gunsou]

7. piss off

wait two fucking days for your damn day and leave mine the fuck alone you sorry excuse for what daddy should have left on the sheets. :grr:

just sayin'

[AsahinaKimi]

11. We seriously need a National Day of the Ninja..

..would be great. Everyone can dress up like Ninja's and bring your throwing stars to work. Blow darts that would temporarily subdue the Boss..Sell plastic Katana's and Bo Staffs. Everyone has to wear Black. Sorry, No pink Ninja outfits.

[keroro gunsou]

30. asahina-san

after seeing what's been going down in one piece lately, pirates<ninja.

trafalgar law is the MAN!

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. I don't have to wait two days - Joseph of Arimethea Day is today, not March 19.

You're confused.

[keroro gunsou]

29. after consulting with my uncle

who is a priest, you're right. but it's still my damn day. i was named patrick, not joseph. :evilgrin:

[Rabrrrrrr]

47. lol - works for me!

:thumbsup:

[Zomby Woof]

8. Getting drunk, fighting, and pissing in public are damn fine Irish traditions

Not being a religious sort myself, it makes 'celebrating a saint' even better by doing all of those things.

[HuckleB]

9. Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat.

[Initech]

10. It's St. Patrick's Day where today everyone is Irish except the gays and the Italians!

[Deep13]

18. I'm neither Irish nor Catholic.

I see no reason to pretend to be something I am not.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. I will drink and then piss on you for that.

[Starry Messenger]

13. Whatever. Just don't wear fuckin' orange tomorrow people.

Is it really so much to ask?

[Deep13]

19. Why not? Don't Protestant Irishmen have the same right to self-expression...

...as Catholic Irishmen?

Oh, that's right, only Catholic, republican Irishmen are truly Irish.

[Starry Messenger]

22. Sure. I guess you could wear the Confederate flag on MLK. day too.

It's a free country. People fought and died for everyone's right to be an asshole. :shrug:

[Deep13]

23. *self delete*

I over reacted.

[Starry Messenger]

26. More of an analogy.

I don't really have the energy to fight about it. It has as much to do with 800 years of political oppression it has to do with religion. Enjoy your Wednesday.

[Deep13]

28. I deleted my earlier post.

I guess I realized that I don't know enough about these orange guys to be defending them.

I ought to point out that no one who suffered under or caused oppression during that 800 years is alive today.

[Starry Messenger]

34. Oops, sorry, didn't see that!

There's a long and storied history there. :) I'm a stone cold atheist Irish ex-Catholic and I still have strong feelings about the green. My analogy was awkward but I will flog it a bit more and say that there aren't any slavers alive today either but socially it would be frowned upon *today* to make a point of sporting a flag that symbolized oppression on a day of celebration for a culture that was oppressed by what that flag represents. That's all I was trying for there.

[Darth_Kitten]

24. Well, Orangemen are such vile bigots.

n/t

[Deep13]

27. You know, I have heard that, but have never heard in what way. nt

[keroro gunsou]

31. three words:

"reverend" ian paisly.

[Deep13]

39. I'll look him up when I get a chance. nt

[Shining Jack]

41. I hat to Google his name...

"He is regarded as having encouraged sectarianism with his Anti-Catholicism."

"He had links with paramilitary or quasi-paramilitary organizations in the past."

"He preaches against homosexuality and supports laws criminalizing its practice."

Sounds like a nice fellow. :puke:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Paisley

[chemenger]

17. Pog Mo Thoin!

Gobshite!

[ChickMagic]

33. My people!!!

That's the first time I've seen that phrase since "Irish season" started!

[havocmom]

36. LOL

Best possible reply. Thank you. I can't spell for beans.

[chemenger]

44. BTW ... Slainte to all you Hibernians out there

and to those of you who share Rabrrrrrr's opinion that Saint Patrick is the patron of (Irish) drunk dickheads and shitstains ... FOC IL LEAT!

[redqueen]

25. Hehehehehe...

"Irish snake flogger" sounds dirty.

[havocmom]

35. Nah, I always hoist a cup and toast Patrick

He's dead and us 'snakes' are still around!

[hippywife]

37. My husband's response when I read this to him this morning...

"Can I get that on a t-shirt?" :rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

38. Yeah, spreading Xtianity is nothing to celebrate.

I wish the pagans would have kicked his ass.

[Deep13]

40. +1

[redqueen]

42. I think St. Patrick's Day is even less about St. Patrick...

than Christmas is about Jesus. :P

[Petrushka]

43. Hm-m. Interesting . . . Joseph of Arimathea has THREE feast days!!!1!!???

Veneration
Joseph of Arimathea is venerated as a saint by the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox and some Anglican churches. His feast-day is March 17 in the West, July 31 in the East. The Orthodox also commemorate him on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers—the second Sunday after Pascha (Easter)—as well as on July 31. He appears in some early New Testament apocrypha, and a series of legends grew around him during the Middle Ages, which tied him to Britain and the Holy Grail. --- from Wikipedia

[Yeahyeah]

49. Saint Joseph of fucking Arimefuckingthea?Fuck that motherfucker is what I say.

[orion007]

50. St. Joseph's Day Rice Fritters, little sweet rice cakes wtih orange zest

My g'mother made the traditional St Joseph fritters every year.My g'father. father and brother all have the name Joseph
I've never heard of the ear pulling.
The March 19th Feast of St. Joseph

[BlueJazz]

51. I thought St. Joseph made Asprin or something like that.