Faith and begorrah it's bloody Saint Paddy's day! And not unlike St.Patrick driving the snakes from Ireland - after which many of them settled in New York City and Boston and became politicians, I understand - Humor Bloggers Dot Com is driving all you little people to its St. Paddy's Day Humor Carnival.
Although I hail from strong Irish stock on both my mother's and father's side of our family, I sometimes wonder about the Irish. Like, why are they always eating stew, drinking green beer and marching in parades? I mean, what's up with that?
And their folklore! Leprechauns! Hah, they couldn't come up with a better mythological character than one most folks look down on? Well, they have to, don't they. They're only two and-a-half feet tall.
Little old men dressed in green who spend all their time making shoes, playing tricks, prancing through the forest and counting their money in pots of gold at the end of some rainbow.
C'mon. Is that a manly cultural icon? Even their soap is more manly. Yes, and women like it too.
And they drink copious amounts of something that looks and tastes like 10W30 motor oil called Guinness. No wonder they're little. They've stunted their growth. This of course diminishes, among other things, their job opportunities. I mean who's going to employ some little drunk? What are they good for? They just don't measure up.
And of course if Leprechauns drink too much Guinness they more often than not become Lepre-cants. In such cases they've been known to come up a little short. Their women folk have come to call it the Leprechaun Limp.
Some have found fame in the movies but usually just in shorts. Others have been lucky to step up into larger but nevertheless limited roles such as members of The Lollipop Guild or as Oompa Loompas.
The odd leprechaun - and some of the even ones - has found happiness as sports team mascots but they tire quickly running up and down the sidelines on their tiny little legs.
Then, of course, there's the most famous among them who runs around saying "They're magically delicious"!
Personally, I wouldn't know.
Comments
I loves me some Lollipop Guilders too!
In another life, I was a little person. In this life, I'm a person with a little mind.
hee hee
Blech!
For some reason, my wife loves the stuff. I guess I don't have enough Irish in me to have "acquired" the taste.
Shudder.
I hope I never do acquire it.
... which is drinking green stew and eating beer.
Mmmm.... crunchy.
However you celebrate it, Irish or not, Happy St. Patty's Day!