A lot has changed since my days of having my 1 item of green clothing picked out for days leading up to March 17th only to forget it and end up having to wear a green piece of construction paper pinned to my shirt. They say the more things change the more they stay the same but I still attempt to wear that 1 item of green clothing; though I no longer make it bright green or claim the green grapes on my Fruit of the Looms to be my green escape card just in case I forgot again. That being said I have never participated in the partaking of drinking green beer or eating green eggs (only do that on Dr. Seuss's birthday) or got stupefied on Bailey's & Jamison. So yeah things are basically still the same.
It's too bad kids are missing out on St. Patrick's day parties with green cupcakes & punch, shamrocks and leprechauns but in today's fun hating political correctness school system they just have to suck it up cause they're there to learn period. Oh well at least McDonalds still has Shamrock Shakes; well until March 31st.
I actually sent a text to a friend who whole heartedly lives out being Irish on St. Patrick's Day...Jamison Whiskey, kilt the whole 9 yards. I sent him the message at 8:30 AM to tell him that he was living a farce because St. Patrick wasn't even Irish he was British. He replied with words I can not repeat here so he either 1. had been drinking for a few hours already or 2. hadn't been drinking long enough. He did break his phone at some point during the day so hopefully it wasn't my shedding light on his lack of understanding of his Irish heritage but oh well there's always next year so I'll remind him again then.
I know kids today still make an effort to wear their green so they don't get pinched. Luckily I've blessed my kids into being Eagles fans so they can wear their Eagles gear and have this day covered. Though nowadays every MLB, NBA & NFL team has special green St. Patrick's day gear to go along with their pink Breast Cancer awareness swag. But for the majority of people it's sadly just become another excuse to take a day off and party and who better to promote that than the pubs & bars.
Did you have a favorite item of green clothing you wore as a kid to keep everyone from pinching you?
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