TOOO RA LOO RA !!!!!!!
I have about twenty pieces of St. Patrick's Day gear on today at the office. Instead of starting the day drunk I made a concession to professionalism on my sacred "religious holiday" and came into work anyway.
But the new employees don't believe my button that insists I should be kissed because I'm Irish, the rumour from the new receptionist was that I am Palestinian <-- LOL!!!
I have two new buttons this year that blink messages, so I am making a big show of running up to coworkers and slowly showing them all my awesome gear: Sparkly shamrock head band, leprechaun right sock, leprechaun left sock, the whole thing -- With 5 minutes per 30 employees this easily ate up a good portion of the morning. Why can't it be St. Patrick's Day every friday!?!
Had a bit of a downer though, one of my coworkers announced loudly she was NOT celebrating St. Patrick's Day. She can't celebrate it on moral grounds. She was being serious!
"Are you against heavy drinking? LOL!!" <-- I do sometimes say LOL outloud, but you don't say "lawl" you say "el-oh-el".
"No, do you know the history of St. Patrick's Day and what it represents? Do you know what the snakes being chased out of Ireland represents?"
OH NO here we go.
That sort of comment really puts a downer on somebody who is wearing a boingy shamrock headband!
ARGH, I felt awkward: "Ok tell me what minority group the snakes represent."
I braced myself for some tale of terrible racial injustice.
"The snake represents the Druids that the Christians persecuted and killed off."
OK now, LOL LOL for serious!!!
I totally lost it laughing at the front desk. "DRUIDS?? Are you seriously mourning Druids today? Why feel sorry for them? They're half made-up, like leprechauns, wiccans, fairies, man!!!"
"But the Romans ..." etc. etc. about evil Romans hatin' on the Celtic Priestesses of Ancient Tymes.
Hey so what if Druids fought Romans, and Romans kicked their asses, that's life, baby!
I'm sure the Druids were totally peace and harmony-loving baby-kissing innocents eating creamy mashed Irish potatoes, designing fancy celtic tattoos and worshipping nature all the live long day HAHAHAHAH!!!!
But the new employees don't believe my button that insists I should be kissed because I'm Irish, the rumour from the new receptionist was that I am Palestinian <-- LOL!!!
I have two new buttons this year that blink messages, so I am making a big show of running up to coworkers and slowly showing them all my awesome gear: Sparkly shamrock head band, leprechaun right sock, leprechaun left sock, the whole thing -- With 5 minutes per 30 employees this easily ate up a good portion of the morning. Why can't it be St. Patrick's Day every friday!?!
Had a bit of a downer though, one of my coworkers announced loudly she was NOT celebrating St. Patrick's Day. She can't celebrate it on moral grounds. She was being serious!
"Are you against heavy drinking? LOL!!" <-- I do sometimes say LOL outloud, but you don't say "lawl" you say "el-oh-el".
"No, do you know the history of St. Patrick's Day and what it represents? Do you know what the snakes being chased out of Ireland represents?"
OH NO here we go.
That sort of comment really puts a downer on somebody who is wearing a boingy shamrock headband!
ARGH, I felt awkward: "Ok tell me what minority group the snakes represent."
I braced myself for some tale of terrible racial injustice.
"The snake represents the Druids that the Christians persecuted and killed off."
OK now, LOL LOL for serious!!!
I totally lost it laughing at the front desk. "DRUIDS?? Are you seriously mourning Druids today? Why feel sorry for them? They're half made-up, like leprechauns, wiccans, fairies, man!!!"
"But the Romans ..." etc. etc. about evil Romans hatin' on the Celtic Priestesses of Ancient Tymes.
Hey so what if Druids fought Romans, and Romans kicked their asses, that's life, baby!
I'm sure the Druids were totally peace and harmony-loving baby-kissing innocents eating creamy mashed Irish potatoes, designing fancy celtic tattoos and worshipping nature all the live long day HAHAHAHAH!!!!