hate the sin, love the sinner

[hathycol]

RIGHT. I am going to be completely massively offensive here for a minute and thoroughly expect to get flamed into high heaven. However. Let's get some things straight, from the Worst Catholic In The World who is Really Properly English even though she has the name of an Irish nun:

It is not St Patrick's Day today. No, really, it's not. St Patrick's Day, for those who care about such things, was on Saturday. The Vatican looked at the dates, went 'whoops, that's Holy Week and no other festivals can take place that week' and moved it to Saturday so as to better facilitate the party. They're generous like that.

NOW BEFORE ANYONE ELSE WHINGES ABOUT THIS I am bloody aware that Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and today is a wonderful Irish-fest for people who are, perhaps, not native in Ireland but do still quite like Guinness. Fine. However, the point of Patrick is that title he bears - Saint. Sainthood is something that only the Catholic church can fling around, mostly because every other Christian doctrine have rejected the state of sainthood, reckoning that it's a bit of a bunk. They also pick the day a saint can be celebrated.

I am all in favour of a big Irish drinking-fest, or at least I would be if it wasn't me cleaning the Union tomorrow. Go out and party. Listen to Dustin the Turkey's Eurovision song. Drink Guinness. Enjoy it! That is all awesome etc, but seriously, people, St Patrick's Day was two days ago.

Goodness me. I feel ever so much better now.

And on that note, I'm going to go home, write a shopping list, do my shopping and buy a ridiculous amount of cleaning products, and then I'm going to clean the house because we have a cleaning inspection tomorrow. WHAT JOY.

Comments

[dougs.livejournal.com]

Quite correct. The Feast of Patrick on Saturday, the big drinking-fest today.

Except that I don't have any Guinness in the house, save for a small trace that's been mixed with Marmite. So in my case the big celebration will involve a trip to the gym for aquarobics and then coming home to finish off the duck I started yesterday. Probably with diet Coke.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

*nods self-righteously*

I will not be drinking, but since I have to clean the oven amongst other things, I imagine the inhalation of cleaning products will have roughly the same effect as Guinness.

[gothmog-dave.livejournal.com]

Being as I don't like Guinness, I had a rum and coke with my lunch :P

[elyim.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've already commented on a couple of "Happy St. Patrick's Day!" posts to this effect.

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

I know it's just pedeantry, but it's like being "HAPPY CHRISTMAS!" on New Year's Day.

[sunlightdances.livejournal.com]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7300466.stm

PROOFSES.

Not that I didn't believe you...

[hathy-col.livejournal.com]

YOU ALL THOUGHT I WAS MAD, BUT NOW YOU SEE! *shakes fist to the sky etc*

[susie22.livejournal.com]

You should still go see the Irish dancing though. You remember the girl who looks like me? She's in that and it's a pretty awesome show.