Sure, and, tomorra's St. Paddy's Day so let's be having an IRISH Catholic joke or two.

[DemBones DemBones]

An IRISH priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut.

The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, "Sir, have you been drinking?"

"Just water," says the priest, fingers crossed. The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine?"

The priest looks at the bottle in disbelief and says, "Good Lord! He's done it again!"


:toast: WEAR the green, don't be drinkin' it. Tayking daycent ale and mayking it green, surely, it must be a moortal sin.




(But don't forget, Monday's St. Joseph's Day, so it'd be good to post ITALIAN Catholic jokes as well.)

(Orthodox: got any Orthodox St. Patrick's or St. Joseph's jokes? Or those significant feast days for Orthodx?))

[DemBones DemBones]

1. Maeve, darlin', are ye here?

:kick:

[Maeve]

2. Any beer that can be dyed green isn't worth the drinkin'!!

I've said it before--that sort of drink is like making love in a canoe--f**ing close to water! :toast:

And speaking of the drink...Pat and Mike were making their way unsteadily home one dark night and Pat said "Hold up, now, I think we've stumbled into a graveyard."

"Why's that?"

"I've found a stone...let me see what it says...glory be, but the man lived to be 102!"

"Was it anyone we knew?"

"Nah, some stranger called "Miles from Dublin."

[DemBones DemBones]

3. Tippicanoe and . . . Ever seen the BEERiodic Table of Elements?

I can't post the photos but Guiness Extra Stout plays a starring role in a close-up. :beer:


"You will be familiar with the Periodic Table of the Elements. Let us introduce you to the BEERiodic Table of the Elements!

This poster is the brainchild of a high school chemistry teacher and a beer-loving architect. Science and suds. Together, they made something serious AND fun... call it "beerious" fun.They took the structure and the science from the Periodic Table, and found world class beers to match each element and symbol.

We now have 36 x 24 inch (91 x 61 cm) posters available which will make quite a statement in your bar or your boardroom... anywhere you want to tell everyone, "I'm smart AND I like beer!"

This is a full colour periodic table poster showing atomic numbers, atomic weights, element symbols, element names, and information about a beer that in someway matches the element or symbol. The second image shows a few of the elements on the poster."


Want to see it/buy it, go here

http://www.webelements.com/shop/product.php/38/0/

[knitter4democracy]

4. The 25th is Greek Independence Day and the Feast of the Annunciation

It's a big day--lots of speeches in Greek, lots of toasting, lots of stories, and often a procession during the service.

[DemBones DemBones]

5. Great! Why don't you post a thread about it?

I hate being the one starting most threads here, would like more people to jump in. It's a safe place, with rules to keep people from flaming us.

And we need more Orthodox threads! Which are best done by Orthodox DUers, of course.

Last night the thread views function was working and I saw that some of the threads here have hundreds of views, so people are reading threads here, and I'm sure many would like to know more about Greek Liberation Day, Greek Orthodox beliefs and traditions, the Feast of the Annunciation.

Don't forget the baklava recipe! :party:

(Edit to fix nonfunctioning emoticon)

[knitter4democracy]

6. I might. I wish I could find my good baklava recipe, though.

We were in the Greek Church for five years and are now in a Russian church. Good food, let me tell ya. ;)

[DemBones DemBones]

9. Hope you will. Greek food is great,

we used to go to a big Greek festival every fall. Great food, music, dancing. But I've only once been to a Greek Orthodox service and once to a Russian Orthodox one, and I'm sure others would like to know more about the Eastern rites and the cultural and political aspects, too. I don't even know what Greek Independence Day refers to, except that obviously someone else was ruling Greece for some time period. Mostly, I know about ancient Greek history, and a little about the resistance in WWII.

My calendar shows that Eastern and Western rites are celebrating Easter the same Sunday this year. Can you explain why the Eastern rites usually celebrate Easter at a different time than the Western rites?

[mrgorth]

7. "Paddy" is derogatory

St. Patrick's Day please.

[DemBones DemBones]

8. "Paddy" and "Pat" are nicknames for men named Patrick

or Padraig.

Calling an Irishman "Paddy" can indeed be derogratory, if it's used in a disparaging way. But if an Irishman uses the nickname "Paddy," it's not derogatory to call him that. Moreover, I'd have no reason to be derogatory toward the Irish, being 1/4 Irish myself.

Catholics often refer to favorite saints by nicknames, such as "Tony" for St. Anthony, ("Tony, Tony, Please turn around," etc."), "St. Joe" for St. Joseph, and "St. Pat" or "St. Paddy" for St. Patrick.