AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Friday, March 10, 2006 ----- BODY: It's time once again for the day when everyone for 24 hours, considers themselves to be Irish. No corned beef and cabbage for me, thank you very much. Since I don't own anything green in my closet, no wearing of the color on that day either. Besides, it's about as cool as wearing a sweatshirt with Santa Claus at Christmas! There's plenty of things in the refrigerator that are green however, by the 17th everything will have been thrown away. That leaves me with only one thing: It's may not be imported from Ireland, be green, or have anything to do with St. Patrick's Day, but Lucky Charms cereal is about as close as I get. I've got my box, milk and spoon ready to go for the 17th. Hey, it still is on the 17th isn't it? I think this is another holiday that got re-tooled to accomodate Irish pub owner's in Chicago at least, who want to take advantage of the calendar and drag this out for a whole week. Tomorrow may be the 11th, but since when did they add another day to festivities? Two parades and the tradtional coloring of the Chicago River all happen tomorrow! On the actual holiday, nothing. No parades, no green river, but plenty of green beer flowing at Chicago pubs where most people will head to after leaving work early next Friday. As far as coloring the river goes, I don't think it's right. It looks like a truckload of nuclear waste ran into one of the bridges overhead and spilled into the river. Now, they say that the coloring is environmentally safe. That being said, why then is the 4th or 5th generation of one Chicago family the only ones that know the recipe and keep it in a safety deposit box at a bank? Just like everything else these days, this "tradition" has made it to eBay. With opening bids starting over a thousand bucks, the winner of this auction gets to ride along in the boat as the coloring gets sprayed in. It's "hands off" though on the boat. Maybe they make you sit on your hands blindfolded so you don't sneak a peek and guess the formula! Considering I have nothing but my cereal, even that isn't going so well...! Is it me, or is the Leprechaun on the box turning more and more evil as the years go by? I'll still enjoy them for breakfast however, I'm going to have to turn the box around at the table! THAT'S the way I see it this time around. -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: Lucky Charms, green beer, and green pee in a green river!

Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!

Friday, March 10, 2006

Lucky Charms, green beer, and green pee in a green river!

It's time once again for the day when everyone for 24 hours, considers themselves to be Irish. No corned beef and cabbage for me, thank you very much. Since I don't own anything green in my closet, no wearing of the color on that day either. Besides, it's about as cool as wearing a sweatshirt with Santa Claus at Christmas! There's plenty of things in the refrigerator that are green however, by the 17th everything will have been thrown away. That leaves me with only one thing: It's may not be imported from Ireland, be green, or have anything to do with St. Patrick's Day, but Lucky Charms cereal is about as close as I get. I've got my box, milk and spoon ready to go for the 17th. Hey, it still is on the 17th isn't it? I think this is another holiday that got re-tooled to accomodate Irish pub owner's in Chicago at least, who want to take advantage of the calendar and drag this out for a whole week. Tomorrow may be the 11th, but since when did they add another day to festivities? Two parades and the tradtional coloring of the Chicago River all happen tomorrow! On the actual holiday, nothing. No parades, no green river, but plenty of green beer flowing at Chicago pubs where most people will head to after leaving work early next Friday. As far as coloring the river goes, I don't think it's right. It looks like a truckload of nuclear waste ran into one of the bridges overhead and spilled into the river. Now, they say that the coloring is environmentally safe. That being said, why then is the 4th or 5th generation of one Chicago family the only ones that know the recipe and keep it in a safety deposit box at a bank? Just like everything else these days, this "tradition" has made it to eBay. With opening bids starting over a thousand bucks, the winner of this auction gets to ride along in the boat as the coloring gets sprayed in. It's "hands off" though on the boat. Maybe they make you sit on your hands blindfolded so you don't sneak a peek and guess the formula! Considering I have nothing but my cereal, even that isn't going so well...! Is it me, or is the Leprechaun on the box turning more and more evil as the years go by? I'll still enjoy them for breakfast however, I'm going to have to turn the box around at the table! THAT'S the way I see it this time around.

posted by Dave Sypniewski at Friday, March 10, 2006

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home