Comments on: In Honor Of Evacuation Day, I Have Evacuated Twice Today http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/03/17/in-honor-of-evacuation-day-i-have-evacuated-twice-today/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rhea http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/03/17/in-honor-of-evacuation-day-i-have-evacuated-twice-today/comment-page-1/#comment-6420 Rhea Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:16:23 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/?p=1443#comment-6420 I have a funny joke about evacuation, but you sort of beat me to it. I have a funny joke about evacuation, but you sort of beat me to it.

]]> By: Brian http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/03/17/in-honor-of-evacuation-day-i-have-evacuated-twice-today/comment-page-1/#comment-6416 Brian Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:57:13 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/?p=1443#comment-6416 It was meant to be taken personally. It was the Olde Tyme equivalent of saying "Fuck you!" to the Irish It was meant to be taken personally. It was the Olde Tyme equivalent of saying “Fuck you!” to the Irish

]]> By: Gretchen http://www.briankaneonline.com/2009/03/17/in-honor-of-evacuation-day-i-have-evacuated-twice-today/comment-page-1/#comment-6415 Gretchen Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:46:23 +0000 http://www.briankaneonline.com/?p=1443#comment-6415 That's hysterical! I did not know that about Boston. Although St. Patrick's Day is also huge in New York and Philly, other cities with considerable ethnic Catholic populations. (My mom lived in the Polish Catholic section of Philly, my dad in the German Catholic section.) Oddly, St. Patrick's Day is also huge in Southern California, which strikes me as odd since the population here is neither especially Irish nor especially Catholic. Here, it's more an excuse to get schnockered than anything else. We have a larger Hispanic population, with the result that Cinco de Mayo (Ben and I call it Cinco de Drinko) is as big here as St. Paddy's Day is back East. Evacuation Day. Hee. I would so totally take that personally if I were an Irish Catholic Bostonian. That’s hysterical! I did not know that about Boston. Although St. Patrick’s Day is also huge in New York and Philly, other cities with considerable ethnic Catholic populations. (My mom lived in the Polish Catholic section of Philly, my dad in the German Catholic section.)

Oddly, St. Patrick’s Day is also huge in Southern California, which strikes me as odd since the population here is neither especially Irish nor especially Catholic. Here, it’s more an excuse to get schnockered than anything else. We have a larger Hispanic population, with the result that Cinco de Mayo (Ben and I call it Cinco de Drinko) is as big here as St. Paddy’s Day is back East.

Evacuation Day. Hee. I would so totally take that personally if I were an Irish Catholic Bostonian.

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