please empty your brain below

Y'know, it's not even St Patrick's Day today -- due to otherwise falling within Holy Week, it was actually on Saturday this year.

Ah well.

dg writes: er, yes Tom, I noticed, on Saturday

The London SPD celebrations may be over-hyped but don't knock the event itself, DG. As a proud London-Irishman I am delighted that the city does something to recognise us and our place within it. Makes us feel included, see?

What a sea-change from when I was a lad and we were the pariahs of society. Events like this make me both proud of my culture and of my city. Well done Ken and all concerned, and thank you.

THC

I agree, it's great that London celebrates SPD.

But please Ken, let's not send out wildly optimistic press releases about how exuberant SPD 2008 was, because the weather really did put an unavoidable dampener on the celebrations.

Oh Kenny boy, the ballot drum is calling
From headline bold to soundbite trite
You ratings, they are falling
Must be time, to breakout policy lite


But who else? Boris??

That Ken's a bit of an optimist, isn't he?

I spent Saturday wandering the West End, swerving round people throwing up in the streets around Covent Garden, and anti-war stragglers wandering around after the demo. Then it rained.

My daughter got a nice photo of St Paul's, though.

Cold, wet, seemingly appathetic, wondering just what some American/Canadian police car has to do with the Irish in London. That was Sunday for me.

The only people who seemed to enjoy it was the people selling the Irish flags and the Guinness hats....

Nobody's told Google - they've got the leprechauns and the shamrocks up for today...

Haha I thought just that when I saw Google this morning!

Is fíor-file thú, a DG.

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig duit.

(hic)

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Truly, DG, you are a poet.

Happy SPD to you.

(I am drunk now. Very drunk).

Hmm.. A Boris version of St. Patrick's Day? Does not compute.











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