Conference back40::soapbox

    I'm gonna wear my green Underoos.
    
    Drink green beer.
    
    celebrate my 1/32 Irish background.

    Gonna eat corned beef and cabbage, in the full knowledge that Irish
    people in Ireland deny that it's an Irish thing.

    Celebrate his birthplace by eating a leek.
    

    Or taking many.

 nothing special.

... going back to the mother land, West By Gawd Virginee.

Don't know about leeks but I'll try to find some ramps...

	Playing volleyball

I'm with Dick. Corn beef and cabbage rools. I don't care if it is Irish or not.

    
    	Corned.
    
    	UNTTM, HWADD
    

    rolls.
    
    nnttmha, hth, fwiw, kfc, ipa, lmnop

Corned, are you sure?  

    
    	Yes.
    
    	Have I ever been wrong before?
    

Corned it is!  :)

 ZZ   I'm with Dick. Corn beef and cabbage rools. I don't care if it is Irish
 ZZ   or not.
    
    Boy I wouldn't want to be in the cube next to you!  You must get the
    wind something fierce!

 I love corned beef and cabbage.  Had some yesterday in fact (it was
 offered in the cafe yesterday.  I doubt I'll have it over the weekend,
 though.



 Jim

    
    I'm gonna drive all the snakes outta Soapbox.
    
    

    Even Monty?

Re: .14, Jack

I will be eating corned beef on Sunday. I'll discust my wife with the additional
wind through the night. But, I'm sure it will be gone by Monday morning. I choose 
to keep it in the family.   :)

  .18  thanks so very much for "discust"ing some of us with it now.

	Is there a st patricks day parade this year in boston?

    
    	Yeah, wasn't it last Sunday?
    

    
      You betcha.  Kerry will march, as is fitting.  Weld will go as
     a token Yankee.
    
      bb

 >.18  thanks so very much for "discust"ing some of us with it now.

welcome  :)

    I will be celebrating my birthday.  8)

 ZZ   "You lie and your breath stank!"    
    
    Sounds like you have an axe to grind!!! :-)

    MKOTS3::JMARTIN   
     Jack,
      In Note 680.183 you stated the following;
     "Keep that which you escaped from behind, don't bring it here. 
    It is not appreciated or valued."
    
    Does that mean your against St. Patrick's day? 
                       

   Z    "Keep that which you escaped from behind, don't bring it here. 
   Z     It is not appreciated or valued."
        
   Z     Does that mean your against St. Patrick's day? 
    
    Depends.  Did you flee from Ireland BECAUSE you found St. Patty's day
    oppressive?  That's what I meant by the above statement.  In other
    words, don't bring customs over here that are going to undermine
    American culture.  If one escapes FROm someplace, then one must be
    looking for a new life.  One does not bring their dirty laundry with
    them...make sense?

The america culture is a result of immigrants bringing their "dirty Laundry" 
with them.

    That's the cause of all this agitation.

  .29  few in here have a drier sense of humor.

    I wouldn't want to hamper this conversation.

    That seem to have sent Tom through the wringer.

    
    	My head's starting to spin.
    

    It's just the normal cycle.  

    That was quite a tide of puns. They did cheer me up.

    It'll all come out in the wash.

    By then they'll have hung me out to dry.

    You must be ex-static

    Nothing that can't be ironed out.

    You have a pressing engagement?

    I fold.

    You rinse some, you lose some.
    

 That's All, folks.

    the Tide has turned...

 Cheers!

    I'm going to watch this from the bleachers.

    
    >         <<< Note 682.46 by BSS::PROCTOR_R "Wallet full of eelskins" >>>
    >
    >the Tide has turned...
    
    	Era!!  Repeat.
    

>    I'm going to watch this from the bleachers.

   well if you think of anything clever, just shout it out.

    Wisk me away.

    But the opposing fans may ring around the caller.

    It's nice that most of these various laundry detergents are
    Free now, too.

    (They used to cost money.)

    You trying to deter gent?

I'm _not_ going to cook a corned beef brisket, for a change.

  .56  well that'll get it to the table faster, that's for sure.

 Corned beef Tar Tar

Not going to _buy_ one, either.

    'Tis brisk, it will not tarry.

>Not going to _buy_ one, either.

	just gonna run out of the store with it, are you?
	they frown on that, you know.

    Getting back to the subject...I thought that was a very Bold statement
    and uncalled for.
    
    

 I'm getting agitated with these puns, and I don't like the spin being
 put on them..knock it off, or I'll hang y'all out to dry, and I'm not
 just giving you a line.



 Jim

    better start boarding, the bus leaves in 5 minutes
    
    

    <-- oops!  Wrong string.
    

| <<< Note 682.64 by ACISS1::SCHELTER >>>

| better start boarding, the bus leaves in 5 minutes

	gays need not board.... ;-)

        enzyme with you pal.

    the learning channel had a great deal on Irish history. really good
    segments from their wars with the Vikings to...
    
    PBS also aired Out of Ireland (ch. 44) which chronicled early history
    through the coming to America. also quite interesting (except for the
    9,000 or so intermissions to air their fund drive message).

    Nellie O'Grady was lovely
     She wore a colourful scarf
    	This may seem really foolish
    	  As it's really just a SNARF.

A&E had documentery yesterday on the "Great Famine"

    Billy Bulger had his supposedly last SP day "roast". 
    John Forbes Kerry got a bit of ribbing, about his money marriage.
    They were saying that Steve Forbes would have been there except
    he would not have been the wealthiers Forbes there...
    
    

    
    Saturday, 1:00, parade, Mass Ave, Cambridge.  The highlights, according
    to one who counts - catching a piece of candy, the Bud horses, and
    the seahorses.  (In that order.)
    
    Sunday, 11:00.  Real Irish food and drink at Finnegan's Wake.  I had
    the potatoe (thank you JDQ) pancakes.
    
    Great food.  Great drink.  Great music. 
    
    (Keyboard/Flute playing jazz with an occasional, and appropriate,
    quotes for the day.)
    
    But a server who was having way more than a little trouble, and
    management who was clueless about what the proper answer to such 
    major problems.
    
    								-mr. bill