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Posted by sexy_aaron (Member # 7312) on :
 
I'm not because I'm writting a very important essay right now.
 

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Posted by Traveler (Member # 3615) on :
 
well....being as I'm at work, getting drunk is not an option.
 

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Posted by Constant Reader (Member # 7282) on :
 
Because I hate drinking! Yuck!
Me
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Because I don't enjoy the sensation of being drunk.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Because I'm Mormon. And if I weren't, I wouldn't be drunk because when I drink, I cry and then fall asleep. Also, I don't like the way most alcohol tastes.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
And dude, there are other ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
See, I generally love the way alcohol tastes--I enjoy beers, wines, a good scotch...most alcohol I've tried, really, except for one that tasted kind of like pine needles. And I love the feel of hard liquor as it goes down. I just really don't enjoy being drunk at all.
 

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Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
 
Because Ireland has the lowest per-capita alcohol consumption in Europe.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
The only alcohol taste I've ever really enjoyed is sherry.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
I don't drink alcohol, but I sure just had some great corned beef for lunch. That makes my St. Patricks' Day worthwhile...

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Oh, did they have it, FG?
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
No, I had to go out to The Artichoke, an Irish place in town, in order to get what I wanted...

oh -- and do you think perhaps this thread starter was hoping we would ask him what his "very important essay" is about?

Farmgirl
 

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Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
I enjoy alcohol to an extent,like Noemon I don't like being drunk. In fact I haven't been drunk in more years than I can count.

But I dearly love tasting wines, and when I travel one of my favorite things to do is visit wineries and taste the local vintages.

I have a nice collection of obscure wine labels, particularly from the Blue Ridge mountains area since we vacationed there.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Well, I'm glad you found some, since that's important to you. (We'll have ours sometime when I need to cook dinner in the crockpot.) Speaking of St. Patrick's Day food traditions, I ought to go prep some veggies for colcannon.
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
My uncle made a batch of wine from the fruit of my parents' cherry trees that is absolutely amazing. I don't like wines made from fruit other than grapes, but this was fantastic stuff.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
1. I don't get drunk
2. I have classes.
3. It's my birthday and I want to savour every moment of it, unencumbered.
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
I am a teetotaler. Plus I am sick. And I have a paper to write. Pity me.
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
*pities*


 

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Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
 
I'm not drunk because...
a) I don't like alcohol
b) I'm not old enough
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Happy birthday Teshi! Why don't you get drunk? Is it just a general dislike of the sensation, or are there other reasons?
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
And Ryuko, why are you a teetotaler?
 

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Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
 
Because I drank all my alcohol last night to knock myself out. Also it is 2:35 pm EST, and I never get drunk before six. Plus I hate hangovers.
 

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Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
 

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I never get drunk before six

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Yes, but you have to remember, it's 6:00 somewhere.
 

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Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
 
I gave up alcohol for Lent.
Plus I'm at work.
Plus I'm broke.
 

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Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
 
You have a point!
 

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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
I don't get drunk (or drink that often- common misconception, I do drink) because I hate what it does to people. I'd much prefer to be sober and aware.

No other reasons. Which makes it very difficult to explain to my peers!

Alternately, the only alcahol I like the taste of is some wines. So!
 

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Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
 
I'm 18, If I was 21, I'd get a margarita after my day was over.
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
This is my patron saint's day! YAY!!!
I turn 28 tomorrow! Ya... booo!


Bring on the beer!
 

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Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
 
Cause I'm 16.

--j_k
 

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Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
 
Cause I have a life.

Oh and

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Yes, but you have to remember, it's 6:00 somewhere. [Smile]

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I'm not because I'm writting a very important essay right now.

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And Ryuko, why are you a teetotaler?

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Well, the primary reason is that I have a lot of alcoholism in my family. Another reason is that my parents annoy me when they're drunk, and as a child that turned me off to drinking. And of course, I'm not actually legally allowed to drink.

I'm not really a fan of "controlled substances" outside of those ones that allow me to continue living. I think I've mentioned not drinking caffiene on this board before. (which makes me being a teetotaler a misnomer, since I don't drink tea either. Well, I do but it must be decaf.)

Which is not to say that I have anything against other people drinking. I'll spend time with people who are drinking, and I'll be the driver.. I don't think it's for me, but I don't deny anyone the privilage of something they're legally allowed to do. It's something like the way I think of the Xbox. I'd never get one, but I don't mind other people having them.

That said, I do frown on it when people my age illegally drink, but as long as they're being responsible about it, it's their choice to make whether they'll break the law or not.

[ March 17, 2005, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
 

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Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
 
Cuz I'm 18, and if I were 21, I wouldn't:
I don't drink alcohol, coffee (or caf tea), or soda in any form (religon has nothing to do with this [catholic/atheist]). I do (unfortunately) consume caffeine in my ice cream, but that's because we have it every day in my college, so I eat it every day.
Do you have to drink tea to be a teetotaler? I enjoy the word and want to use it right, what's the exact def (I thought it only involved alcohol)?

Yay no coffee!
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
The origin of the word is tea-total-er. As in, they just drank tea, no alcohol. I believe it is, anyway. I could be wrong.;
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
I'm pretty skeptical of that as the origin of the word. Not a lot of information out there on the etymology of "teetotaler", unfortunately (at least, little that I've found so far).

I did find this:

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teetotal
"pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink," 1834, possibly formed from total with a reduplication of the initial T- for emphasis (T-totally "totally," not in an abstinence sense, is recorded in Kentucky dialect from 1832 and is possibly older in Irish-Eng.). The use in temperance jargon was first noted Sept. 1833 in a speech advocating total abstinence (from beer as well as wine and liquor) by Richard "Dicky" Turner, a working-man from Preston, England. Also said to have been introduced in 1827 in a New York temperance society which recorded a T after the signature of those who had pledged total abstinence, but contemporary evidence for this is wanting, and Webster (1847) calls teetotaler "a cant word formed in England."

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Which doesn't support the idea that the word has anything to do with tea.
 

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Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
Well there I go, being wrong again.
 

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Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
 
Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself.
Oh alcohol, I still drink to your health.
 

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Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
Happy birthday Teshi!

I must admit, I'm jealous. This would be a great birthday to have. (I'm an Irish culture everything fan).

And I'm not drunk because a) Like Teshi, I don't like the feel of it or the taste of most of it anyway (although this is usually the one day a year I'll actually have a drink) and b) Like aaron, I'm writing an essay (or four) and c) I'm on a lot of anti-inflammatory drugs for a messed up foot right now (It's St. Pat's day and I'm an Irish dancer and I can't dance! *sigh*).

But Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig duit (Happy St. Pat's) to all of you!

Edit: Also, rereading this, I think I'll name today Use As Many Parentheses As Possible Day (just because I'm doing it anyway, so it might as well be official [or as official as I can make things {Is this as many as possible yet? (I'm not sure what the rules are)}]).

[ March 17, 2005, 04:43 PM: Message edited by: Astaril ]
 

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Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
 
<-- drunk on Irish beer. so there.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Astaril, I started having contractions late night on the 16th last year. I didn't have the baby then, but if she had been born, she would have been our second girl's name (Bridget) instead of the first, the one she ended up with (Emma), because I just couldn't see having a child on St. Patrick's Day and not giving her an Irish name.
 

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Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :
 
Who else thinks Myr should be drunk?

Yeah. She should definitely be drunk.
 

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Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
 
Happy birthday Teshi!

(and I'm not drunk because I'm 17, and when there is alcohol around I'd much rather be the one laughing at all the drunks than be one of them myself. )
 

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Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :
 
kq, I always liked the name Bridget! I've known several I've liked, and my favourite horse was also a Brigitte (not my doing). Actually, Bridget is a good Irish name for babies born on Groundhog Day too, as it's also an old Celtic festival largely centring on the goddess Brighid/St. Bridget. As for other Irish names, I have to say I've always been partial to Findabhair (equivalent of Jennifer) and Maire (Mary/Moira) for girls as well. I thought about making Findabhair my screen name on here actually, but figured no one would know how to pronounce it in their heads...
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Well, like I said, our next daughter will be Bridget. Actually, our second boy will have an Irish name, too: Ciaran Michael. I always wanted it for the first, actually, but my husband's father died when he was three, so that trumps my "I've wanted it since I was 15".
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Wow. Precocious kid.
 

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Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
 
kq, you have one kid, right? But you have names for your next 3 children picked out already? I don't even know what I'm having for dinner in the next 30 minutes!
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
What? That I had all my non-existant-as-of-yet kids named by 16?

Nah, just OCD tendancies.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Actually, we have names for the next 3 girls and the first 3 boys picked out. And we've discussed others, but not agreed on them yet.

Girls:

Bridget Leia
Jennifer Katherine (probably to be called "Jenny")
Rebecca Elaine

Boys:

James Owen (although we may wiggle on the middle name)
Ciaran Michael
John Alexander (to be called "Alex", but we didn't want to saddle a kid with "Alexander Hamilton", so when he's older, he can be John if he wants)

[ March 17, 2005, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: ketchupqueen ]
 

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Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
 
narr: Such talk, and on spring break, too!


 

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Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :
 
Isn't that what spring break is for?
 

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Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
 
You would *think*, sigh.

Today we went to a local tavern and listened to the irish band and had corned beef and cabbage. That was neat.
 

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Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :
 
Poor Myr. No one wants to give her alcohol.

*pat pat*
 

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Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
 
Holy crap kq, how many kids are you HAVING?!

And Myr should totally be drunk.
 

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Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
 


Nono, poor Myr, she's grounded AGAIN.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
tt&t, we want at least six or seven. I am absolutely stopping if we get to fourteen.
 

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Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
 
Fourteen?!

... Crikey.
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Can't help it; it's in our genes.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
beatnix, pour me something tall and strong?
 

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Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
 
Make it a hurricane, before I go insane ^^
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
KetchupQueen, I have all of my future kids names picked out too (well I want two or three and have 2 of each picked). Picked them out one day when I was bored in homeroom junior year of high school. And I haven't even had an actual boyfriend.
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
Heck, I'm not even planning on having kids, but I know what I'd name at least the first one.
 

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Posted by tt&t (Member # 5600) on :
 
I'm going to name all my kids Luke.
 

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Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
 
Cool, hand-me-downs will be a snap, you won't have to re-label them.
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 

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WHY ARN'T YOU DRUNK??

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For the same reason I didn't wear a shred of green today. Because I'm not Irish. In fact, I'm the exact opposite of Irish. I'm English.

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I'm not Irish. I am a Mongrel Englander. A citizen.

A story from my parents: My mother knew an Irish woman in the town we lived in England. The Irish woman was surprised that English people behaved totally normally to her; in Ireland, this was rare. English and Irish rarely became friendly.

Since then, I've tried to make sure that whatever thing some angry people have going, I'm not a part of it.

Please. Wear green. Don't wear green. No matter. Just don't use your nationality, real or generational as an reason.

[ March 18, 2005, 12:55 AM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
My grandma, as I said somewhere, grew up in the Irish section of Liverpool, and apparently the St. Patrick's Day parade used to degenerate into rock-throwing there.
 

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Posted by sexy_aaron (Member # 7312) on :
 
I'm back... it's 3:05 AM, I finished my essay and I got plastered.

I am WAY cooler then people who DONT drink. Also, I do drugs, so I'm EVEN COOLER.
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
Lol!

Rock, rock on!
I had a bit of scotch so I'm doing juuuuuuust fine.

[ March 18, 2005, 03:07 AM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
 

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Posted by Myr (Member # 5956) on :
 
I went out for corned beef and cabbage with my mom and grandparents. I'm the coolest.
 

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Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
 

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Please. Wear green. Don't wear green. No matter. Just don't use your nationality, real or generational as an reason.

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