OK, so St. Patrick’s Day is over. Did you drink lots of green beer and swim in a green river? Yes, in America. No, in Ireland. I had to laugh when I read that fucktard Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) introduced a bill on Friday to declare St. Patrick’s Day a federal holiday as Americans of Irish decent and some others throughout the country celebrate the day. Point is that when I worked on the Irish Tourist Board account during my Mad Man days in the sixties, I used to go to Ireland a lot. I was actually there on St. Patrick’s Day a couple of times. Fuck all was going on. No green beer, no parades, no marching bands. Not a thing. My mother was Irish, grew up in County Cork. I asked her what special things she did as a kid to celebrate the momentous day... “peel the spuds,” she replied.
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