Comments on: St. Patrick’s Day, Japan

By: karen

karen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:22:58 +0000

Well we sometimes eat potatoes, wear green, and sing sorrowful songs. Just not on St. Patrick’s Day and not all at the same time We never drink Guinness – though I used it to make Irish Stew at the weekend.

We sang some sorrowful songs tonight if you count “The Blower’s Daughter” and “Chasing Cars”. And Marty and I did sing “Fairytale of New York” even though it’s not Christmas.

By: Barbie

Barbie — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:13:55 +0000

“or singing sorrowful songs”

Now I have to correct you there, I’ve heard Marty singing Fairytale of New York!

By: Norwin

Norwin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:45:00 +0000

I haven’t written it up yet, but I have some thoughts brewing along similar lines. Because I’m just back from a holiday, I’ve been asked the “where are you from question” a few times. And I always answer Northern Ireland. Even though I know they’ll only hear Ireland, I can seldom bring myself to drop the Northern bit, because it’s important to me.
Anyway, glad you had a nice day.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:06:50 +0000

Good to know you’re all thinking of us on such a day! So in a spirit of reciprocity, we have a Japan season on BBC4. We got the film “Ping Pong” last night, of which I’ve watched half… which I guess accounts for “ping”. But better still is the small collection of interstitials based on Japanese phrases… see how many you can use tomorrow!