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- From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
- Subject: Re: Cheese-Louise
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.214642.27672@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <46046@ogicse.ogi.edu> <1992Nov18.071134.8129@reed.edu> <1992Nov18.164556.25749@osf.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:46:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.164556.25749@osf.org> coren@speed.osf.org (Robert Coren) writes:
- >[Explanation for the New-England-impaired: March 17th is an official
- >holiday of Suffolk County, MA, which includes Boston and precious
- >little else. The bizarre name apparently refers to the occasion of the
- >British Army evacuating -- i.e., departing -- from Boston, during the
- >Revolutionary War. It is generally recognized that this holiday exists
- >for the sole purpose of allowing the (largely Irish) employees of the
- >City of Boston to spend St. Patrick's day in the appropriate fashion
- >(i.e., getting plastered).]
-
- As an Irish-American, I resent this! The purpose of Evacuation Day is
- to allow folks to attend the St. Patrick's Day Parade and boo the Gay
- Irish group as they pass by, surrounded by police. AND get plastered.
-
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- Steve Dyer
- dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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