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- From: coren@speed.osf.org (Robert Coren)
- Subject: Re: Cheese-Louise
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.145005.23064@osf.org>
- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <46046@ogicse.ogi.edu> <1992Nov18.071134.8129@reed.edu> <1992Nov18.164556.25749@osf.org> <1992Nov18.214642.27672@spdcc.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:50:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.214642.27672@spdcc.com>, dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov18.164556.25749@osf.org> coren@speed.osf.org (Robert Coren) writes:
- > >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!
-
- I didn't mean *you* Steve -- you're not an employee of the City of
- Boston, are you?
-
- > 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.
-
- I might be mistaken, but I thought the parade was held on a nearby
- weekend, not necessarily on the 17th itself -- so that people *other*
- than government employees in Suffolk County wouldn't have to take time
- off in order to engage in said appropriate activities.
-