LJ Daily Answers: 18 March 2005

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

"I'm smelling an Irish theme. It smells a lot like Guinness." - dark_goddess_
"Oh god, how many bad Irish jokes are you going to get this week?
My contribution: What do you call an Irishman sitting on your back porch? Patty O'furniture!" - allieg

Yes, in honor of Saint Patrick's Day yesterday, this week's quiz theme was none other than... Irish! That's right, all things Irish covered here, except Lucky Charms, which we covered in a previous quiz. And to celebrate this special magically delicious holiday, angledge gave up her Lenten vows and returned for a little bit of fun here. So, with her doing partial duty and afterwards filling in once more for the rest, let's see what the LJD O'Q has to offer this week!

(Disclaimer: No Leprechauns were harmed during the making of this quiz. I did kill a few pints of Guinness, though. -CV)



1. What Irish epic tells the story of Queen Medb's invasion of Ulster, which is repelled nearly single-handedly by Cuchulain?

"I think that's the story used as space filler on the back of a Bailey's bottle, but I'm not positive..." - jmspencer

(I'll go check. brb. -AL)

(Goddammit, we'll never get her out now. -CV)

"I believe that was a limerick... hold on...
There once was the evil Queen Medb
Who killed many a man in his bed(b)
She invaded Ulster
but Cuchulain repulsed her
And killed her until she was dead(b)" - sadasi

"'Don't Stepb On Medb' by Dr. Suess.

'I will kill you in a box,
I will kill you near a fox
I will kill you with some mustard
If you invade my home of Ulster'." - lots42

"A Portrait of Cuchulain as a Young Man." - tiercel

"No idea. But can you tell me whether the current peace process in Northern Ireland will be successful and why? I need to know for my History coursework!" - lizzyrose89

"The Call of Cuchulain, by H.P. O'Lovecraft." - amandathegreat

"Medbey Not: The Ulse Repulse." - fizrep

"I think that was 'The Fall of the House of Ulster.' And of course, as we all know, Ulster's last popular single 'Yeah' featured Cuchulain and Lil Jon." - theworryrock

"'Roar,' formerly on NBC but now on Sci-Fi. An epic tale of the struggle of the ancient Celts to maintain their culture against the forces of bad writing and revisionist history." - silk_knickers

(If it's on Sci-Fi, that battle was lost a long time ago. -A)

"Ulster Wars Episode 1: The Gaelic Menace" - sskipstress

(Replace "midichlorians" with "blood alcohol content" and you're right on! Which is also how I plan to watch Episode III. -A)

"Braveheart, right?" - fraterrisus, persephone3434

(-5(-1; settle down... -CV) to both of you. -AL)

"Soon to be a Disney movie where Cuchulain's name is shortened to "Cookie" and Medb will be voiced by Eddie Izzard." - silent_r_infork

"Ah, Cuchulain, Hound of Ulster, who saved this fair and verdant Province in which I reside by... flashing his bits at a horde of rampaging warriors! Thus setting the tone for every ROI vs England world cup qualifier until the end of time..." - littlemoose

"The Medbinogian." - silent_sybil

(Close-ish. The Mabinogion is a Welsh epic that tells the tale of ... -AL)

"The Chicken Raid of Cymru?" - buzz, ga_sunshine

(OK, this is not really what the Mabinogion is about. But Cymru is the Welsh name for Wales. -AL)

"The Cattle aid of Cooley" - grayhawkfh

(Ahh, the historical persistence of agricultural subsidies. -A)

"Táin Bó Cúalnge. Which sounds kind of like Tai Bo. Maybe that was how he did it, through the use of martial arts and a good healthy dose of liquor." - eridanusus

(I'm not sure there's that much liquor in Tae Bo... but you're right, there should be. -CV)

"Tain Bo...something. Cooley. Dammit, what's the Irish? Cualnge, which I swear didn't make me think 'cunnilingus' as I typed it, honest..." - sasscat
"'Tain bo Cualinge,' I think...probably butchered that last word, though. Don't speak Gaelic. By the way, Bono doesn't speak Gaelic, either. And he's Irish." - pride4u2

(+1, attempting the Gaelic. Not many people did. Probably because ... -AL)

"Why are Irish names so frickin' hard to pronounce? Not that it's any harder than, say, French names, I suppose. Or Welsh! I live in an area that has tons of Welsh names. Let's see: 'What epic tells the story of Queen Cynwyd's invasion of Bryn Mawr, which is repelled nearly single-handedly by Llanerch?' Yup, not any easier. Of course, anyone else who lives in this area now knows that I'm here too. *waves*" - jtersesk

Correct Answer: The Cattle-Raid of Cooley (Táin Bó Cúalnge)

"It doesn't matter because the legend of how the red hand became the symbol of Ulster is far more interesting. It was a race between two brothers and the first one to touch shore would win the land and could make it his kingdom. So one of them cut off his hand and threw it from his boat. Man, wouldn't it have sucked if he missed?" - halona



2. Cooking time! What have you made if you follow these directions?
Ingredients:
- 1/2 pint(s) Guinness Beer
- 1/2 oz Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
Directions:
Mix the Bailey's and the whiskey in a shot glass, drop it in the Guinness, and chug.

"Only a drunken Irishman would consider mixing three kinds of alcohol together to be 'cooking.'" - chlaal

"A half-full, fucked up glass of Guinness." - jargon

(At least you're an optimist. -A)

"A half? Isn't that illegal in Ireland?" - bobjanova, sasscat

(Only because after a few drinks, they can't count to less than one. -CV)

"a quick road to a hangover, but that has never stopped the Irish from anything, I suppose." - dracothelizard

"Whatever you do, don't drink too many of them. When I stumbled out of bed the next day, I couldn't figure out how someone had gotten into my room that night and put a dead warthog in my mouth and a vice on my head." - the_headhunter

"Babies with that cutie across the bar." - profsparky

"You've made a guarantee to wake up 30 miles from where you were last night, handcuffed to an extremely hairy man named Stan." - crinkledpaper

"Oh, thank you very much for reminding me of THAT particular hangover. I'm pretty sure Death himself was the one holding my hair back that night." - persephone3434

"I would have a made a real mess of the bathroom when I vomited." - notevenu and a great many others

"You make me hurl. Isn't hurling one of the Irish national sports?" - ciorstan

(Perhaps you're thinking of curling, which is originally Scottish. But hurling will do. -CV)

(I find hurling always appears in a biathalon with that other Irish national pasttime. -A)

"Pissing the night away
Pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times" - alexwentzell11

(+1, Chumbawumba. -CV)

"why is the rum gone?" - pride4u2

"I say it's something they give you in Irish hospitals. They hand out Guinness like it's Penicillin over there." - astria_nova

"Breakfast? No, no just kidding...I didn't have that for breakfast. That's crazy. That's really more of a brunch drink." - livehisjoy

"if you drink beer and liquor at the same time, are you in the clear or never sicker?" - silent_sybil
"Beer before liquor, never been sicker. Liquor before beer, you're in the clear. Liquor and beer simultaneous, your vomit will be spontaneous." - silk_knickers

"It's called Belfast Gazette's Friday Headline. You know, my sister went shopping after school one day when we were living in Belfast. Or more likely, she skipped school to go shopping. Anyway, just as she had gotten her clothes off in the dressing room, there's a pounding on the door and someone telling her she had ten seconds to get outside because there was a bomb in the building." - halona

"At the party I had on Saturday, we called that a 'Naughty Girl Scout'." - marcyleecorgan

"Laíuoghuighcloughheilgíánnhéihlgúoluuhchúúíleite, which is Gaelic for 'Well then, ai doonno wot dis is but it makes me hed feel leik it wuz pastede on.'" - damanique

"They're even better with a floating flame of Bacardi 151. Damn, I want one now." - dougygyro

Correct Answer: An Irish Car Bomb

"Warning: stories told under the influence of this drink may have little or no basis in fact." - eridanusus



3. If you want to receive the gift of eloquence, what rock-hard Irish artifact should you kiss?

"Beginning from the assumption that the tertiary inquiry in this particular (non-)circadian inquisition is transparently pre-engineered to extract reactions leaning toward the depraved from your subscribers, I must regretfully decline to issue a response at this time." - gymli

(He's onto us... -CV)

"Would now be a good time to point out that I married into a very Scottish family and should, technically, have nothing but disdain for the Irish?" - roadparty

(No, it's too late now. You're in for the long haul. -CV)

"i want a green t-shirt that says 'kiss my rock-hard Irish artifact'." - fraterrisus

"'Rock hard Irish artifact' should not be read while drinking!" - akiyasan

"I would say "Colin Farrell's penis," but EVERYONE is going to say that." - chlaal
"You should kiss Bono. He's a rock hard Irish artifact and heck, he's even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. That's eloquence. It's him neck and neck with the Pope! What if the Pope were the lead singer of U2?" - theworryrock

(Colin Farrell votes: 18. Bono votes: 21. Bono Wins! Flawless Victory! -CV)

(Oh, Pierce Brosnan got three votes too. You're good people. -CV)

"My shiny metal ass." - sskipstress

(+1, Futurama. -CV)

"The Rock of Gibralter?" - kayepants

(I hear that's chaosvizier's rock-hard artifact. -A)

"The skull of Abraham Lincoln, which is in a small library in the middle of Dublin. Oh yes, Lincoln was Irish. That's where St. Patty's day came from. He got wasted on Guiness and forced the secretary of the Interior at gunpoint to created a 'Holiday for all my Irish folks at home, god bless their souls. Danny boy, the pipes the pipes...' then he peed all over George Washington's grave while screaming 'Cut down this cherry tree, you bastard'." - lots42

"I've seen pictures of people kissing it, it looks like a primitive pull-up machine." - puredeadthingy

"The Baloney Stone" - marasca

"More elusive is the Blimey Stone, bearer of the gift of the Cunning Linguist." - limegreen_sloth

"The BlARRRRRRney Stone. Which doesn't sound very eloquent to me. More like a pirate mocking someone ("Blarney, blarney, blar. Arrr, th' captain's a bitch!")" - profsparky

"Blarney Rubble. (Somehow, the phrase "rock-hard" gave me this horrid theme of "modern stone-age slash" running through my head now, and it's ALL YOUR FAULT!!!)" - aliza250

(Drink! -A)

"Making a joke about 'the Blarney Stone in my pants' is so easy that I think I just did." - gruyere

"Tidbit - the locals like to piss on it. I kissed it anyway. Another tidbit - you have to lay on your back and stretch back to kiss the stupid thing... while some old guy tries to cop a cheap feel when you're in this vulnerable position." - notevenu

(No, sorry, that was me. -CV)

Correct Answer: The Blarney Stone

"I bet the Blarney Stone doesn't taste like salt water and egg whites, either." - sasscat

(And this week's LJDQ "Why Did You Have To Go There" Award goes to... sasscat! -CV)



4. Legendary football coach Knute Rockne was responsible for putting which college football team into prominence during the 1920's?

"Da Bears" - alexwentzell11

"Isn't he the Gipper, that we're supposed to win one for? Why? Can't he win one for himself? Or did he have cancer or something? Or am I thinking of Brian's Song? Or possibly Love Story? I've gotten off track here, I think." - jennnlee
"Less well-known is the story of how they attempted, the next year, to "win one for the Zipper" after their coach was accused of improper relations with several of the players and cheerleaders." - aliza250

"the small German town that they named after him was immortalized in the popular song 'Rockne, Amadeus'." - fraterrisus

"Who names their kid 'Knute Rockne'?" - baguette_fiend, spam_with_wings, nekoama
"Yeah? Well when I was born me mum turned me into a Knute." - uncertaincolumn
"I think his parents might have had a bit of a go at the Blimey Stone to give him a name like that. Are there drugs in that thing, do you think?" - eridanusus
"Knute Rockne totally sounds like a made up name for a kick ass G.I. Joe." - mcclintock
"But even led by a guy named Knute, can they beat a pack of ninjas? I don't think so." - _tumblweed

"What is it with all the weird names today? Medb, Chuchulain and Knute all in one post!" - lizzyrose89

(You caught on to our Secret Theme, Weird-Ass Foreign Names. My name's Hans, and thank you for playing. -CV)

"It was his skilled use of hunchbacks that really put the school on the map. The cheerleaders were all burned, though, tragic." - aki

"they should be the fighting hunchbanks. Because that animated disney freak gives me nightmares." - ccaretta

"Perhaps this is a musical question, Nut Rock - music from the psychiatric ward!" - kayleighraven

(My car mechanic moonlights in a band. Their first gig was at the psych hospital. Of course, he walks in, takes one look at the nuts and bolts. -A)

"Does this have something to do with that movie with Sean Astin? I liked that movie." - jtersesk
"RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!" - Oodles of you.

(Who knew that Hobbits could play football? -CV)

"Is this a case where football means American football? If so, despite the Norwegian sounding name, I have absolutely no idea." - norwegianne

"I'm gonna go with the Celts, though I never follow sports." - genesisdesire

(They're the Celtics, actually. And, no. -CV)

"Notre Dame. Now is the time to seriously think about a French-named College located in Indiana having a team mascot called 'The Fighting Irish'." - vlvtjones
"Waitaminnit, you don't think the French and the Irish are conspiring together or anything, do you? *suspicious look*" - chlaal
"I guess calling themselves the "Fighting French" would be laughable at best." - buzz
"A much more appropriate team would have been 'Cluthalladath's Drunks'. Or something." - marcyleecorgan

"that Leprechaun with the pansy-ass fighting style. I mean, come on, he looks like the Cowardly Lion told him to 'Put 'em up, put 'em up!'" - conjurdude

"Knotre Dame, whom he coached to 3 knational titles" - modestlobster

"Notre Dame -- pronounced not as it is really, but as Noater DAIM. Every time you say it like that, God kills a Frenchman." - ellenneithernor

Correct Answer: Notre Dame's Fighting Irish

"as opposed to the Fighting Irish of Any Other Place That Irish People Are" - silk_knickers



5. Willem Dafoe stars in which movie that pits twin brothers against Russian and Italian mobsters?

"I love that movie! I don't know the name, but I love it!" - kayepants

(Boy, I hope you don't love your significant other the same way... -CV)

"Mario Brothers: An Offer You Can't Refuse" - purple_roses

"the Matrix?... You know, those crazy blonde-haired-dread twin freaks." - jazzbaby74

(They should have gotten their own film. Couldn't have been worse than the sequels, really. -CV)

"Parent Trap III: Life on the Lower East Side. Willem Dafoe plays Hayley Mills's love interest and much hilarity ensues when Susan fills in for Sharon on a date because Sharon's busy following a shipment of heroin." - sskipstress

"The best part was when the Russians and Irish had a big shoot-out over whether to brew or eat the potatoes. 'Nyet, stupid Mick. Ve DRINK comrade Potato!' - 'Laddie, ya cannae drink a fookin tater!!' BLAM!" - fizrep

"I’m not sure what you mean by “Russian” gangsters. What if some of them were Hungarian or Dutch..." - nosesonapole

(If I had meant Hungarian or Dutch, I would have said Hungarian or Dutch. These guys were Russian. Not Byelorussian or Ukrainian or Latvian or Slavic. Russians. -1 for doubting me. -CV)

"I bet I could make it into a drinking game. If Willem Dafoe looks creepy, everybody take a shot!" - fantom07

"my knowledge of Willem Dafoe is laughable. Plus that mention of Russian mobsters is tempting me to do one of those "In Soviet Russia, [noun] [verb]s YOU!" jokes…" - obviousfakename

(Yakov Smirnoff is always funny. -CV)

"Willem Dafoe was great as Norman Oswald. He has that cool gravely voice that's kinda sexy." - sometimespez

(Norman Oswald? *facepalm* Also, wrong movie. -CV)

"The last two movies I saw Willem Dafoe in, he was playing a fish and a crazy guy in a Power Rangers mask. I may not be the best person to answer this." - tabbyclaw

(You and twenty other people. -CV)

"Willem Dafoe in drag in The Boondock Saints looks exactly like my senior year high school AP English teacher. If I could find a picture of Mrs. Feasley, I would show you. But I guess you'll just have to take my word that she does, in fact, look like this:

Trust me she really, really does." - modestlobster

"All I know is that the brothers are somewhat incesty, goodlooking, and shoot stuff." - dracothelizard

"it'd be funnier if the twins were pitted against russian and italian lobsters. You just eat the loser." - theworryrock
"I so read that as 'monsters' and wonderered if they'd made a Russian-Italian-Japanese "Godzilla" crossover film." - majorcate

"The best part of the movie is when they shoot the cat." - buzz
"I fucking love that movie. Especially the bit where the cat gets killed." - caseypuffy
"Fluffy the ill-fated cat is the star of that movie." - goodtwin

(Special props to the LJDQ Cat Haters Club. -CV)

"To live above with the Saints we love,
Ah, that is the purest glory.
To live below with the Saints we know,
Ah, that is another story!" - mlewys

Correct Answer: Boondock Saints

"the sequel was better. Connor and Murphy move out to western Massachusetts and have to take down a corrupt Board of Selectmen, in "Saints of the Boonies"." - fraterrisus



6. If you're planning to go drinking on St. Patrick's Day, what toasts are you going to make? (If you're not going drinking, give us a good toast anyway...)

"Sadly, I am one of about 5 college students nationwide who doesn't drink. I won't be toasting so much as singing 'One is the Loneliest Number' and weeping quietly." - soimpossible414

"Here's to you, here's to me.
Parted we shall never be.
But if we two should disagree,
Well, fuck you, here's to me." - vlvtjones, grayhawkfh, littlemoose, akiyasan, sadasi, lexsboo

"Saint Patrick was a gentleman,
Who through strategy and stealth,
Drove all the snakes from Ireland,
Here’s a toasting to his health.
But not too many toastings
Lest you lose yourself and then
Forget the good Saint Patrick
And see all those snakes again." - mlewys

"A reason to toast,
a reason to cheer,
a reason to celebrate,
it's nice being here" - loopychew

"When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let's all get drunk, and go to heaven!
Oh, hell, I'm pagan, let's just get drunk and dance naked!" - ga_sunshine

"Here's to the Frenchman who loves his wine
And the German who loves his beer
The Englishman drinks his half-and-half because it brings good cheer
The Scotsman drinks his whiskey straight because it brings him dizziness
And the Irishman, when he has a choice, will just drink the whole damn business." - jmspencer

"Here's to the Welsh - who pray on their knees and their neighbors!
Here's to the Scots, who steal anything that isn't nailed down, and pry up anything that is!
Here's to the Irish - who have no clue as to what they want but are willing to fight and die for it!
Here's to the English - who consider themselves a self-made nation, and hereby remove the Almighty from a dreadful responsibility!" - dpaul007

"My first toast is always to the gods of liquor, to get me home safe, and to leave me hangover-free. Then a toast to my various friends in the military. Then (as all these people get seperate toasts) I'm a wee bit drunk, and forget to toast for a while. Then I remember and bless the saints that make guinness, Harp and whiskey. If I can manage it, I'll make a toast to you CV. I make no promises though." - lyzz13

(Don't forget my lovely co-moderator. Even if she likes Scotland better. -CV)

"I'll toast to the ljdq for rockin' my effin' SOCKS off! ... Great, I've become a kissass. THIS IS WHAT ALCOHOL DOES TO ME. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY." - shinga

"'Dear Leprechauns: stop stealing all the gold at the end of the rainbow. KPLZTHXBAI.' Might have to teach people how to say KPLZTHXBAI." - puredeadthingy

“May your hair never fall out and the little people never steal your rock-hard artifact.” - kokopellinelli

"'Happy birthday to me!' Actually, my birthday's the 16th, so if anyone asks me to make a toast on the 17th, they're probably going to get 'You forgot my birthday, you drunken bastard! Bottoms up! I hope you choke on it!'" - chlaal

"To beer. Good beer. Good, cheap beer." - bobjanova
"'Here's to beer made outside the US!' *chugs Guinness*" - umbralcorax

"We're gonna drink this one to Ozzie. A good man, who tried to save my ass by injecting me into yours." - buzz

(+1, Innerspace. -CV)

"To the Irish! Makers of beers, queers and fine potatoes! Let's hear it for the potatoes! PO-TA-TOES! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew! PO-TA-TOES!..." - nekoama

(I should probably not invite people to find out what you're talking about... but fuck it, go right ahead. -CV)

"Erin Go Bragh-less!" - silent_r_infork

"A toast to boobies. Actually, repeated toasts to boobies. They, like Guinness, will be the theme of the day." - sasscat

"May your roads and your women have plenty of curves you love to hold on to." - mcclintock

"Live long! Drink hearty! And always keep your pants on somebody!" - calico321

"All your base are belong to us. Cheers." - weirdwriter

"Due to me being under twenty-one, I shall not be partaking of the drink. But, if I was to have myself some green beer, I'd probably say something like, 'Here's to getting illegally shit-faced on a school day! Huzzah!'" - stormyskies

(There's the illegal spirit. -CV)

"Here's to St. Patty's Week!" - gnomeprincess

(There's the long-haul spirit. -CV)

"'Ladies and gentlemen...I've been thinking. Maybe it's not such a wise idea to drink six beers, at the same time!'
'DON'T DRINK SIX BEERS AT THE SAME TIME! BRILLIANT!' - shigogouhou

"To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - obviousfakename, alexwentzell11, prettypinkkitty

(+1, The Simpsons. -CV)

"'And may the ban on checking lj/using IM at school be lifted!' This stemming from the fact that I'm in class right now, doing both." - forceofhobbit

"Toasts? I was mostly just thinking of making bangers and mash and then snickering a lot. Heh heh. Bangers." - aki

"Hello Kitty Toast:
" - sskipstress

"Faol saol agat, gob fliuch, agus bás in Éirinn.'
Long life to you, a wet mouth, and death in Ireland." - harpie84

(It was good up until "wet mouth". -CV)

"Cead mile failte." - champion

(Translation: I spilled again; my bad. -CV)

"An bhfuil tú ar meisce fós?" - kayleighraven

(Translation: Is that your beer on my face? -CV)

"Here's to me. Because everyone else sucks." - uninhibitedmuse

"As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters all point the right direction." - badgerbabe
"May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below never fall out." - lynbug
"May the rolling floor rise to meet you, may the toilet have good cushions, and may you always have a good excuse for the boss in the morning." - livehisjoy

(Hearty toasts to good housekeeping, all. -CV)

"There are good ships, and wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." - conjurdude



And there you have it. We want to hear your drunken revelry stories, those of you who got drunk and reveled and remember what happened. And if you didn't, no worries; hope you enjoy the upcoming weekend. Don't drink and drive, respect the little people, and don't call an Irishman "Scottish". They hate that. A lot.

Thanks again, afterwards, for joining the fray once more. Thanks to everyone who played. Thanks to St. Patrick for inventing Ireland and giving us a theme of the week. And mostly, thanks to that ancient genius who, millennia past, created the first fermented hops beverage. The world took a great step forward that blessed day.

Rock On, Lads and Lassies!

CV&AL&A

Comments

[damanique.livejournal.com]

Woo! I got quoted! *does the Yay I Got Quoted Dance which, just for this occasion, looks a lot like a very drunk Michael Flatley on speed*

[theworryrock.livejournal.com]

yay quoted thrice. i love improvement. happy..hangover day? i don't drink, i don't know.

Toast, with a dash of unsubtlety to boot.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

To our missing quizlings... may they return once more to play!

[marseverlasting.livejournal.com]

1. What Irish epic tells the story of Queen Medb's invasion of Ulster, which is repelled nearly single-handedly by Cuchulain?

Honestly, I'm surprised there weren't more references to Cthulhu.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Only one, surprisingly enough. Go figure.

[roadparty.livejournal.com]

He has freakishly nice legs, though.

[roadparty.livejournal.com]

Hee. I fully expected to not get quoted this week. There are times I love being wrong. BOONDOCK SAINTS BOONDOCK SAINTS BOONDOCK SAINTS!

*goes about quietly fangirling*

[lots42.livejournal.com]

You know, when I first watched Boondock Saints, it never occured to me that people might imagine the twins humping each other like crazed sex weasels.

I was so innocent back then.

[sskipstress.livejournal.com]

Between work and choir practice would have been a great time to drink if I hadn't given up alcohol for Lent. Instead I went to Ben's Chili Bowl (http://www.benschilibowl.com/) and treated myself to a half-smoke and a chocolate milk shake. While not my beloved Yocco's (http://www.hollyeats.com/Yoccos.htm) it was quite a tasty bit of sausage.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Are you still going to be on the Wagon at Memorial Day?

[bobjanova.livejournal.com]

Yay, two quotes! I got a lot of laughs out of the quotes this week, too - a good theme :)

[jargon.livejournal.com]

Yay for quoted!

And for the record, a half-full glass of Guinness is a decidedly bad thing. It means there isn't enough Guinness in your glass. -grins-

[the-headhunter.livejournal.com]

And now for some sad news....

Instead of drinking myself into a stupor as planned, I fell asleep at around 6pm for a "small nap" and woke up at 7am when my alarm went off this morning.

[silent-sybil.livejournal.com]

I know that's not what the Mabinogian is about! I was making a bad pun, dammit!

Don't fret.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

I was just taking the opportunity to 'splain to some of our less well-educated Quizlings.

[trishalynn.livejournal.com]

Damn, I hate having missed this one due to moving. When I get my DSL back, I'm so doing the next one.

[fantom07.livejournal.com]

Huzzah - quoted on St. Paddies day!

I love me some LJDQ *huggles*

[pride4u2.livejournal.com]

Heh - quoted twice. I'm not usually that witty. *snerk*

[marasca.livejournal.com]

So THAT's why you wanted to know the html for changing font color! Cheeky CV!

I had a beer at work and then went to pottery class. Making pottery is a good Irish pasttime, right?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm so obvious. Sorry... ;)

[forceofhobbit.livejournal.com]

Quoted on my first submission. Woo. =)

[iamdazey.livejournal.com]

I luv your icon!

[jennnlee.livejournal.com]

Yippee! I babble and I get quoted! I'll have to do that more often. :-D

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

"I’m not sure what you mean by “Russian” gangsters. What if some of them were Hungarian or Dutch..."

Russians, Hungarians and Dutch are inter-exchangeable? Well, I suppose they are in Hollywood.

And besides, the Dutch don't even HAVE gangsters.

Also: Quoted twice! A personal victory!

[damanique.livejournal.com]

And besides, the Dutch don't even HAVE gangsters.

I beg to differ!

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaas_Bruinsma_(drugsbaron)

[genesisdesire.livejournal.com]

:does a happy little step dance for being quoted: Yay me! I shall return to my drunken sewing now.

[cwtyger.livejournal.com]

When I first saw the questions on Monday, I thought, "Just my luck... I can't think of anything funny to go with these questions!" I'm glad that others could. ^^

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Man, I sure do get a lot of answers accepted when I'm blasted silly on migraine painkillers.

Side effect of debillitating agonizing pain. LJ humor acceptance! My goofiness iz over the counter yey!

[shinga.livejournal.com]

You know I totally forgot about St Patty's? I KNOW, I LOSE AT HAVING A HINT OF IRISH BLOOD IN ME. But I wore green anyway because its the color of my work shirt. HA.

[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

"You make me hurl. Isn't hurling one of the Irish national sports?" - [info]ciorstan

(Perhaps you're thinking of curling, which is originally Scottish. But hurling will do. -CV)

Nope, definitely hurling-- Gaelic football. Think of rugby, with sticks and a ridged hockey puck... http://www.iol.ie/~coolmine/typ/gaa/introhur.html

"Hurling is a fairly physical sport and requires many different athletic skills from its players, including: agility, coordination, ambidexterity, stamina, determination, and strength. Hurlers may only "tackle" an opposing player by using shoulder-to-shoulder contact, however incidental contact from a hurley or the sliothar is quite usual during a game. Simply said, it is not a game for the faint of heart."

Pun, moi?

[amandathegreat.livejournal.com]

Hey you stole my icon.

Whoohoo

[jazzbaby74.livejournal.com]

Being quoted is a good feeling, especially when it was my first time answering the questions :)

Welcome aboard!

[angledge.livejournal.com]

We hope to see you back next week, not like a lot of n00bs who play one week & then disappear ...

[likelystory.livejournal.com]

Woo! Quoted my first time! I knew others would laugh at my pain!

schadenfreude ..

[angledge.livejournal.com]

... is one of the key principles of the LJDQ.