Party Pics on St. Pat's Day

[Dirka Skene]

I didn't win. Some big ol' drunk redneck with a cheap jailhouse tattoo and shamrock antennea won. He wasn't even a contest qualifier.
I still had a great time. My husband's family came and one of my old college mates showed up too. Some of our friends weren't able to come. Usually the rule at TJ Mulligan's is anyone under 21 has to leave at 9PM. Last night, they just weren't letting anyone under 21 in period. I guess it was cause there were so many people there. They had to set up a tent outside to hold the crowd. I was very dissapointed. But, my Uncle brought a flask of Glenmorangie and that made everything Otay Panky! (hee hee)
Anyways, here are some pics from the party.

Menace and I before the party. A security guard insisted on taking a pic.


The Mudflap Kings


Me, Menace and Uncle Dirk with the radio personalities Dennis and Ric from Rock 103.


Guiness Ad


Menace tippin' back another one. The Bud Lite was GREEN!!!!


The Kilties.


Lil' ol' me.


You know who we are by now.

[McMurdo]

Nice pics Dirka
Celtic Menace still needs a sporran I see, it must be nice to be down there, it snowed on us up here.

I dont understand how a drunk redneck who wasn't even a finalist could win.

[cessna152towser]

Nice pics, Dirka, shame there weren't more kilties allowed in.

[ccga3359]

That's a shame that you didn't win Dirka, hope you had a good time regardless.

[Dirk Skene]

I shot a few pictures, but none that I took could add to the ones Dirka posted.

Dirka, remember our agreement? I got 3rd!. That's the tanning package. We all agreed if anybody got the tanning package it went to you. CM & I don't get into that anyway.

It was so crowded & noisey I guess you did not reilize that. The fellow that won 1st had a lot of friends there yelling for him

[Panache]

Team Dirka,

You came,

You saw,

You were kilted



...and it sounds like you had a fun evening. So well done folks.

Cheers

Panache

[Hamish]

But Dirka, you did not say what the contest was - only that you did not win!! Very nice photos by the way.

I went up to London on Saturday (St. Patrick's Day) but you would not have known that it was other than just an ordinary day - I saw nothing there that told the world that it was St. Paddy's day.

[Dirka Skene]

But Dirka, you did not say what the contest was - only that you did not win!! Very nice photos by the way.

I went up to London on Saturday (St. Patrick's Day) but you would not have known that it was other than just an ordinary day - I saw nothing there that told the world that it was St. Paddy's day.

A few days ago, I posted another thread about the contest. A local ratio station, Rock 103, hosted Show Us Your Shamrock at TJ Mulligan's.

[Hamish]

A few days ago, I posted another thread about the contest. A local ratio station, Rock 103, hosted Show Us Your Shamrock at TJ Mulligan's.

Ah! Thanks for the explanation Dirka. I'm afraid I have time these days only to Lucky Dip our threads. I KNOW I must be missing so much, but it's that or no 'X Marks' at all for me - and that, obviously, would be unthinkable!

[Martin S]

I went up to London on Saturday (St. Patrick's Day) but you would not have known that it was other than just an ordinary day.

Well, the Irish *used to* celebrate in London.
I can't remember any parades, but I do remember attending the ball in St Pancras town hall -- the biggest hall I'd ever seen, it seemed -- packed with millions of energetic Irish doing every dance on the program. An Irish ceili dance can last 10 - 15 minutes, non-stop.
Barely time to swallow a gulp of Guinness and on to the next dance.
Exhilarating! With such fantastic rhythms, you just could not sit down (not that I remeber seeing any seats, any way).
In those days (40 years ago), only the solo performers wore kilts.
Times have probably changed. In those days the solists were men. All the films and photos today seem to be of young wenches in mini-skirts.

Martin,
in nostalgic mood.