Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Nathendricks428 · Post by **Nathendricks428** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:40 pm

I would just like to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

-Nathendricks428

Dragonlord Esq. · Post by **Dragonlord Esq.** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:58 pm

I'd celebrate, but I want to save my tolerance for my 21st birthday next week. I don't think my liver could take a double hit.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:25 am

Hey,

Happy St. Pat's. A couple of years ago I built this scene.

Bruce

00Psyren00 · Post by **00Psyren00** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:02 pm

wow.
I'm from Ireland and a didn't know it was so famous.
Glad to see it mentioned.

porschecm2 · Post by **porschecm2** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:55 pm

lol, I'm not sure I would have put it that way. In America, it's been commercialized, like every other holiday, so it's pretty widely known/celebrated. Mostly by scattering green and 4 leafed clovers on practically everything.

Cm2

Drucifer · Post by **Drucifer** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 6:56 pm

David85 wrote:It's not, in America it's a great reason to get drunk off your Megablocks. So pretty much it is just a holiday to make fun of the Irish for drinking so much.

I would disagree there. I think many American's with Irish heritage celebrate that heritage on St. Patrick's day. I don't think American's celebrate it to make of fun of the Irish. Try being a little less cynical in your posts David, especially if you're going to make blanket statements about everyone in a group.

Back on topic, Bruce I really like how you created the rainbow with the mix of 1x1 blocks and cylinders. I wouldn't have thought to throw in that day-glo orange color but it looks good in the mix.

The Brick Rat · Post by **The Brick Rat** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:36 pm

Hey,

Happy St. Pat's. A couple of years ago I built this scene.

http://www.ozbricks.com/bricktales/misc ... nal03.html

Bruce

I remember that one. Ya know, if you reduce the landscaping down to 8x8, you'd have a nice little St. Paddys' vignette.

wow.
I'm from Ireland and a didn't know it was so famous.
Glad to see it mentioned.

St. Patricks' Day is very popular here in the States. Many cities hold parades (including my hometown of Charlotte, NC), parties are common (with or without 'spirits') and just ask any schoolchild about the dangers of not wearing any green in your clothing, i.e. no green means that you'll likely recieve a St. Paddys' 'pinch' from your classmates.

Ken (whose surname is Dowd, but whose ancestors were O'Dowd)

00Psyren00 · Post by **00Psyren00** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:54 pm

Yeah, I think many of the Americans today have Irish ancestry so the tradition has been passed down. I really dont like the way nearly every holiday is so commercialised now, but anyway, the St. Patrick's day MOC's look good.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:15 pm

Drucifer wrote: Back on topic, Bruce I really like how you created the rainbow with the mix of 1x1 blocks and cylinders. I wouldn't have thought to throw in that day-glo orange color but it looks good in the mix.

Thanks. The mix of blocks and cylinder's wasn't really a choice. Neither was the sort of jagged top where it fades out. That was basically all of the trans bricks I had in the rainbow scheme (except red and green cylinders--from old classic-space days I could have extended those two stripes up quite a ways). Notice right behind the Leprachaun's shoulder you can see a solid purple brick--I've only got three trans purple bricks total (I believe they're from Dumbledore's Office).

The Brick Rat wrote: Ya know, if you reduce the landscaping down to 8x8, you'd have a nice little St. Paddys' vignette.

Yeah, I thought about re-building the scene as a vig for St. Pat's day, but all of my small green plates are currently occupied in the landscaping of the Pellanor Fields and I need to take some more pics before I tear that all apart. Plus it was just easier to link the old pic back to the front page of my site.

Bruce

doctorsparkles · Post by **doctorsparkles** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:24 pm

Those figs are both great little Leprecauns, but I think I like the head that Bruce used just a little bit better. I may just have to make on of my own. I'm not sure that I have that torso though... hmm...
As for St. Patrick's Day Celebrations, everybody at work pestered me about why I wasn't going out to get drunk. I simply told them that I was Irish all the time... I don't need to pretend once a year. I'm not much into the religious holidays, anyway. I did, however, make a little bit of time to listen to some Celtic bagpipes and Irish flute... but that's not really out of the ordinary.

Post by **Bruce N H** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:14 am

That torso is one of the bad guys from the Western sets.

Bruce