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Arthur's Day? -- never heard of it.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:21 am
by MattB
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:06 pm
by Tapsucker
No wonder Ireland is insolvent...
In a world where people can't find enough places to paste corporate logo on themselves, I'm surprised we don't see more of this. I wonder if you'd get beat up if you were seen with a pint of Murphy's?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:59 pm
by Bytowner
I actually don't have a huge issue with this. There's no denying the special place that Guinness has in Ireland's culture and if the Irish want to celebrate it, good for them. We owe them a day given the bastardization of St. Patrick's Day.
That said, Alexander Keith's Birthday is a horrible, horrible thing.
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:39 pm
by Torontoblue
Bytowner wrote:That said, Alexander Keith's Birthday is a horrible, horrible thing.
And sadly, I share the same day
One comfort is I share it with Kate Winslet
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:16 pm
by rejtable
Bytowner wrote:I actually don't have a huge issue with this. There's no denying the special place that Guinness has in Ireland's culture and if the Irish want to celebrate it, good for them. We owe them a day given the bastardization of St. Patrick's Day.
That said, Alexander Keith's Birthday is a horrible, horrible thing.
Is there really that dramatic a difference between the place Guinness has in Ireland and Keith's in Nova Scotia? Man of us may not really like the beer, but Keith's has been a prominent brand and cultural icon in NS for a REALLY long time.
I actually would compare your "bastardization" of St Patty's day to what has happened to the Keith's brand in the 20 years since Labatt took it from a regional creature to a national monster.