Happy St Andrews Day

[Marty Bonnar]

...and even more on topic than College Football too!!

 

http://www.standrewsday.com/about_st_andrews.htm

Happy Saint Andy's day, you lot. (I'm trying to St Paddy-ise, St Andrew's Day to make it a bit more cool. The Scottish Executive have ALMOST agreed to giving us a half-day Public Holiday. Break out the Whisky... )

Best,
FBD.

[Chris Kane]

Just returned from my first visit to the R&A clubhouse - its open to the public on St Andrews Day.  What an amazing place.

[Mike_Sweeney]

(I'm trying to St Paddy-ise, St Andrew's Day to make it a bit more cool. The Scottish Executive have ALMOST agreed to giving us a half-day Public Holiday. Break out the Whisky... )

Best,
FBD.

FBD,

Perhaps you can get St Andrew to say a little prayer for the participants of the Merion 10 thread. That may help.  

[ForkaB]

Mike

Even though I don't do praying, I looked over at that Meriod 10 thread just in homage to you, and you owe me!

What a bunch of tripe!

Happy St. Andrews Day........

Rich

[Ville Nurmi]

My second name is Antero. It is Antero´s day in Finland today. I must be a saint too, then!

[Tommy_Naccarato]

Martin,
Happy St. Andrews Day! It's the day St. Andy drove the tourists out of Scotland. Unfortunately they came back again!

[Phil_the_Author]

Rich, as a recent non-combatant participating in the Merion 10 thread, I am assuming that you consider Tripe, gloriously tasty and the prime example of brain food!  

[Andrew Mitchell]

Martin

Happy St Andrews Day to you too.

From one named after him

[ForkaB]

Rich, as a recent non-combatant participating in the Merion 10 thread, I am assuming that you consider Tripe, gloriously tasty and the prime example of brain food!  

Phillip

Just as Haggis, Neeps and Tatties are associated with Burns Suppers, so are Tripe, Girn and Thrawn part and parcel of St. Andrew's Day.

Brains are not part of the equation.

rich

[Ally Mcintosh]

st.andrews day is a bit ridiculous though...

like... the fella never even visited here and is also patron saint of about 10 other countries

burns night is a much better event to celebrate i reckon

[Tom Huckaby]

Ally, you're right of course.  But for us non-Scots, well...
it is fun to honor the man, the name, however we think
of this.

My new son was not named accidentally. We shall celebrate.

James Andrew Huckaby

[Scott Stearns]

Chris, how bout sharing some stories abt the clubhouse?  was there anything you found memorable that hsn't been described in the mainstream media?

[Marty Bonnar]

Ally,
NEVER turn down the opportunity of a free holiday.

T,
he might look like a little Saint right now, but...

 

I am ashamed to admit that as this is a weeknight, I will be toasting the Saint's memory only with Vin Rouge. Ah well, la vieille alliance indeed! (Pardonez mois, mon Francais...)

FBD.

[Paul Jones]

Ally, you're right of course.  But for us non-Scots, well...
it is fun to honor the man, the name, however we think
of this.

My new son was not named accidentally. We shall celebrate.

James Andrew Huckaby

Tom,

My parents named me Andrew (middle name) after St Andrew since I was born on Nov 30, and then I named my son (Andrew Stewart Jones) after him who was suppose to be born on Nov 30 but came a litte early.

[Mark_Rowlinson]

And St Andrew wasn't even Scottish - it was just that his relics were washed up on the shore at St Andrews when the ship carrying them (why?) was wrecked.  Not that I can complain - St George was at least as bogus, if not even more spurious.  Martin - I've just had a delicious glass of Rueda to quench the appetite and stimulate the thirst.  At leasht I think thatsh what I've done.....

[Tom Huckaby]

Paul Jones - I shall drink to you and to your son and to all of those with such good taste.

And that includes you Martin and you too, Mark.

 

[Tommy_Naccarato]

I started thinking about this, HAPPY SAD!