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St Paddy’s day is here and thousands of Australia’s Irish have worn their most durable drinking boots to work today.
St Patrick’s Day is an annual observance that is popular in Australia on March 17. This event serves as a tribute to Ireland and one of its patron saints, St Patrick – and has become an important date in the calendars of all publicans right across the country.
With kegs of green-coloured lager and imported Guinness flying out of the basements in pubs around the country, the Irish diaspora that make up a large segment of the Australian workforce are trying to pretend that they aren’t going to be absolutely useless tomorrow.
One ten pound paddy working on a jobsite in Betoota’s Flight Path District, Adam Gerry (31), says he’ll definitely be heading down the pub tonight – but it won’t be a rager.
“It’ll be good craic with the lads” he says, whatever that means.
“But not gonna be a rager”
The fenian concreter maintains a straight face as he insists it’ll just be a couple pints and maybe a feed.
His coworker’s sneer at this ludicrous suggestion that Adam won’t be consuming up to 18 standard drinks before the sun goes down.
“Whatever you say mate” says his foreman.
“I just drove past Kelly’s in town and your countrymen were swinging from the rafters”
Adam chuckles.
“Haha. Yeah some people really do carry on.” he says, as his pupils widen and his mouth begins to salivate.
“Not me though”
“Just a quiet one for me”
“Nothing big”
“Just a few pints and then bed”
“That’s it”
“A few pints and then bed”
“Maybe a Jameson”
“And another pint as chaser”
