I found this mildy interesting.
[HR]
Go Big Orange
News :: 17 March, 5:00pm
So I get this almost every year. People ask me where my St. Patricks day green is. ‘Cause you gotta wear green on St. Patty’s day.
‘Cause I don’t. I wear orange. ‘Cause I’m not Catholic. You’re looking at me like I’m an idiot. Okay, I’ll explain. You see, there’s more to Ireland than the wicked famous green.
While being raised in the wonderful world of British television as a youth in Wisconsin, I learned a great deal about culture in the UK. And spam. And governors, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more.
I also learned about running away from all the people that I just got mad at me while credits rolled. I learned that the most important thing was to NOT PANIC. Then there was way that middle-aged men continuously change into younger men while all claiming to be the same guy and traveling through space-time fighting an Army of crazed robots that parked in the handicapped spaces.
In all that learning, one of the things I learned that we got St. Patricks day from Ireland. A country bristling with emeralds, where shamrocks and ale were as plentiful as National Championships. It wasn’t until later in life that I learned that there was more to that whole “green” thing than I could ever imagine.
From the Constitution of Ireland
Article 7.
The national flag is the tricolour of green, white and orange.
Hmm. I was hoping that would be more informative. Oh, wait, who better to go spy on a foreign country than the CIA?
Flag Description:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange; similar to the flag of Cote d’Ivoire, which is shorter and has the colors reversed – orange (hoist side), white, and green; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter and has colors of green (hoist side), white, and red
Okay, I’ve really got to find somebody that knows more about this darn flag than the people I’m finding right now. If only there was just one website in the Universe that could just explain to me, in a simple way, what the heck that whole flag thing is about?!?
The Republic of Ireland’s flag is made of three equal-sized rectangles of orange, white, and green (this type of flag is called a tricolor). The flag is twice as wide as it is tall. The green side is by the flagpole. This flag was first used in 1848.
The green color on the flag represents the native people of Ireland (most of whom are Roman Catholic). The orange color represents the British supporters of William of Orange who settled in Northern Ireland in the 17th century (most of whom are Protestant). The white in the center of the flag represents peace between these two groups of people.
Oh. That was helpful. But not everything I was hoping for. In fact, other than home made sites like this one, I’m not finding a lot about the history of Ireland. Google has let me down.
But wait, what’s this? A site about Ireland’s history on a top-level domain? This is finally it!
And on this page we see that maybe we’re not so off-base with all the Catholic talk, after all. But we also see that there’s something else going on here.
And while I won’t go into a diatribe on the IRA, and the very real, and ongoing movement struggle of Catholics and Protestants in the UK, I will mention that the flag of Ireland reminds me of the flag of Iraq. The flag of Iraq symbolizes the three different peoples of Iraq, just at the US flag represents the 50 united States. The national flag is the tricolour of green, white and orange.
Wow. I guess that fits, after all. Should’a just stopped with that one. Anyways, in honor of trying to get people to find out about what things really mean, I thought I’d wear my orange hat all day, and when people ask me where my green is, I’ll tell them I’m wearing orange, and explain the flag.
And because I’m wearing green underwear. Nobody wants to see that.
[HR]
Go Big Orange
News :: 17 March, 5:00pm
So I get this almost every year. People ask me where my St. Patricks day green is. ‘Cause you gotta wear green on St. Patty’s day.
‘Cause I don’t. I wear orange. ‘Cause I’m not Catholic. You’re looking at me like I’m an idiot. Okay, I’ll explain. You see, there’s more to Ireland than the wicked famous green.
While being raised in the wonderful world of British television as a youth in Wisconsin, I learned a great deal about culture in the UK. And spam. And governors, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more.
I also learned about running away from all the people that I just got mad at me while credits rolled. I learned that the most important thing was to NOT PANIC. Then there was way that middle-aged men continuously change into younger men while all claiming to be the same guy and traveling through space-time fighting an Army of crazed robots that parked in the handicapped spaces.
In all that learning, one of the things I learned that we got St. Patricks day from Ireland. A country bristling with emeralds, where shamrocks and ale were as plentiful as National Championships. It wasn’t until later in life that I learned that there was more to that whole “green” thing than I could ever imagine.
From the Constitution of Ireland
Article 7.
The national flag is the tricolour of green, white and orange.
Hmm. I was hoping that would be more informative. Oh, wait, who better to go spy on a foreign country than the CIA?
Flag Description:
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange; similar to the flag of Cote d’Ivoire, which is shorter and has the colors reversed – orange (hoist side), white, and green; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter and has colors of green (hoist side), white, and red
Okay, I’ve really got to find somebody that knows more about this darn flag than the people I’m finding right now. If only there was just one website in the Universe that could just explain to me, in a simple way, what the heck that whole flag thing is about?!?
The Republic of Ireland’s flag is made of three equal-sized rectangles of orange, white, and green (this type of flag is called a tricolor). The flag is twice as wide as it is tall. The green side is by the flagpole. This flag was first used in 1848.
The green color on the flag represents the native people of Ireland (most of whom are Roman Catholic). The orange color represents the British supporters of William of Orange who settled in Northern Ireland in the 17th century (most of whom are Protestant). The white in the center of the flag represents peace between these two groups of people.
Oh. That was helpful. But not everything I was hoping for. In fact, other than home made sites like this one, I’m not finding a lot about the history of Ireland. Google has let me down.
But wait, what’s this? A site about Ireland’s history on a top-level domain? This is finally it!
And on this page we see that maybe we’re not so off-base with all the Catholic talk, after all. But we also see that there’s something else going on here.
And while I won’t go into a diatribe on the IRA, and the very real, and ongoing movement struggle of Catholics and Protestants in the UK, I will mention that the flag of Ireland reminds me of the flag of Iraq. The flag of Iraq symbolizes the three different peoples of Iraq, just at the US flag represents the 50 united States. The national flag is the tricolour of green, white and orange.
Wow. I guess that fits, after all. Should’a just stopped with that one. Anyways, in honor of trying to get people to find out about what things really mean, I thought I’d wear my orange hat all day, and when people ask me where my green is, I’ll tell them I’m wearing orange, and explain the flag.
And because I’m wearing green underwear. Nobody wants to see that.
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