GD, should you be using that sort of language in this forum 
Really…please! Does anyone have, or have info on how I can get a “Fuck Me, I’m Irish” button/pin-back? If you have one, I will gladly purchase it. As stated before, I used to have one, and it got lost. Believe it or not, it actually had a lot of sentimental value. (Which didn’t even have anything to do with the slogan.) I’ve been all over the internet, but to no avail. 
Is there not a store that you can go to that will make a button for you?
Unfortunately, no. We have no such store in our area. I have checked the yellow pages, etc. I have found a few companies online that do this, but there is no indication that they are secure sites, so I am hesitant to give any credit card info. What I am hoping, is to buy one from someone who got it at a parade, etc. and isn’t too attached to it. I’m willing to pay up to about $10.00 US for one. Sigh I know that sounds pathetic, but d_redguy and I would be most grateful.
Assuredly not, since I most certainly shan’t. (beef hooked, that is) 
http://store.yahoo.com/badgeaminit/214butmakmac.html
Well, here is somewhere you can buy a button maker, so that you can make your own buttons for any occasion. It looks like one will top out at about $30.
Godfrey Daniels:
that’s awesome. LOL
Anyway, my father’s side was almost exclusively Irish, and my mom’s mom’s side was also, making me about three-quarters Irish. I look like it, too - fair skin, freckles, and red hair. So yeah, I’m sort of Irish every day.
But what I really think you were asking is do we plan to celebrate…so here’s what I’ve got. On St. Patrick’s day I plan to wear a green shirt, my “Kiss Me I’m Irish” socks, and play my Flogging Molly cd. My mother has invited me over to have a delicious dinner of cabbage and potatoes I will not pinch others for not wearing green but I will scold those who wear orange (and I live in Tennessee).
But as for the real celebration, I doubt I’ll get drunk because St. Paddy’s day falls on a Monday (and I am a dork). I might do it the weekend before, but I refuse to drink Guinness because 'merkin Guinness tastes like motor oil. However, I tried Guinness lite in a pub at Killarney, and found it the best beer I’ve ever had. If they sold it here I’d drink that. It just doesn’t seem right to celebrate without an Irish drink, though, and green Budweiser doesn’t count.
Thanks, TwistofFate. It may come to that. Still willing to purchase a professional-looking, pre-owned one though.
On the original topic, d_redguy and I are having a small party on St. Paddy’s Day. We have lots of standard decorations, several Irish music cds, and will be serving corned beef and cabbage stew with potatoes and two kinds of soda bread. I am making it all myself. Ironically, we ate all this stuff, when I was growing up, on a pretty much weekly basis. So it’s actually easier for me to make than most everyday meals. It’s a BYOB party, so I dunno if Guinness will show up.
I was Irish today. It’s no different than pretending to be a ghost on Halloween(All Saint’s Eve). It’s all really about having fun, not honoring saints.