# Special Feud: St. Paddy's Day (March 17) by astorian \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648 "2009-03-16T18:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/41 "2009-03-17T00:09:23Z")
1. Cork 2. The Chieftains 3. Ryan’s Daughter 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney Castle 7. Bushmill’s 8. Shepherd’s pie 9. Kerry 10. Flute #8 We’re making this as the entree tomorrow at the cafe where I work. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/42 "2009-03-17T00:13:21Z")
1. Cork 2. Van Morrison 3. The Commitments 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Easter Rebellion of 1916 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Irish Stew 9. Kelly 10. Harp ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/43 "2009-03-17T00:22:57Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aiKUIm8q\_c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aiKUIm8q_c) In case you do not know the Clancy brothers. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/44 "2009-03-17T01:18:16Z")
1. Kerry 2. The Clancy Brothers 3. The Quiet Man 4. John F. Kennedy 5. The Easter Uprising 6. Blarney Stone 7. Smithwicks 8. Bangers & mash 9. Kelly 10. Tin whistle ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/45 "2009-03-17T03:31:57Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. The Crying Game 4. JFK 5. potato famine 6. blarney stone 7. Bushmills 8. shepherd’s pie 9. Kelly 10. fiddle ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/46 "2009-03-17T03:46:18Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. The Quiet Man 4. John F Kennedy 5. The potato famine 6. Blarney Castle 7. Harp 8. Potatoes 9. Kelly 10. Fiddle ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/47 "2009-03-17T03:53:51Z")
A question. I’ve been scared into total compliance. But I see some people are submitting John F. Kennedy as an answer. Is the use of a period like that okay? ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/48 "2009-03-17T03:59:03Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. The Quiet Man 4. John Kennedy 5. Easter Uprising 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Corned beef & cabbage 9. Kelly 10. harp ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/49 "2009-03-17T04:51:34Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. The Commitments 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Harp 8. Corned beef 9. Shannon 10. fiddle What, no authors? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/50 "2009-03-17T07:17:11Z")
1. Cork 2. Enya 3. Patriot Games 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Irish Potato Famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Killian’s 8. Corned beef and cabbage 9. Kelly 10. Bagpipes - 10 - I know they’re mainly associated with Scotland, but they’re big in Ireland too ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/51 "2009-03-17T08:13:24Z")
1. Galway 2. Clancy Brothers 3. The Quiet Man 4. JFK 5. Easter Rising 6. Blarney Stone 7. Bailey’s 8. Mulligan stew 9. Kelly 10. Harp ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/52 "2009-03-17T10:27:45Z")
1. Cork 2. Sinead O’Connor 3. The Quiet Man 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato Famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Killian’s 8. Corned beef and cabbage 9. Kelly 10. Fiddle ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/53 "2009-03-17T10:28:10Z")
1. Cork 2. Proco Harem 3. The Commitments 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Potato Famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Stew 9. Kelly 10. Fiddle ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/54 "2009-03-17T12:37:59Z")
1. Cork 2. Van Morrison 3. Far and Away 4. JFK 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney stone 7. Harp 8. Shepherd’s pie 9. Cameron 10. Harp ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/55 "2009-03-17T12:45:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A question. I’ve been scared into total compliance. But I see some people are submitting John F. Kennedy as an answer. Is the use of a period like that okay? Yes. It is _necessary_ punctuation, as are the various apostrophes used in names, and possessives like Shepherd’s pie. I just don’t want the emphatic !!! at the end of answers, and stuff like that. Or quotes around movie titles, because not everyone will use them. Also periods at the end. I have to tell you, I feel so harsh when someone leaves a stray period in… ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/56 "2009-03-17T12:50:34Z")
**Walkabout** is #45. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/57 "2009-03-17T13:36:34Z")
1. Ulster 2. Van Morrison 3. The Secret of Roan Inish 4. Ted Kennedy 5. The Easter Rising of 1916 6. Blarney Stone 7. Bushmills whiskey 8. Soda bread 9. Morgan 10. Harp ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/58 "2009-03-17T15:14:32Z")
1. Cork 2. The Boomtown Rats 3. The Commitments 4. John F. Kennedy 5. the Easter Rising 6. Blarney Stone 7. Jameson 8. Corned beef and cabbage 9. Kelly 10. Harp I hope I make it to the 50 cut-off! Happy St. Patrick’s Day, fellow feuders of the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/59 "2009-03-17T15:16:05Z")
1. Cork 2. The Pogues 3. Sunday Bloody Sunday 4. JFK 5. Potato famine 6. Blarney Stone 7. Harp 8. Shepherd’s Pie 9. McKenzie 10. Bagpipes ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648/60 "2009-03-17T16:17:19Z")
1. Dublin 2. Enya 3. My Left Foot 4. Ted Kennedy 5. potato famine 6. Blarney stone 7. Jameson 8. corned beef and cabbage 9. Kelly 10. Celtic harp I’m eating corned beef and cabbage right now! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-feud-st-paddys-day-march-17-by-astorian-game-over/489648.md?page=4)