Happy St. Patrick's Day!

[omae mona]

Happy St. Patrick's Day everybody. I whipped up a batch of this to celebrate, and I'm washing it down with a pint of Guinness.

[GomiGirl]

What are you doing posting at this time of night??? Hang on what am I doing?

BTW good to see you at the bar tonight. It is still open but I just got home. Am knackered as it was pumping.

[omae mona]

What are you doing posting at this time of night???

Somebody must have spiked that bottle of scotch with caffeine and now I can't fall asleep! That's why I have opened up the Guinness. Trying to counteract the effects.

I forgot to ask: any special St. Patty's Day activities at the bar?

[EDIT: by the way, everybody, for those of you in the vicinity who haven't gone there, GO!!]

[IkemenTommy]

The 500 yen Guiness and Kilkenny pints last night at the Irish (or was it Brit? I can't remember) Pub in Shibuya. Couldn't go wrong with that! Except, the Japanese chicks didn't understand my Irish joke. Zan nen

[Mulboyne]

A very happy St Patrick's Day at the World Cup Cricket where Ireland pulled off a shock win against Pakistan. Even more remarkable when you consider the Gaelic Athletic Association's historic opposition to "foreign sports" (until 1971, members were banned from playing or even watching them). You can't get much more representative of England than cricket.

Here's Tokyo Tower lit up in green:

[Mulboyne]

Moving further away from the St Patrick's Day theme, I saw this article about how some Pakistanis responded to the loss to Ireland:

The reactions to Pakistan's shock first-round elimination from the World Cup has, understandably, has enraged passionate fans back home and drawn plenty of criticism. In a nation stunned by Pakistan's three-wicket defeat to Ireland in Jamaica, there have been angry protests, calls for arrest and even Nasim Ashraf, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief, hasn't been spared...In Multan, Inzamam-ul-Haq's home town, incensed youth held a protest rally, chanted slogans against Pakistan and demanded that police arrest the World Cup squad. The mob was heard chanting, "Death to Bob Woolmer , death to Inzamam, death to Nasim Ashraf - police should arrest them".

I hope the mob is happy now: it has just been announced that Pakistan team coach, Bob Woolmer, was found unconscious in his hotel after the game and died in hospital. No-one knows for certain what happened but it seems likely that a broken heart played a big role.

[Neo-Rio]

Gotta love the Irish. If they weren't so drunk all the time they would have conquered the world!

Anyway, a great night was had by all. Found myself walking the streets of Roppongi at 1pm on Sunday not knowing how I got there.

[Charles]

Gotta love the Irish. If they weren't so drunk all the time they would have conquered the world!

Darn it, is it too late to use my favorite Irish ethnic joke?

Q: What's an Irish Homosexual?

A: An Irishman who likes women more than drinking.

Don't blame me for this joke, I heard it from an Irish comedian.

[Mulboyne]

...it has just been announced that Pakistan team coach, Bob Woolmer, was found unconscious in his hotel after the game and died in hospital. No-one knows for certain what happened but it seems likely that a broken heart played a big role.

It seems we may have had a St Patrick's Day murder.

Telegraph: 'Broken bones' fuel Woolmer murder rumours

Jamaican police have ordered a second post mortem on Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach, amid rumours that his death was more violent than first thought. Several Caribbean newspapers reported that some of Mr Woolmer's bones had been broken, and that his throat had been bruised. Local police have described his death as "suspicious". Gill, his widow, said today she thought it a "possibility" that her husband was murdered. "Some of the cricketing fraternity, fans are extremely volatile and passionate about the game and what happens in the game, and also a lot of it in Asia, so I suppose there is always the possibility that it could be that," she told Sky News. "It fills me with horror, I just can't believe that people could behave like that or that anyone would want to harm someone who has done such a great service to international cricket."