QotD: Any Excuse for a Drink Day
Are you celebrating Cinco de Mayo?
This is something that always amuses and confounds me about America. We're the descendants of a bunch of Quakers and Puritans and the like, but we will take any excuse for a drink. We have this convenient excuse that we call "Melting Pot." Oh, we say, there are so many cultures in America that we have to expect that we'll adopt a bunch of different holidays.
Yeah, only all we seem to adopt are holidays that allow us to drink copiously. St. Patrick's Day? We're on board. Oktoberfest? Bring on the pilsner. Cinco de Mayo? Mix up some margaritas. Mardi Gras? Laissez les bons temps rouler and show us your tits.
This is why I think various religious and ethnic groups need to think really carefully before they start promoting their own holidays in America. Next thing you know, everybody's celebrating the Prophet's birthday with liquor. Hell, I'm surprised we haven't co-opted Chanukah and turned it into an eight-day drinking game.
So, I don't think I will celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but that's only because I don't like Mexican beer or tequila. Now, give me a nice Belgian holiday and I'm on it.
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I heard on NPR this morning that Cinco de Mayo is on track to surpass St. Patrick's Day in terms of partying. Yikes.
One of the attorneys here at work is half Belgian/half Mexican. We discussed tacos and dipping french fries in mayo.
Hey... some of my relatives are Jewish and I hate to tell ya... they already have. :)