Mythical Charlatan?
I'd love someone to show me where in the 'legend' of St. Patrick there was a lepracaun. If I had to write the lepracaun in I would use it to add credibility (yes you heard that right ADD CREDIBILITY) to the story of St Patrick. It would go something like this....
One day Patrick (which isn't his real name because he was Welsh and his real name would probably be 84 letters long like Gorronnwyyddhh so we'll call him Patrick for the sake of the story) was sitting in Wales, that's right WALES and he was kidnapped by vikings. They made him look after sheep and didn't feed him (point 2. he would only last a week without food). He was there for years (that's right YEARS) then he escaped on a boat, (what a coincidence there was a strategically placed unguarded boat! ) to Ireland.
Enter Lepracaun, let's call him King Brian of the Lepracauns (Bri for short) to talk to 'Patrick' who found his pot of gold. 'Patrick being Welsh and all couldnt understand him so he said a word that sounded like the Irish word for snake (that's the only credible explaination for having snakes in Ireland); then he shook his head. Four million snakes appeared so the lepracaun made them disappear again. This was seen by some Dim witted local who told the people that he drove the snakes that had been in hiding out of Ireland.
Then he brought Christianity to Ireland, basically people who celebrate St.Patrick's day are celebrating the man who brought the foundations of secteranism to Ireland. THANKS MATE!! And how does everybody celebrate this day dedicated to a lying slave? Get pissed out of their heads - nice! Let's face it the whole snake thing was probably invented to impress some gullible girl that 'Patrick' was looking into! What a chat up line, there hasn't been one like that since Jesus strolled into a tavern back in the day and opened with,
'Guess who my dad is?'
'Joseph, he made a table for me last week!'
'No, you idiot, I'm the son of God.'
That really sucked a whole lot of girls in. Spiking the water at the wedding in Caanan as well - that guy just needed councelling for dillusions, and to visit A.A.
In brief, it's a load of crap, but it was funny seeing all the losers spending money on cheap tat that they'll probably vomit on that night.
