Happy Pancake Day folks!

**Wolfie** · 05/02/2008, 2:19 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

Yes, St. Pancake's Day, a firm fixture in the Catholic Calendar. Originally French - St. Martin of Gras, patron saint of partying, he became known for his heavy make-up on his famed trip to Ireland in the 14th century, hence he is known as St. Pancake here and in other anglophonic nations. He is better known by the diminutised French name in the latinate countries, especially in South America, where they have huge festivals to celebrate his feast.

His influence in Ireland was profound: while St. Patrick banished the unlicenced snakes, St. Pancake banished sugar, flour, eggs and milk for 40 days and 40 nights. This was unpopular at first until it was discovered how he did it and that it would be perfectly acceptable for all of us to do the same.

He also is well remembered for introducing the lemon - a delicasy from the Isle de France - to Ireland too, as part compensation for the banishment of milk. A reference to this exists in Joyce's masterly work, Ulysses when Buck Mulligan, in the den of heresy that is his Sandycove Tower residence, on being offered lemon for his tea in the absence of milk, he splutters "None of your Paris fad! I want good Sandycove milk" - a literary trick to identify the trio even more as being outside the Pale of Catholic influence.

Sadly, St. Pancake's religious star has waned latterly, and the special mass ceremony on St. Pancake's Day, when the host was replaced with remarkably small pancake disappeared with the Latin mass under Vatican II. Once the fifth most important saint in the Irish Catholic Church (After Patrick, Bridget (or Biddy), the fella that went to Scotland, and Patrick again), after the downgrading of the Catholic Church, he now resides in the lowly rank of fourth most important saint in the Irish Catholic Church (After Patrick, Jacinta, and Derek Davis).

However, the ritual sacrifice of sugar, flour, eggs and milk continues in his name to this day, though like his great inspiration, Patrick, people seem to have forgotten the spiritual significance of this act, as can be seen in children's tupperware lunches the following Wednesday at schools throughout the land.

Let us take this opportunity to remember the spirit of St. Pancake, or Mar de Gras as our Spanish speaking colleagues would have it. Apply yourself wholeheartedly and whole stomachedly to his celebration - too much sugar and too much lemon will have to keep you going for the three or four days over which you will be thinking that it was a bad idea to have so many.

And remember, as Risteard said, none of that Nutella sh!te - St. Pancake would turn in his sugary grave.

A welcome reminder about St Pancake.

As you know, Bluebeard - there is the school of thought that there were notable pockets of resistence within the Church and locally in Ireland to St Pancakes new interpretation of the Father, the son, the holy ghost and the other ting as having physical form within de flour, de milk, de egg and de bitta sugar.

St Pancake often preached the dangers of religious "a la cartism" particularly in relation to de sugar. St Pancake fervently believed that de sugar was a divine representation of God on earth while some non-believers considered de sugar was simply a good sweetener.

Indeed, St Pancake waged a religious crusade against the sweeteners - an anglicised term for people that gorged on nothing but sugar all year round in order to combat scrofula, scurvy and itchy balls - between the years of 1413 to 1418.

He won, on penalties after extra time.

**noby** · 05/02/2008, 2:23 PM

Originally Posted by Block G Raptor

Please leave that to the experts like Bluebeard

I'll have you know I write the jokes for 'The Roaring Twenties'.

**Block G Raptor** · 05/02/2008, 2:26 PM

Originally Posted by noby

I'll have you know I write the jokes for 'The Roaring Twenties'.

Let me re-iterate my previous point, Please leave it to people who are actually funny

**noby** · 05/02/2008, 2:31 PM

"And BGR taps into an open goal, after the cut-back from noby"

**Bluebeard** · 05/02/2008, 2:36 PM

Originally Posted by Risteard

Back on topic, my friend just made me a thick pancake (the size of the pan) and put it on a plate without rolling or folding it.

He ate it with a knife and fork and claimed that loads of people make them that way.

Do most people here do it the normal way ie
1. make a thin pancake,
2. sugar and lemon,
3. roll it up,
4. sugar and lemon,
5. eat from your hands just like a fajita?

I think that Wolfie, a fellow believer, will be able to confirm this, but points 1 to 4 are all doctrinal - the 5th is optional.

The thick pancake is another shocking Americanist attempt to imporve on something that is already great by just randomly changing it - they are always at it: e.g. This football game of yours is really good, but you know what, let's jazz it up a bit by stopping the game every four or five seconds and lets stop using feet, and let's substitute the entire team if the other side gets possession. And we like your World Cup - but why don't we have just American sides in it and call it a World Series - yeah that would be real good...

Morons. No-one should ever have told them about pancakes. Don't any of yis dare tell them about masterbation - I fear to think what they'd do to that.

**Block G Raptor** · 05/02/2008, 2:41 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

Don't any of yis dare tell them about masterbation - I fear to think what they'd do to that.

The Yanks usually make everything Bigger. Here's the worlds biggest Wnaker

**gee wizz** · 05/02/2008, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

I think that Wolfie, a fellow believer, will be able to confirm this, but points 1 to 4 are all doctrinal - the 5th is optional.

The thick pancake is another shocking Americanist attempt to imporve on something that is already great by just randomly changing it - they are always at it: e.g. This football game of yours is really good, but you know what, let's jazz it up a bit by stopping the game every four or five seconds and lets stop using feet, and let's substitute the entire team if the other side gets possession. And we like your World Cup - but why don't we have just American sides in it and call it a World Series - yeah that would be real good...

Morons. No-one should ever have told them about pancakes. Don't any of yis dare tell them about masterbation - I fear to think what they'd do to that.

the only country in the free world to make masterbation a team event

**strangeirish** · 05/02/2008, 2:50 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

Don't any of yis dare tell them about masterbation - I fear to think what they'd do to that.

What day does that fall on?

Circle jerk Wednesday?

**gee wizz** · 05/02/2008, 3:08 PM

more like bASH wednesday

**John83** · 05/02/2008, 3:19 PM

Originally Posted by Block G Raptor

That's not what I meant (although reading over my post i can see how it could be construed) I meant that now would be a great time to get a foot in the door because obviously RTE have a drought in the "funny" comedy dept.

Actually, they don't have a comedy department. It comes under some broader category like light entertainment or something.

**gee wizz** · 05/02/2008, 3:22 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Actually, they don't have a comedy department. It comes under some broader category like light entertainment or something.

light is right but entertainment and rte dont really go hand in hand now do they

**John83** · 05/02/2008, 3:26 PM

Originally Posted by gee wizz

light is right but entertainment and rte dont really go hand in hand now do they

I don't know about that. I find Ear to the Ground hilarious.

**gee wizz** · 05/02/2008, 3:32 PM

Originally Posted by John83

I don't know about that. I find Ear to the Ground hilarious.

next you'll be telling us you like operation transformation

**deecay** · 05/02/2008, 3:43 PM

Whens lent?

**Block G Raptor** · 05/02/2008, 3:46 PM

Starts tomorrow.

**sligoman** · 05/02/2008, 3:49 PM

Originally Posted by deecay

Whens lent?

Good catholic boy deecay, good man. The church would proud of you!

**deecay** · 05/02/2008, 3:54 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Good catholic boy deecay, good man. The church would proud of you!

Aye thats it

**John83** · 05/02/2008, 3:56 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Good catholic boy deecay, good man. The church would proud of you!

Are you?
Do you go to mass weekly?
Pray daily?
Oppose contraception, divorce and abortion?
Believe in the literal heaven and hell?

There aren't very many good Catholics left in this country.

**deecay** · 05/02/2008, 5:32 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Are you?
Do you go to mass weekly?
Pray daily?
Oppose contraception, divorce and abortion?
Believe in the literal heaven and hell?

There aren't very many good Catholics left in this country.

Dont see how anyone can belive in things like that? Santa Clause stuff

**Lionel Ritchie** · 06/02/2008, 7:55 AM

We got downright adventurous with our pancakes this year. Fillings included meusli yoghurt, melted cooking choclate, and a fruit stew made from the last of last summers red berries and rasberries defrosted and gently cooked with a tin of fruit cocktail chucked in to sweeten them.

That reads so fcuking middle class I think I'm going to have to step out onto the street and ask some one to floor me with a slap.