Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 12, 2017

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 7 years ago

    The Irish also fought alongside the Mexicans in the Mexican War of 1846; didn’t want the Americans to pulverize their fellow Catholics. It was known as El Batallón de San Patricio.

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    AnyFace  over 7 years ago

    “Info-Graphic.”

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    seismic-2 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    The DeGroots are surely of Dutch ancestry. Why are they so dedicated to observing St. Patrick’s Day?

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    brendancalling  over 7 years ago

    about a maid I’ll sing a song/sing rickety-tickety-tin…

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    Argythree  over 7 years ago

    @SEISMIC: I happen to be Jewish, but for St. Patrick’s day, often join my pals for a visit to a pub as an ‘honorary Irishman’ for the day. A lot of folks enjoy the parts of the holiday that have little to do with religion or ethnic heritage, as Luann’s internet search shows…

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    Asharah  over 7 years ago

    Corned beef isn’t Irish, they picked it up in New York from Jewish immigrants.And there weren’t any snakes in Ireland for St. Patrick to drive out.

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    Queen of America  over 7 years ago

    I read the history of it, too, and it’s St Paddy, NOT St Patty

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    EllieZel  over 7 years ago

    Men are so smart, and girls are so stupid. Why would they choose to wear makeup instead of learning things? Don’t they know you have to pick one?!

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    brendancalling  over 7 years ago

    what about green for the color of vomit behind the dumpster (also green) after drinking too many green beers chased with a shamrock shake or three to sober up? ERIN GO BRAAAAAAAAGH

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    Tue Elung-Jensen  over 7 years ago

    And the people using it as sn excuse to drink.

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    OneTime59  over 7 years ago

    Educational strip for me today. Never realized Patrick was not canonized. So, his spirit could be called the “Saint” of the people.

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    Tyge  over 7 years ago

    What a hodgepodge of mis- & dis-information, today. Meh.

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    Rufus The naked mole rat  over 7 years ago

    I never got that “When Irish eyes are smiling sure as in the moth of May” verse since St. Paddy’s Day is in March. Maybe because it’s easier to come up with a rhyme for May. Who knows.

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    Dani Rice  over 7 years ago

    I’m not Irish or Catholic, but I get annoyed when people make fun" of saints. Patrick and Nicholas were holy men, not drunken revelers.

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    A R V reader  over 7 years ago

    I’ve learned last year that originally the official color of St. Patrick’s Day isn’t green, it’s blue.

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    Mordock999 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    “I’mmmmmmm Looking O-VER, a FOUR-Leaf-PLOVER, that “I” O-VER Looked (HIC!!) Befoooooooore…….,"

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    Luanaphile  over 7 years ago

    Evans is a Welsh name! (Speaking as half-Welsh)

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 7 years ago

    Today’s also special in another way. Here’s a hint: ♫ Will you still need me, will you still feed me ♫

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    TossedSaladCartoon  over 7 years ago

    The generation gap.

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    Sportymonk  over 7 years ago

    If St. Patrick was never canonized by the Pope, how is he a Saint?

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    sueb1863  over 7 years ago

    I once went to a Bon Jovi concert on St. Patrick’s Day. Most of the audience was drunk and when they turned down the lights, you could see all the flashing green necklaces and bracelets people were wearing. Two very drunk women several rows away from us decided to hold a loud conversation throughout most of the show so we heard more of them than the band.

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    Alabama Al  over 7 years ago

    Just about everything you may think you know about St. Patrick is probably wrong.

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    jr1234  over 7 years ago

    St Paddy’s Day is on a Friday this year. There’s gonna be a LOT of drunks all weekend.

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    Luanaphile  over 7 years ago

    That has no effect on the Irish celebrations here.

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    BobC1  over 7 years ago

    On St. Patrick’s Day the Chicago River is dyed green.

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    Code the Enforcer  over 7 years ago

    Folks are reading WAY too much into this one. It is around our calendar time for St. Patrick’s Day – PERIOD. Frank looks at it from a historic perspective, and Luann looks at it from a party-time perspective. That’s ALL!

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 7 years ago

    I have 0% Irish DNA, but I enjoy a cup of Irish breakfast tea every morning!

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 7 years ago

    And the Irish in Ireland spend the day in church and sober.

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    Airman  over 7 years ago

    “Saint” Patrick and “Saint” Christopher are not meant to be theology, just harmless fables meant to add color to nice stories.

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    Sisyphos  over 7 years ago

    Two generations of non-Irish cartoon characters feeling smaltzy about St. Patrick’s Day. (Celebrated officially in Chicago yesterday, “the Saturday before the actual date,” and with a dispensation from Lenten abstinence from meat for Chicago Catholics this coming Friday, March 17th, the actual feast day)….

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    RSH  over 7 years ago

    Luann and Jack were supposed to meet in the dog park today. Maybe they missed each other on account of daylight savings….Luann overslept.

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    Luanaphile  over 7 years ago

    Keep thinking of the joke: “The good Lord created drink so the Irish would not take over the world.”

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    namelocdet  over 7 years ago

    So true…

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    Schrodinger's Dog  over 7 years ago

    Tomorrow : Date recaps, or new story arc ?

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    Liam Astle Premium Member over 7 years ago

    Patty? That is racist!

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    Cavenee Lonnie Premium Member over 7 years ago

    I just want to know one thing. Who in Hell put St Patrick’s day right in the middle of Lent???

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    dosbears Premium Member over 7 years ago

    The symbolic shamrock has three leaves, signifying the Catholic trinity. It’s not a four-leaf clover.

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    Awfulhorrid  over 7 years ago

    He “converted” Pagans in the sense that if they didn’t accept Christianity, entire villages were put to the sword. (That’s the part about “driving the snakes out of Ireland,” in case it wasn’t clear.) This may be just another excuse to drink for most people, but for a lot of us, this is not a day of celebration. I wear neither green nor orange on “Saint” Patrick’s day, but I do wear black.

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    ViscountNik  over 7 years ago

    On St. Patrick’s Day everybody is Irish.

    Except the Scots. We’re still Scots.

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