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    Great Guinness Toast

    I haven't seen anything here about the Great Guinness Toast that will be held this Friday, 15 Feb, at bars all around. For those not familiar with the event, at a given point in time, everyone raises their glasses in a toast to Arthur Guinness. The bars count how many folks participated, and that gets reported to someone who totals up the number of people participating in the largest simultaneous toast. In the US it occurs at midnight eastern time, 11 pm central time, etc.

    The date is also referred to as St. Practice Day.

    Is anyone going out for it? I'll be at Paddy Coyne's in Tacoma.

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    Hadn't heard of it....unfortunately I'll be working


    Tacoma? Washington??
    [SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
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    past my bedtime (haha), but I do enjoy Paddy Coynes.

    we should get a south sound Kilt night at Paddy's. I was planning on going there on St Patty's weekend, they have live music all day Sat & Sun.

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    A South Sound night would be a good idea. I've got a friend who just got his first kilt, and I'm sure he would be more comfortable on his first try in the company of others.

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    Hmm....is this just a regional thing? I've not heard of it either

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    I've never heard of it either.
    Even if I had, I dont think I'd be tosting ANYONE at 6am!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamieKerr View Post
    Hmm....is this just a regional thing? I've not heard of it either
    *If* it is I've not heard of it, and I'm just a couple hours up north from Tacoma
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    Well any excuse to drink a pint of Guinness

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    The Great Guinness Toast
    Started in Pittsburgh, PA in 1993 and soon spread across the nation. People
    from all over raise a pint of Guinness at the exact same time, the largest
    toast on record being 462,572 participants in 2001.
    int: This will be my 10th year attending the toast.

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    I thought the website said it occured at 10pm central time. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to stay an extra hour.
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