Top ten strangest events to report this St. Patrick’s season

Snows on California parade, Speaker cries, a St. Pat’s parade in April etc.

DARREN KENNEDY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, March 25, 2012, 7:24 AM

Updated Sunday, March 25, 2012, 7:24 AM

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Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, becomes emotional while listening to traditional Irish music with President Barack Obama during the Friends of Ireland Luncheon with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, not pictured, in the Capitol's Rayburn Room on March 20. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photo by CQ Roll Call

9. St. Patrick’s Day in April?
Yes, the St Bernard Parish St. Patrick’s parade in New Orleans kicks off on April 1st making it the latest in the country- and no April fool jokes please . Seems they have a dandy delayed day and lots of fun and good spirit. Maybe they should hold Mardi Gras on Wednesday.

10. Guinness held biggest Pat’s party ever
Just short of 500,000 signed up on line for the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Party. If every one of them hoisted a pint of the black stuff it would stretch from here to--- well--how about the Guinness brewery.

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ocaiside | Mar 26, 2012, 04:35 PM EDT

I attended the parade in Murphys this year. It rained, but I didn't see any snow at that altitude; only higher up the hill at my son's house. I left around 2 pm, so perhaps it snowed after that.

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McNamara31 | Mar 26, 2012, 12:52 PM EDT

Can we be “fair and balanced” for a minute? If past Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had cried as deeply and as many times as John Boehner the “right” especially Fox News would have called her “unstable” and completely incapable of performing her job. Let’s be clear, I’m not talking about a case of sentimentality or empathy, Speaker Boehner crumbles into a pool of tears, time and time again. Hannity ,Limbaugh and their fellow conservatives would have destroyed Pelosi if the tears were shed by her eyes.

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IrelandNorth | Mar 26, 2012, 05:48 AM EDT

Boehner? Not exactly Irish is it? Though his mother may have been, given the occupational hazzards of patrilineage. Anyway, give the guy a break. He's obviosly a sensitive guy. We can't all be emotionally repressed alpha-male homoerotic pugulistic types. As long as he doen't dry over spilt milk. Here's a big Irish bear hug for ya - John (Sean), and a kiss from a confident heterosexual 50 something Dubliner.

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irishpjk | Mar 26, 2012, 01:08 AM EDT

Joe Biden is a silly joke on all of us.

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BrianO | Mar 26, 2012, 12:52 AM EDT

When were the poor denied access to health coverage? Maybe Joe Biden can get them lubricated.

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hollabackgurl | Mar 25, 2012, 01:36 PM EDT

He doesn't cry when poor people are denied health coverage, I bet.

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