| | 03/12/12 It’s Pat Your St. Patrick’s Day Survival Kit Between the parades, various crawls and jukeboxes blaring “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” St. Pat’s can also be a beautiful, emerald-tinged minefield. This survival kit will keep you at the top of your game. Sláinte. | | | | | EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING | A Bono Double | | What: Pretty much the leading Bono impersonator around. He hails from the moors of San Diego, and he comes complete with sunglasses, earrings, the moves and, if necessary, a tribute band. Potential Uses: Spontaneous karaoke duets. Getting drinks bought for you. Making people think you’re The Edge. | | | | | | | | BLOWN AWAY | Irish Glass for an Irish Dram | | What: A tumbler glass handblown in County Kilkenny from the good lads at Makers & Brothers. Potential Uses: Drinking water. Drinking not water. Signifying nonverbally that you don’t drink green beer. Smashing indignantly for intimidation/celebration. | | | | | | | | ... AND SMOKE IT | The Handmade Irish Pipe You Require | | What: Distinguished briarwood tobacco pipes you can contemplatively bite while pretending to be plotting out an epic roman à clef. Potential Uses: Tweed suit accessorization. Adding gravitas when pointing to things. Bubbles. | | | | | | | | TWEET ACTION | Buying a Beer for Anyone, Anywhere | | What: A Web app that uses your Twitter account to let you buy a round for friends no matter where you are by transferring money between PayPal accounts. Potential Uses: Letting cross-country friends know you care about them. Spending your eBay windfall. Buying a round for random drinkers in Tulsa. | | | | | | | | THE HANG OF IT | A Little Something for the Day After | | What: Vitamin-enhanced water that has everything you need to make March 18 feel not at all like the day after St. Patrick’s Day. Potential Uses: Adding to Guinness, adding to whiskey, adding to corned beef and cabbage. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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