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Daily Show, Happy White St Patrick’s Day

Daily Show, Happy White St Patrick's DayWhite people riot in the streets without being gassed or shot, reminds of a true story…

It was a warm  sunny early afternoon on St Patrick’s day down on Main Street in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the early 1970’s. The street lined with bars was already flowing in green vomit when my pal Chuck and I were standing outside a bar watching some other college students tip over a police car down the way.

Chuck had to pee and the line at the nearest bar was not doable. So he walked down the little ally on the side of the bar and peed on the wall.  It was a long pee, so long it attracted one of Oshkosh’s finest.  The officer tapped him on the shoulder, causing Chuck to turn and pee all over the cop’s shoes and pant’s leg. Needless to say, Chuck was strongly reprimanded and sent on his way.  Not because he was white, for everyone was white, but because he was Irish. Like the guy in the picture there.