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well, lad.....I'LL give you OT!!!!!!
8] 
(manic grin bordering on a grimace)

(for reference among those among you who don't know me personally, my
given name is Michael E. Murphy)


I'm sorry to report that the Holy See in Rome is STILL considering the
removal of the feast of the legendary Bishop of Armagh (St. P.) from
the canonical calendar.
It gives me some comfort and more than a bit of smug gratification
that the image of:
A horde of  enraged, chapel-veiled, shillelagh-wielding, crones
swarming across the Irish sea and the channel , stepping on the
petrified skeletons of drowned snakes, using one-another's bodies as a
living bridge like army ants on a relentless march to Rome, where they
would pummel that sinister Kraut in St. Peter's chair into a small
greasy spot on the bloodstained Medici carpets….
...still gives them cause for caution in the Vatican.
=)
It seems that they didn't keep very good records in 500ad and there's
some question as to whether Patrick was ever processed through the
whole beatification rigmarole or not. If nothing else it's testament
to the Irish contempt and disdain for formal procedure!
;)
As for the patronage of engineers, that ascription wasn't recorded
until the first millennium, 500 years after Patrick died. He has been
ascribed to the plight of `excluded people' for much longer. Maybe
they decided to designate engineers in particular when they got a look
at the hapless members of this new profession trying to pick up chicks
at the jousting matches!

eire go brach

-`doc'

PS:
hey Dave! 'pbr' is pabst blue ribbon
just one of the beers that made Milwaukee famous!