The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you; yes, on this side of the Atlantic we’re well aware there are probably more Americans wearing green wigs and leprechaun hats today than there are people in all of Ireland, but what the heck, it’s still a good excuse of a pint of the black stuff and a good bash. We did ask our resident Irishman Pádraig if he would dance a merry Irish folk jig for us today but his answer was unrepeatable (something to do with Michael Flatley, Riverdance, Slaine, Brian Ború, Garth Ennis and various unmentionable parts of the anatomy), so we’ll settle for a cartoon instead; I liked this one by Donal Casey, which comments on a survey by an Irish TV presenter where they tried to see if some young Irish folks could tell which words were Irish in origin and which were Klingon:

(Irish Gaelic meets Klingon in this cartoon by and (c) Donal Casey)

And while we’re at it, here’s a cracking short video by the League of S.T.E.A.M. as our intrepid steampunk heroes attempt to capture a leprechaun (link via BoingBoing):