Mere hours from now, mere yards from where I now sit, Oktoberfest will kick off here at Crown Center after fleeing the mud pit that is Berkley Park on the riverfront. You oughta go. Reasons? Sure, I'll give you reasons.Why you, Irish person, should go to Oktoberfest:
1. Polka!
2. Grown men wearing leather shorts with suspenders will make you really glad that your traditional ethnic dress doesn't involve leather shorts and suspenders.
3. When Germans have a party, attendance is mandatory. Ask Poland.
4. There are 1,274 breweries in Germany. Ireland has 17. Mad props, Fritz.
5. German Shepherds are cool. The dogs, I mean. The shepherds themselves, not so much.
6. Sausage is nature's perfect food.
7. A possible opportunity to say "weiner schnitzel" in public should never be passed up. I don't even know what it is, but I'm saying it all weekend. Weiner schnitzel.
8. I like how Germans use those two little dots over letters and throw random K's around. You can make anything look like the name of a death metal band: Flüffÿ Kittënz. Fünnël Käkë. Wëinër Schnïtzël. See?
9. The German word for "Irish" is "Irisches", which coincidentally is exactly how you'll prounce "Irish" after a few German beers.
10. It's 11 months until Irish Fest. You gotta do something to kill time.
So there you go. Oktoberfest opens today at 4:00 and runs through the weekend. Don't miss Brave Combo tonight at 9:30 on whatever they're calling the Terrace Stage.
Weiner schnitzel.
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