Why do they still dye the rivers green for St. Patricks Day? It's not a good look for downtown Chicago.

Blackout@kbin.run to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 281 points –

I just think the novelty of these type of displays was up in the 90s, It's time for an upgrayedd. I propose leprechauns flying up and down the river wearing water jet packs, shooting people with their Chicago-style hot dog cannons would be more with the times. What's your idea?

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I don’t remember the comedian, but I remember the joke:

“If they can dye it green for St. Patrick’s Day, why can’t they dye it blue the other days of the year?”

Isn't that from the fugitive?

Maybe, I don’t remember. I thought it was from a comedian, but I could be wrong. (Memory isn’t what it used to be. 🤷🏻)

Yes. I was thinking of that line from the movie when I read the OP.

I've seen apartment complexes that have little fake ponds and rivers flowing throughout the grounds that are dyed blue. It doesn't look good. It looks like the water with that cheap toilet bowl cleaner in it.