Holidays.

by Mbast1 Mon Dec 24, 2012 5:12 pm

I don't know what anyone's views are, but I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, or whatever other holiday you celebrate (I think Hannukah is over). Hope you all have a great 2013, too!
Mike

by Lucy Ingram Tue Dec 25, 2012 8:40 am

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everybody!

santa

by **tony ingram** Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:41 am

Merry Christmas. Here's hoping for a better 2013!

by Lucy Ingram Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:27 pm

I wasn't aware we'd already had one that wasn't up to scratch. Nobody tells me these things.

by **tony ingram** Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:29 pm

Lucy McGough wrote:I wasn't aware we'd already had one that wasn't up to scratch. Nobody tells me these things.

Well, I was very disappointed with the last 2013. Luckily, it's now been rebooted...

by Mbast1 Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:27 pm

tony ingram wrote:Luckily, it's now been rebooted...

Damn it, DC, I was just starting to like those characters...

by MajorHoy Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:31 pm

And here I thought this would be a thread about exotic vacations and adventures. Phooey.

By the way, Bastille Day is coming up . . . this is the perfect time to sharpen your guillotine's blade!

The 14th happens to also be National Nude Day. Coincidence? You be the judge!

by Lucy Ingram Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:02 pm

2013 was less than stellar for me.

We should all post pictures of tasteful artistic nudes on National Nudes Day. I am not in favour of Bastille Day as I like Queen Elizabeth II, who is mint.

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:48 am

Apparently National Nude Day is July 14th. You learn something new every day. Not a widely celebrated holiday, it appears...

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:53 am

I will celebrate it by increasing your awareness of fine art, like Titian an' ting.

by MajorHoy Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:34 pm

tony ingram wrote:Apparently National Nude Day is July 14th. You learn something new every day. Not a widely celebrated holiday, it appears...

You mean people are barely aware of the occasion? Shocked

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:40 pm

MajorHoy wrote:
tony ingram wrote:Apparently National Nude Day is July 14th. You learn something new every day. Not a widely celebrated holiday, it appears...
You mean people are barely aware of the occasion?

by Mbast1 Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:54 pm

MajorHoy wrote:You mean people are barely aware of the occasion?

Oh, wow. That was bad!

by MajorHoy Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:14 pm

Don't forget, tomorrow in National Nude Day.

Has everybody already picked out what outfits they're going to wear? Is anybody having a black tie cocktail party to celebrate it?

by Lucy Ingram Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:23 pm

To celebrate the occasion, I shall spend the day naked. Underneath my clothes.

by **tony ingram** Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:20 am

Lucy McGough wrote:To celebrate the occasion, I shall spend the day naked. Underneath my clothes.

What, you mean you're going to pile them all on the floor and crawl around underneath them? For how long? Until the Moon rises?

by Lucy Ingram Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:56 am

Yes. Yes, that is exactly what I shall do.

by MajorHoy Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:58 pm

Have a Happy St. Swithin's Day today!

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stswithun.html

by **tony ingram** Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:04 pm

MajorHoy wrote:Have a Happy St. Swithin's Day today!

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stswithun.html

It's kind of almost over...

by MajorHoy Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:16 pm

tony ingram wrote:
MajorHoy wrote:Have a Happy St. Swithin's Day today!

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stswithun.html
It's kind of almost over...

Hey, it's a little after 2:00 p.m. for me, and since it's not completely over, I don't need to add in "belated".
Razz

by **tony ingram** Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:36 pm

Yeah, but it's half past seven as far as St Swithin's concerned. Or it would be, if he wasn't dead.

by MajorHoy Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:28 pm

tony ingram wrote:Yeah, but it's half past seven as far as St Swithin's concerned. Or it would be, if he wasn't dead.

But, how did you celebrate St. Swithin's Day?

Did you send out St. Swithin's cards? Decorate the house and put up a St. Swithin's apple tree? Sing St. Swithin's Day carols? Eat traditional St. Swithin's Day food, like eggs sunny-side up? Play "Pin the Umbrella on St. Swithin"?

by **tony ingram** Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:41 pm

Oddly enough, no. But then, I'm a miserable sod.

by MajorHoy Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:45 am

Now here's a good reason for a holiday: on July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland

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by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:32 am

I've never been, but I've seen photos of the place and all those people dressed as giant mice always freaked me out. Enough to give a child nightmares, I'd have thought.

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:31 am

It just looks awful, like being force-fed candy floss.

by MajorHoy Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:17 pm

tony ingram wrote:I've never been, but I've seen photos of the place and all those people dressed as giant mice always freaked me out. Enough to give a child nightmares, I'd have thought.

But, for some reason, kids often seem to love that crap. They'd be happy if their stuffed animals suddenly came to life and wanted to play; adults would break out the sub-machine guns and flame-throwers and try to destroy the Hellspawns.

by Lucy Ingram Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:07 pm

Yes, kids are just weird.

by **tony ingram** Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:14 pm

And annoying.

by MajorHoy Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:32 am

And for Sunday July 20th it looks like we get
* Moon Day
* National Lollipop Day
* National Ice Cream Day (3rd Sunday in July)
* Ugly Truck Day
but these may only be U.S. celebrations.

However, it was on July 20th in 1189 that Richard I of England was officially invested as Duke of Normandy, and both Rex Williams and Ed Giddins were born on July 20th (but not in the same year).

by **tony ingram** Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:02 am

MajorHoy wrote:And for Sunday July 20th it looks like we get
* Moon Day
* National Lollipop Day
* National Ice Cream Day (3rd Sunday in July)
* Ugly Truck Day
but these may only be U.S. celebrations.

I think you can safely assume this... Razz

by Lucy Ingram Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:32 am

Happy Moon Day, everybody! All hail the glorious celestial orb which nightly bathes us in silver effulgence (except when there isn't a moon).

by MajorHoy Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:50 am

Lucy McGough wrote:Happy Moon Day, everybody! All hail the glorious celestial orb which nightly bathes us in silver effulgence (except when there isn't a moon).

But please don't celebrate Moon Day by mooning strangers.

(And I don't know if they get any stranger than Tony.)

by **tony ingram** Mon Jul 21, 2014 6:56 am

I thought Moon Day was the day on which we celebrated the birth of Moon Boy...

by Lucy Ingram Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:58 am

MajorHoy wrote:(And I don't know if they get any stranger than Tony.)

*thinks*
*ponders*
*thinks a bit more*

No, they probably don't Wink

by MajorHoy Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:41 am

tony ingram wrote:I thought Moon Day was the day on which we celebrated the birth of Moon Boy...

Or Moon Unit Zappa?

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by **tony ingram** Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:35 am

I always felt sorry for that poor girl...

by Lucy Ingram Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:36 am

She apparently likes her name enough not to have changed it.

by MajorHoy Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:20 am

Lucy McGough wrote:
tony ingram wrote:I always felt sorry for that poor girl...
She apparently likes her name enough not to have changed it.

What about her brother . . . Dweezil?

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by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:48 am

Seriously!!?

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:27 am

Apparently he was named after a nickname for an oddly curled little toe of his mother's.

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 12:55 pm

They are an extremely odd family.

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:53 pm

Yup! Can't believe he kept the name too. Being named after a toe is just insulting, whereas lots of girls are indirectly named after the moon (Diana, Cynthia, Phoebe, Delia, etc).

by MajorHoy Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:46 pm

tony ingram wrote:They are an extremely odd family.

Have you heard much of Frank Zappa's music?

Dreamed I was an Eskimo
Frozen wind began to blow
Under my boots and around my toes
The frost that bit the ground below
It was a hundred degrees below zero...

And my mama cried
And my mama cried
Nanook, a-no-no
Nanook, a-no-no
Don't be a naughty Eskimo
Save your money, don't go to the show

Well I turned around and I said "Oh, oh" Oh
Well I turned around and I said "Oh, oh" Oh
Well I turned around and I said "Ho, Ho"
And the northern lights commenced to glow
And she said, with a tear in her eye
"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow"
"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Eat_the_Yellow_Snow_Suite

by **tony ingram** Thu Jul 24, 2014 3:28 pm

I haven't heard that in years... Razz

by Lucy Ingram Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:56 pm

I haven't ever heard it. Thank goodness.

by MajorHoy Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:23 am

July 25th appears to be "Act Like a Caveman Day".

by **tony ingram** Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:39 am

In British towns, every day is act like a caveman day after the pubs shut.

by Lucy Ingram Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:31 am

Like Oscar Wilde said, work is the curse of the drinking classes.

by MajorHoy Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:57 am

Friday the 26th is Carl Jung's birthday!
(So what if he died in 1961?)

It's also National Dance Day (here in the U.S., though I don't think the government recognizes it).

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