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Grex > Agora47 > #193: The Mad Dogs and Englishmen Item | |
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twenex
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The Mad Dogs and Englishmen Item
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Nov 27 16:52 UTC 2003 |
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans.
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remmers
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response 1 of 12:
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Nov 27 17:05 UTC 2003 |
Why, thank you Jeff! I expect it to be happy.
Is there any sort of comparable holiday in the UK?
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twenex
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response 2 of 12:
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Nov 27 17:16 UTC 2003 |
Nope. The Welsh celebrate St. David's Day, the Scots St.
Andrew's Day, the Irish St. Patrick's Day. The English
don't celebrate St.George's Day. Strange.
There'll be a national celebration over rugby on the 8th
of December, though.
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dcat
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response 3 of 12:
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Nov 28 03:22 UTC 2003 |
Mike Meyers explaining to David Letterman last night the concept that Canada
celebrates Thanksgiving on a different date, a month and a half earlier, was
vaguely amusing; at least, as amusing as Mike Meyers ever is. . . .
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twenex
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response 4 of 12:
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Nov 28 03:56 UTC 2003 |
Why, what did he say.
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eprom
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response 5 of 12:
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Nov 29 22:08 UTC 2003 |
are there any americans who have been sainted (saint-inized?)?
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gelinas
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response 6 of 12:
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Nov 29 22:12 UTC 2003 |
Yes. http://www.albahouse.org/American.htm
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dcat
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response 7 of 12:
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Nov 29 22:32 UTC 2003 |
believe the word you're looking for, resp:5, is 'canonized'.
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eprom
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response 8 of 12:
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Nov 29 23:19 UTC 2003 |
Thanks, I just remembered Katherine Drexel was canonized just a few years ago,
it was all over the news in Philly.
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willcome
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response 9 of 12:
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Nov 30 00:34 UTC 2003 |
Have you ever met Slevix Drexel?
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gregb
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response 10 of 12:
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Dec 3 16:48 UTC 2003 |
Re. 7: Really? I thought it was some form of punishment.
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ball
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response 11 of 12:
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Dec 12 00:26 UTC 2003 |
Re #1:
Harvest Festival? It's not a national holiday the way that
Thanksgiving is, but I remember it being a big part of
autumn. Instead of stuffing ourselves silly, people in the
village would collect, prepare and donate food that would be
distributed to people who needed a little extra help. I
understand that some churches and other organisations do the
same here in the US around Thanksgiving.
Oh, and we get to set fire to Guy Fawkes too!
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twenex
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response 12 of 12:
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Dec 12 09:17 UTC 2003 |
In civilised parts of the country, Harvest Festival is limited to
hotbeds of conservatism, i mean, schools. ;-P
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