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Item 193: The Mad Dogs and Englishmen Item

Entered by twenex on Thu Nov 27 16:52:20 2003:

Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans.
12 responses total.
#1 of 12 by remmers on Thu Nov 27 17:05:58 2003:

Why, thank you Jeff!  I expect it to be happy.

Is there any sort of comparable holiday in the UK?

#2 of 12 by twenex on Thu Nov 27 17:16:19 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.

#3 of 12 by dcat on Fri Nov 28 03:22:09 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. . . .

#4 of 12 by twenex on Fri Nov 28 03:56:49 2003:

Why, what did he say.

#5 of 12 by eprom on Sat Nov 29 22:08:10 2003:

are there any americans who have been sainted (saint-inized?)?

#6 of 12 by gelinas on Sat Nov 29 22:12:01 2003:

Yes.  http://www.albahouse.org/American.htm

#7 of 12 by dcat on Sat Nov 29 22:32:34 2003:

believe the word you're looking for, resp:5, is 'canonized'.

#8 of 12 by eprom on Sat Nov 29 23:19:09 2003:

Thanks, I just remembered Katherine Drexel was canonized just a few years ago,
it was all over the news in Philly.

#9 of 12 by willcome on Sun Nov 30 00:34:21 2003:

Have you ever met Slevix Drexel?

#10 of 12 by gregb on Wed Dec 3 16:48:55 2003:

Re. 7:  Really?  I thought it was some form of punishment.

#11 of 12 by ball on Fri Dec 12 00:26:23 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!

#12 of 12 by twenex on Fri Dec 12 09:17:09 2003:

In civilised parts of the country, Harvest Festival is limited to
hotbeds of conservatism, i mean, schools. ;-P

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