Count_Jason Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Ah, Saint George's Day. Glad to see none of my kindred got any of you last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 World Penguin Day On April 25th of every year, the Adelie penguins in the Antarctic begin their annual northward migration. The Adelies start migrating in the Antarctic fall season and won?t return to their colonies until the following spring. In true synchronized fashion, the Adelies dive into the frigid waters answering their Nature?s call to migrate. They will swim north for only a few hundred miles (around 600km) and stay among icebergs that are floating about, feasting on krill and other penguin delicacies. So really, these penguins don?t actually go anywhere when they migrate. They?ll bob around in the ocean and rest on the ice until it?s time to head back home to Antarctica. Actually, the reason they do this is because the days in Antarctica are becoming darker during this time of year. Adelies do not see too well in the dark so they migrate north so they can hunt for food, otherwise they would starve. Have a wonderful Penguin Day and try to do something penguinish, whether it be reading more about them, go to the zoo or aquarium, or maybe buying up hordes of penguin merchandise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 It's Sunday @ BEER O' CLOCK: I like you!!! You seem like such a sensible girl!!! You speak as if Beer is a girl oh no; beer is better than any girl!!! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Today is the 5th anniversary of a terrible and tragic event in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted May 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays. In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FLGlenn Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 What if you're off work on Labor day? Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 It's Sunday @ BEER O' CLOCK: I like you!!! You seem like such a sensible girl!!! You speak as if Beer is a girl oh no; beer is better than any girl!!! :wink: Wish to hell I didn't know this: How to impress a woman: kiss, hug, compliment, love, tease, protect, listen and support her. How to impress a man: show up naked with beer. hmmmmmmmm ........... when u show up .... pls make sure the beer is cold !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays. In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. but the celebrations of May Day are far older than International Workers' Day; May Day is a cross-quarter day, associated with the Celtic festival of Beltane and the Germanic festival of Walpurgis Night. May Day falls exactly half of a year from November 1, another cross-quarter day which is also associated with various northern European pagan and neopagan festivals such as Samhain. May Day marks the end of the uncomfortable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebrations, regardless of the locally prevalent political or religious establishment. As Europe became Christianized the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May Day, or were replaced by new Christian holidays as with Christmas, Easter, and All Saint's Day. In the twentieth century, many neopagans began reconstructing the old traditions and celebrating May Day as a pagan religious festival again. Origins The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian Europe, with the festival of Flora the Roman Goddess of flowers, the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the Maypole and crowning of the Queen of the May. Various Neopagan groups celebrate reconstructed (to varying degrees) versions of these customs on 1 May. The day was a traditional summer holiday in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures. While February 1 was the first day of Spring, May 1 was the first day of summer; hence, the summer solstice on June 25 (now June 21) was Midsummer. In the Roman Catholic tradition, May is observed as Mary's month, and in these circles May Day is usually a celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this connection, in works of art, school skits, and so forth, Mary's head will often be adorned with flowers. Fading in popularity since the late 20th century is the giving of "May baskets," small baskets of sweets and/or flowers, usually left anonymously on neighbours' doorsteps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 It's Sunday @ BEER O' CLOCK: I like you!!! You seem like such a sensible girl!!! You speak as if Beer is a girl oh no; beer is better than any girl!!! :wink: Wish to hell I didn't know this: How to impress a woman: kiss, hug, compliment, love, tease, protect, listen and support her. How to impress a man: show up naked with beer. hmmmmmmmm ........... when u show up .... pls make sure the beer is cold !!! What's no show policy? ... never mind that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 3rd May was World Press Freedom Day but you may not have read about it? :wink: http://www.worldpressfreedomday.org/ http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27867&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSA Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Or is it the day after..... I never quite work that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced in a radio address that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered in World War II, and that "the flags of freedom fly all over Europe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatbus Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 We celebrate Victory Day in World War II today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oo.Cloud.oO Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Saturday, May 09, 2009 Today's Highlight in History: On May 9, 1754, a cartoon in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut into sections, each part representing an American colony; the caption read, "JOIN, or DIE." On this date: In 1883, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid. In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia. In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately. In 1961, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow deplored the majority of television programming as a "vast wasteland" in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters. In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. In 1978, the bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who'd been abducted by the Red Brigades, was found in an automobile in Rome. In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section to collapse. In 1982, the musical "Nine," inspired by the Federico Fellini film "8½," opened on Broadway. In 1987, 183 people were killed when a New York-bound Polish jetliner crashed while attempting an emergency return to Warsaw. In 1994, South Africa's newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country's first black president. Ten years ago: A chartered bus carrying members of a casino club on a Mother's Day gambling excursion ran off a highway in New Orleans, killing 22 people. Furious Chinese demonstrators hurled rocks and debris into the U.S. Embassy in a second day of protests against NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. Five years ago: A bomb destroyed the VIP section at a stadium during a Victory Day celebration in the Chechen capital of Grozny, killing some two dozen people, including the province's president, Akhmad Kadyrov. Canada rallied to beat Sweden for the second straight year in the gold-medal game at the world hockey championships, 5-3. Comedian Alan King died in New York at age 76. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherryberry Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 i can remember only 2 days of the week -- the day i work, and the day i don't : P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 i can remember only 2 days of the week -- the day i work, and the day i don't : P hmmm...what about sick days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Royal Ploughing / Çѹ¾×ªÃ§¤Å Royal ploughing is done every year by Brahmanic priests. This event happens in the front of the temple "WAT PHRA KAEW" on the big field called "SANAM LUANG". This ceremony symbolises the beginning of the sowing period. Brahmin priests bless seeds and make symbolic furrows using a plough pulled by buffalos. Once the ceremony is over, all the watching people run to the furrows in order to get the blessed seeds. Those ones are supposed to bring good harvests. This is a public holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Today, in 1949, Siam changed its name back to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Bob Marley also passed away today. :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 well...I loved the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 In 1985, 56 people died when a flash fire swept a jam-packed soccer stadium in Bradford, England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Today, in 1949, Siam changed its name back to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Bob Marley also passed away today. :cry: WTF .... i thought he'd died f**king years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Bob Marley also passed away today. :cry: WTF .... i thought he'd died f**king years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you smoking what he was smoking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake killed at least 69,000, less than three months before China hosted the world in the 2008 Summer Olympics. A major earthquake struck China on May 12, 2008. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.9 magnitude quake was centered near southwest China's Sichuan Province. The earthquake hit in the middle of the day, when most schools and office buildings were full. Reports say several schools collapsed, trapping an unknown number of children. The massive quake was felt throughout most parts of China, and beyond. Tremors were reportedly felt as far away as Vietnam, Thailand and Pakistan. Since the initial May 12 quake, there have been hundreds of smaller tremors and aftershocks in the region, leaving people nervous and on edge. On Monday, May 19, China began a three day period of morning for those lost in the disaster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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