BlueRose Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Personally, I'm kind of anti-valentine's day. But I :love: all my spammers, so lets celebrate and share the love! :love: :kiss: :grouphug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Just some fun facts :) [quote]More than a Hallmark holiday, Valentine's Day, like Halloween, is rooted in pagan partying. The lovers' holiday traces its roots to raucous annual Roman festivals where men stripped naked, grabbed goat- or dog-skin whips, and spanked young maidens in hopes of increasing their fertility, said classics professor Noel Lenski of the University of Colorado at Boulder. The annual pagan celebration, called Lupercalia, was held every year on February 15 and remained wildly popular well into the fifth century A.D.—at least 150 years after Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. "It is clearly a very popular thing, even in an environment where the Christians are trying to close it down," Lenski said. "So there's reason to think that the Christians might instead have said, OK, we'll just call this a Christian festival." The church pegged the festival to the legend of St. Valentine. According to the story, in the third century A.D. Roman Emperor Claudius II, seeking to bolster his army, forbade young men to marry. Valentine, it is said, flouted the ban, performing marriages in secret. For his defiance, Valentine was executed in A.D. 270—on February 14, the story goes. While it's not known whether the legend is true, Lenski said, "it may be a convenient explanation for a Christian version of what happened at Lupercalia"[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlot Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote]The lovers' holiday traces its roots to raucous annual Roman festivals where men stripped naked, grabbed goat- or dog-skin whips, and spanked young maidens in hopes of increasing their fertility[/quote] Now there's a holiday I can support. :leer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 *grabs nearest gaot* *removes skin* *makes a Toy* :whip: s the maidens (and non-maidens) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I thought you guys would like this idea. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRose Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Works for me! that sounds way more fun than the holiday as we have it now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 5 minutes til my weekend starts (not that I have any plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 And still no Ben. Gah I'm just impaitent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlot Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I am going to leave work early too. I didn't get nearly any of the work done today that I wanted to. But I'll be in on Monday anyway, another holiday in the office. :thumbsdown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRose Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Holiday? I'm leaving early too, I dont have much to to today because I refuse to work this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlot Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Monday is President's Day in the US. Celebrating Lincoln and Washington's birthdays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlot Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Blue, you are 3 posts from a Custom Title! Get out there and post some! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
▲Jim▲ Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I was sleeping, then some stranger comes in my room wakes me up and says, sorry man I am your new roommate. GAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRose Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I've been working on it Harlot! and no fair, I want a holiday too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlot Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote name='Jimmm' post='1686136' date='Feb 13 2009, 15.59']I was sleeping, then some stranger comes in my room wakes me up and says, sorry man I am your new roommate. GAH![/quote] :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We don't get President's Day anyhow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
▲Jim▲ Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I do not go to work until Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, depending on how you see it. And Harlot, I should make some bodily harm come to you for laughing at that. I was all nice and sleeping, and I was unable to go back to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Pierre Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Im Naked :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlot Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote name='Lucky Pierre' post='1686154' date='Feb 13 2009, 16.10']Im Naked :)[/quote] Unless you tel me you are in your office or running out the door to catch a plane, I assume you are always posting naked. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Pierre Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Sometimes President's Day falls on my birthday. Not this year though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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