Showing posts with label days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label days. Show all posts
Friday, May 25, 2007
May 25th.....
and here I am in the office......without a towel....crap I just hope I don't get into any sort of trouble
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
May I?
Ah May, the 5th month of the year by Gregorian standards and not 2 days ago was the day when some jackass German took a pill and shot himself in the head not that it bears any significance to the following month and yesterday was May day where once a year every working person would run out and call for help, some say it's the 8th day of the week between Tuesday and Wednesday but nobody seems to notice.
Let's take a look at today in history.
1829 - Some British naval Captain established a colony on some coast in some country. Nobody else cares
1945 - Some German General surrendered a German City to some Russian general. Nobody else but the Russians cared
1982 - A British ship sank an Argentinian ship over some insignificant islands with falcons. The falcons couldn't care less
Annual celebrations observed this month:
01/05: May day, The one day where people notice that there are 8 days in a week yet are always frustrated as it is not always celebrated between Tuesday and Wedneday causing people to march to the streets.
05/05: Mayonnaise day, Where people pour mayonnaise all over the sink yelling OSOS!
08/05: VE Day (Australia only), otherwise known as cheap beer day where everyone drinks VB in excess, the E is a typo error due to the drunken state of the the entire Victorian populous where the day was first celebrated.
25/05: Towel day, Stick your thumb out, you're in for one hell of a ride. Oh don't forget to bring your towel. (thank's Doug)
Let's take a look at today in history.
1829 - Some British naval Captain established a colony on some coast in some country. Nobody else cares
1945 - Some German General surrendered a German City to some Russian general. Nobody else but the Russians cared
1982 - A British ship sank an Argentinian ship over some insignificant islands with falcons. The falcons couldn't care less
Annual celebrations observed this month:
01/05: May day, The one day where people notice that there are 8 days in a week yet are always frustrated as it is not always celebrated between Tuesday and Wedneday causing people to march to the streets.
05/05: Mayonnaise day, Where people pour mayonnaise all over the sink yelling OSOS!
08/05: VE Day (Australia only), otherwise known as cheap beer day where everyone drinks VB in excess, the E is a typo error due to the drunken state of the the entire Victorian populous where the day was first celebrated.
25/05: Towel day, Stick your thumb out, you're in for one hell of a ride. Oh don't forget to bring your towel. (thank's Doug)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Iovis Dies
Ah yes, Thursday, the 4th regular working day, the fifth day of the week if you believe in the "Sunday first" convention, and one day away from a weekend, which I would be able to enjoy if I don't have to work on the weekend again on BOTH days, but enough about that, we're talking about Thursday now. Has anyone ever wondered why hey call it Thursday? was it supposed to be the 3rd day of the week? or is it because it's three days before Sunday? No Thursday happens to be Thor's day, yes, the Norse god of Lightning/Thunder.
But wait, why does the predominantly Christian society that is the English recognize a germanic pagan god? even to a point where they call to it more times than they say "Jesus", while at the same time Roman culture was the predominant culture in most of Europe in the pre-Christian era. Some of the European languages makes reference to Jupiter when referring to this day and not Thor, even the Japanese call this day Mokuyoubi in reference to Mokusei or the planet Jupiter in which the planet was named after the Greek god of lightning.
So what's with the reference to a Norse god instead of a a Greek one like most Europeans do? This is because the English language and culture are more exposed to the old Germanic culture before the Romans set their foot into what is now called England.
For those overtly devout Christians who wonder "why must we make reference to pagan gods every time we refer to certain days of the week?", It's because if you don't you'll have a Mjolnir shoved up your hole and be struck down by bolts of lightning.
But wait, why does the predominantly Christian society that is the English recognize a germanic pagan god? even to a point where they call to it more times than they say "Jesus", while at the same time Roman culture was the predominant culture in most of Europe in the pre-Christian era. Some of the European languages makes reference to Jupiter when referring to this day and not Thor, even the Japanese call this day Mokuyoubi in reference to Mokusei or the planet Jupiter in which the planet was named after the Greek god of lightning.
So what's with the reference to a Norse god instead of a a Greek one like most Europeans do? This is because the English language and culture are more exposed to the old Germanic culture before the Romans set their foot into what is now called England.
For those overtly devout Christians who wonder "why must we make reference to pagan gods every time we refer to certain days of the week?", It's because if you don't you'll have a Mjolnir shoved up your hole and be struck down by bolts of lightning.
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