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Happy New Year!

Lena_PLena_P
edited February 2010 in General Chat
Dang, with all the Valentine's talk I totally forgot today was also Chinese New Year. Gung hai fat choi, and may you usher in the Year of the Tiger with long, tasty noodles!

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  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited February 2010
    Oh it is, well guing hay fat choy(sorry for spelling) I was born on the year of the rat:D
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    Happy New Year!

    Now, to find a tiger to celebrate...
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited February 2010
    Did someone just call me fat what? Oh and Happy new year me thinks.
  • GinnyNGinnyN
    edited February 2010
    Happy Tigers New Year.

    By the way, and thanks to Farmville in fact, when is Mardi Grass?
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited February 2010
    The same time as Martes de Carnaval, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, a.k.a. the beginning of Lent, which is this Tuesday. Which is today, I guess.
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    Mardis Gras is today.
    So Happy Mardis Gras to anyone who celebrates it! Try not to get floured too much (if that's the tradition where you are).
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited February 2010
    In the States I think it's more a tradition to just get really drunk, which is pretty much our tradition for every holiday but Presidents Day and MLK Jr Day, now that I think about it ...
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    I'm sure you could end up covered in flour anyway if you get drunk enough.
  • GinnyNGinnyN
    edited February 2010
    I always believed all those celebrations are because, in ancient times, that were the last party before lent. Which means, 40 days without make a party.
  • seherseher
    edited February 2010
    Lena_P wrote: »
    In the States I think it's more a tradition to just get really drunk, which is pretty much our tradition for every holiday but Presidents Day and MLK Jr Day, now that I think about it ...

    Given that many of our founding fathers were, in fact, brewers, and Thomas Jefferson branched out into wine (learn more at http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/forefathers.htm I think it's quite appropriate to raise a pint or two to them. I myself raised a few while checking out MC Frontalot last night.

    Hope the Year of the Tiger is a prosperous one for all of you and that your Mardi Gras/Carnival celebrations are a blast!
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  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited February 2010
    Happy Tiger Year!
    Avistew wrote: »
    Now, to find a tiger to celebrate...
    Shouldn't be too hard now, can it?
  • FuryFury
    edited February 2010
    Lena_P wrote: »
    Dang, with all the Valentine's talk I totally forgot today was also Chinese New Year. Gung hai fat choi, and may you usher in the Year of the Tiger with long, tasty noodles!

    You think that the top of tim schafer's baby's head is cute, don't you?!??!?!
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited February 2010
    seher wrote: »
    Given that many of our founding fathers were, in fact, brewers, and Thomas Jefferson branched out into wine (learn more at http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2002_summer_fall/forefathers.htm I think it's quite appropriate to raise a pint or two to them.

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  • seherseher
    edited February 2010
    Thanks Fawful, I'm totally appropriating that as my avatar since, as I was just saying to nikasaur, most of my function here is to kill threads by dropping random historical lectures.
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  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    seher wrote: »
    Thanks Fawful, I'm totally appropriating that as my avatar since, as I was just saying to nikasaur, most of my function here is to kill threads by dropping random historical lectures.

    For what it's worth, I think the stuff you say is pretty interesting.
    I don't remember it after I read it, but still.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited February 2010
    Personally, I can't get enough of random historical lectures, especially if they're about the Georgian era. I just couldn't think of any jokes about drunken Fathers of Our Country that weren't already made in "1776". In the future, if you could feed me lines about Ben Franklin's eldest son (That kid was a real bastard!) or George III death (He took a powder, in the powder room*!) I'd have something more to work with.

    *Note: I realize privies were not at the time called powder rooms, which were where one re-powdered their wigs, but still, I feel I can take a few liberties for the sake of the joke.
  • seherseher
    edited February 2010
    Thank you both for justifying my blathering. This thread killing is a new outlet, normally I just tell these stories at parties, though I am pretty handy for trivial pursuit/pub quiz nights.

    Unfortunately, Lena I'm pretty weak in US/UK history (I know, I know, i should brush up on it). My areas of focus were ancient to medieval Asia and medieval Europe, largely military but also some religious persecution/heretical sects.
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  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited February 2010
    seher wrote: »
    Thank you both for justifying my blathering. This thread killing is a new outlet, normally I just tell these stories at parties, though I am pretty handy for trivial pursuit/pub quiz nights.

    By all means, history it up. I'm addicted to trivia, no matter what it's about. :D
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    Well, I think that's the first time I've ever wished to go to a party. I'd love to hear you talk about stuff there. Where and when is the next one? :P
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited February 2010
    Ah! *gasp!* Do you know any good books on the Hanseatic League or mercenaries in 15th to 16th century Europe? They're subjects that are hard to find books about at my local, suburban library.

    P.S. What part of Asia?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2010
    Lena_P wrote: »
    Ah! *gasp!* Do you know any good books on the Hanseatic League or mercenaries in 15th to 16th century Europe? They're subjects that are hard to find books about at my local, suburban library.

    P.S. What part of Asia?
    ...Maybe?


    ...geez.

    Well, you could try scanning Google Books. It's amazing what you can find when you are searching the entire content of a set of books.

    Also: You're awesome.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited February 2010
    Um ... thanks? That's not the Hanseatic League I was thinking of, but still. I appreciate the sentiment.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2010
    ...Oh. :o
  • seherseher
    edited February 2010
    As far as Asia, I studied a lot of general, philosophy and religions in China/Mongolia and the samurai culture of Japan.

    The Hanseatic League I didn't learn much on but I can do a little searching through notes.

    Mercenaries, however, I can help you with. One of my biggest interests is in the condottieri system in Italy and research into them is usually tied into mercs in other areas of that same time period. I'll look through my old notes and papers when I go home tonight.

    I'm thinking I may start a random history thread so I don't end up threadjacking so much since a non-zero number of you seem to have an interest in the things I study.
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  • amjadamjad
    edited February 2010
    happy new year
    same to you.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited February 2010
    So ... history thread.
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