Valentines Day, what a load of.....
Posted by mortal
whatever. You know what I mean. But it's also about the martyrdom of Saint Valentine.
How he was imprisoned by Rome and while incarcerated a little blind girl smelled some violets, picked them and handed them to him through the cell bars. (How she did that whilst blind as a proverbial bat we'll never know).
He was so touched, he used the petals to make ink, and the stems to write with, (on what? don't ask, how should I know) to give her the very first Valentine's message. But, since she could not see, she could not read it. So, supposedly, when she brought him more violets, he concocted some violet potion in his cell. (Oh? do tell, how? Don't ask....).
She bathed her eyes and 'Praise the Lord and Hallelujah' it healed the glaucoma or whatever bacterial crud was in her eyes, and getting on with the story, she could see!
Saint Valentine of course got offed, probably for door to door bible sales. Typical eh?
Chaucer noted that the birds all seemed to mate on or around Valentines Day for their birdie nests in the spring.
So there is a bit more to it than mere chocolates, silly heart-shaped tinfoil balloons, cute stuffed teddy-bears and Hallmark greeting cards. It's about the lengthening of days (and boy bits) and increased sunlight after winter. It's ancient and instinctual (is that actually a word?)
I say go for it, let the mating season get underway. Just ignore the pricey merchandising, it's overrated anyway.
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How he was imprisoned by Rome and while incarcerated a little blind girl smelled some violets, picked them and handed them to him through the cell bars. (How she did that whilst blind as a proverbial bat we'll never know).
He was so touched, he used the petals to make ink, and the stems to write with, (on what? don't ask, how should I know) to give her the very first Valentine's message. But, since she could not see, she could not read it. So, supposedly, when she brought him more violets, he concocted some violet potion in his cell. (Oh? do tell, how? Don't ask....).
She bathed her eyes and 'Praise the Lord and Hallelujah' it healed the glaucoma or whatever bacterial crud was in her eyes, and getting on with the story, she could see!
Saint Valentine of course got offed, probably for door to door bible sales. Typical eh?
Chaucer noted that the birds all seemed to mate on or around Valentines Day for their birdie nests in the spring.
So there is a bit more to it than mere chocolates, silly heart-shaped tinfoil balloons, cute stuffed teddy-bears and Hallmark greeting cards. It's about the lengthening of days (and boy bits) and increased sunlight after winter. It's ancient and instinctual (is that actually a word?)
I say go for it, let the mating season get underway. Just ignore the pricey merchandising, it's overrated anyway.
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[www.gp4central.com] <----GP4 CentralActually, the information we have about him is very scare. He was a bishop imprisoned for presiding over wedding ceremonies, in a period where the emperor had put a ban on weddings. He refused to abandon Christ in front of the emperor, and was put to death. Legend has it, that he restore the sight of the jailers daughter, so there you have your answers. The roman hagiography speaks nothing of any Valentines note.
The first Valentines note was most likely written a thousand years later, with Geoffrey Chaucers Parlement of Foules (1382):
For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.
The notion of Romance and Romantic love came with the ethos of chivalry, which was imported from the muslim knights by the crusaders. Here it merge with the troubadour culture in Europe, where wandering musicians praised the noble women, that would always be unattainable to them. This is where we have the concept of true love involving a woman at distance, and the burning longing to be with her.
First with publication of The Young Man’s Valentine Writer in 1797 do we really have anything looking like Valentines... from there it snowballed into the monster we have today.
Personally, I have told my GF, that she can shove it. If we are celebrating anything its this **must be 18 to clicky, clicky**, and she foots the bill. We did that last year
It's only after we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/2010 01:15PM by Morbid.
The first Valentines note was most likely written a thousand years later, with Geoffrey Chaucers Parlement of Foules (1382):
For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.
The notion of Romance and Romantic love came with the ethos of chivalry, which was imported from the muslim knights by the crusaders. Here it merge with the troubadour culture in Europe, where wandering musicians praised the noble women, that would always be unattainable to them. This is where we have the concept of true love involving a woman at distance, and the burning longing to be with her.
First with publication of The Young Man’s Valentine Writer in 1797 do we really have anything looking like Valentines... from there it snowballed into the monster we have today.
Personally, I have told my GF, that she can shove it. If we are celebrating anything its this **must be 18 to clicky, clicky**, and she foots the bill. We did that last year
It's only after we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/2010 01:15PM by Morbid.
It's no bad thing.
Personally I barley even celebrate my own birthday... and most other things come below that.
I guess if I had a love interest though I might actually pay more attention to Valentines day.
Personally I barley even celebrate my own birthday... and most other things come below that.
I guess if I had a love interest though I might actually pay more attention to Valentines day.
I'm all for celebrating Valentine's day, and I don't even mind all the commerical crap that accompanies it. Heck, if I were in business, I'd be trying to cash in on any opportunity I could, so why shouldn't card companies, etc do the same?
However, what I really cannot stand is self-righteous single people who get on their soapbox around this time every year and preach to all and sundry how worhtless Valentine's day is and how everyone else is a sucker for celebrating it. Or the insecure girls who make a huge deal out of denouncing love and relationships, just because they happen to be single this year.
If you're in a relationship at the moment, good for you. Celebrate how you wish. And if you're NOT in a relationship at the moment, STFU about it.
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However, what I really cannot stand is self-righteous single people who get on their soapbox around this time every year and preach to all and sundry how worhtless Valentine's day is and how everyone else is a sucker for celebrating it. Or the insecure girls who make a huge deal out of denouncing love and relationships, just because they happen to be single this year.
If you're in a relationship at the moment, good for you. Celebrate how you wish. And if you're NOT in a relationship at the moment, STFU about it.
My Girlfriend and i decided to get each other cheap joke presents!
I got her a storage divider thing which cost me $4 and she got me a back scratcher that cost her $2.50
were both really happy with our presents and we had a great day just lounging around watching movies.
Dad picked some roses from our garden for mum. all in all $6.50 spent on valentines day in this house!!
I got her a storage divider thing which cost me $4 and she got me a back scratcher that cost her $2.50
were both really happy with our presents and we had a great day just lounging around watching movies.
Dad picked some roses from our garden for mum. all in all $6.50 spent on valentines day in this house!!
NeilPearson Wrote:
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> I got her a storage divider thing which cost me $4
> and she got me a back scratcher that cost her
> $2.50
BACKSCRATCHER!
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> I got her a storage divider thing which cost me $4
> and she got me a back scratcher that cost her
> $2.50
BACKSCRATCHER!
I don't remember writing that, I must have popped in from another time-line or dimension.
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[www.gp4central.com] <----GP4 CentralNeilPearson Wrote:
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> My Girlfriend and i decided to get each other
> cheap joke presents!
>
> I got her a storage divider thing which cost me $4
> and she got me a back scratcher that cost her
> $2.50
>
A storage divider and a backscratcher? You're not the most innovative couple on earth, are you?
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> My Girlfriend and i decided to get each other
> cheap joke presents!
>
> I got her a storage divider thing which cost me $4
> and she got me a back scratcher that cost her
> $2.50
>
A storage divider and a backscratcher? You're not the most innovative couple on earth, are you?
REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS
I tried to bring home a back scratcher from Thailand, only they wouldn't let her through customs and immigration.
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[www.gp4central.com] <----GP4 CentralMy favourite memory of Valentines Day is still from back in 1998, when I took my GF at the time to see Titanic at the cinema in the afternoon(Valentines fell on a Saturday that year, so no school) and we went to McDonald's afterwards and then back to hers. Ahh, the memories from a more innocent and less complicated time.
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> > I got her a storage divider thing which cost me
> $4
> > and she got me a back scratcher that cost her
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> BACKSCRATCHER!
BACKSCRATCHER? BACKSCRATCHER?
....Backscratcher.
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> > I got her a storage divider thing which cost me
> $4
> > and she got me a back scratcher that cost her
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> BACKSCRATCHER!
BACKSCRATCHER? BACKSCRATCHER?
....Backscratcher.
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> BACKSCRATCHER? BACKSCRATCHER?
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LOL!!!!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
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> > $4
> > > and she got me a back scratcher that cost her
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> BACKSCRATCHER? BACKSCRATCHER?
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> ....Backscratcher.
LOL!!!!
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
I got a penguin so @#$%& you all :P
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[www.gp4central.com] <----GP4 CentralVader Wrote:
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> A storage divider and a backscratcher? You're not
> the most innovative couple on earth, are you?
oh im sorry, i didnt realise we had to run our presents before you first.
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> A storage divider and a backscratcher? You're not
> the most innovative couple on earth, are you?
oh im sorry, i didnt realise we had to run our presents before you first.
I trashed my room trying to take down my computer to get to my foldup desk, cycled with it to my gf's house. got the spare set of keys and made her a micro scale candlelit dinner in her room for when she came home after work. between us, we also ate 3/4 of a plate sized blackforest gateaux I made. fatness!
she then abused me into the night. she got 30 quid just in tips for 4 hours work. oh, restaurant work that is! lol. not bad! and she also kept farting right up until about half an hour ago before I got questioned what exactly did I put in the food. She is now worried she might @#$%& herself during her architecture tutorial this morning lol.
how can someone so beautiful make something so wretched awful smelling?
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she then abused me into the night. she got 30 quid just in tips for 4 hours work. oh, restaurant work that is! lol. not bad! and she also kept farting right up until about half an hour ago before I got questioned what exactly did I put in the food. She is now worried she might @#$%& herself during her architecture tutorial this morning lol.
how can someone so beautiful make something so wretched awful smelling?
Apparently guys fart more, but women smell worse when they do.
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xkcd's valentines day tribute, i lol'd
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