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25 Mar 2005 04:29:06 PM |
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Holiday weekend |
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in the
UK we may actually get some sunshine! Since I'm in dialogue with
various posters in various threads, rather than repeat this, may I wish
you all a good holiday? Including but not limited to: Andrealphus,
Del, Dave Lister, WCB, R.L.Measures, FreeThink, L.Michael Roberts, Jez
(is that everyone?).
And, guys: remember to get away from the keyboard for at least some of
it, or your fingers will fall off. (Suggestions that this is because
my posts are coated with an insidious poison that causes leprosy when
you read them... and yes, it's too late now... are pure invention).
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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25 Mar 2005 07:11:10 PM |
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wrote in news:1111789746.586279.226920
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend.
Nope. Just another weekend. Not an official holiday in the US. (How did
that escape notice of the religious wackos?)
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "duke" |
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26 Mar 2005 08:29:21 AM |
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:11:10 GMT, Woden <woden@charter.net> wrote:
roger_pearse@yahoo.co.uk wrote in news:1111789746.586279.226920
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend.
Nope. Just another weekend. Not an official holiday in the US. (How did
that escape notice of the religious wackos?)
God picked his day of resurrection.
duke
*****
Acts 2
38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every
one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit".
*****
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| User: "GlennGlenn" |
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26 Mar 2005 11:52:55 AM |
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In article <gdsa41tabefrcc6neh9eevhoqvs23uor6a@4ax.com>, duke
<duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote:
God picked his day of resurrection.
Even if that were true, there's no indication of which day that was...
so for some reason someone decided to overlay the alleged resurrection
day on the pagan vernal equinox festival date.
--
GlennGlenn -- aa#825 --
I am not famous, I am notorious. And if I am rich, it is because I have taken
my wages in people.
‹ Quentin Crisp
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26 Mar 2005 02:52:46 PM |
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GlennGlenn wrote:
In article <gdsa41tabefrcc6neh9eevhoqvs23uor6a@4ax.com>, duke
<duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote:
God picked his day of resurrection.
Even if that were true, there's no indication of which day that
was...
so for some reason someone decided to overlay the alleged
resurrection
day on the pagan vernal equinox festival date.
The 'pagan vernal equinox festival date' was calculated based on the
passover? Some evidence for this improbable assertion would be nice.
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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| User: "Steve Knight" |
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26 Mar 2005 07:12:12 PM |
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On 26 Mar 2005 12:52:46 -0800, wrote:
GlennGlenn wrote:
In article <gdsa41tabefrcc6neh9eevhoqvs23uor6a@4ax.com>, duke
<duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote:
God picked his day of resurrection.
Even if that were true, there's no indication of which day that
was...
so for some reason someone decided to overlay the alleged
resurrection
day on the pagan vernal equinox festival date.
The 'pagan vernal equinox festival date' was calculated based on the
passover? Some evidence for this improbable assertion would be nice.
It's ASSOCIATED with the vernal equinox... OBVIOUSLY! Just as
obvious is the Pagan Spring Festival being thousands of years older
than your dumb magic pixie holiday.
Warlord Steve
BAAWA
www.sonic.net/~wooly
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28 Mar 2005 03:18:11 AM |
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Steve Knight wrote:
On 26 Mar 2005 12:52:46 -0800, wrote:
GlennGlenn wrote:
In article <gdsa41tabefrcc6neh9eevhoqvs23uor6a@4ax.com>, duke
<duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote:
God picked his day of resurrection.
Even if that were true, there's no indication of which day that
was...
so for some reason someone decided to overlay the alleged
resurrection
day on the pagan vernal equinox festival date.
The 'pagan vernal equinox festival date' was calculated based on the
passover? Some evidence for this improbable assertion would be
nice.
It's ASSOCIATED with the vernal equinox... OBVIOUSLY! Just as
obvious is the Pagan Spring Festival being thousands of years older
than your dumb magic pixie holiday.
In other words, you have no idea whether what you say is true, and just
start shouting? Another atheist fails the turing test <sigh>
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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| User: "Woden" |
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26 Mar 2005 09:02:58 AM |
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duke <duckgumbo32@cox.net> wrote in
news:gdsa41tabefrcc6neh9eevhoqvs23uor6a@4ax.com:
On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:11:10 GMT, Woden <woden@charter.net> wrote:
roger_pearse@yahoo.co.uk wrote in news:1111789746.586279.226920
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend.
Nope. Just another weekend. Not an official holiday in the US. (How
did that escape notice of the religious wackos?)
God picked his day of resurrection.
Isn't it funny how the early church leaders picked a pagan holiday to
subvert toward their own selfish ends. No god required or in attendence.
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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26 Mar 2005 01:55:17 PM |
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Woden wrote:
Isn't it funny how the early church leaders picked a pagan holiday to
subvert toward their own selfish ends.
Which one?
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's
thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions,
perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
Mine isn't; sorry about yours.
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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26 Mar 2005 04:32:07 PM |
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wrote in news:1111866917.353661.150360
@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
Woden wrote:
Isn't it funny how the early church leaders picked a pagan holiday to
subvert toward their own selfish ends.
Which one?
Does it matter?
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's
thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions,
perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
Mine isn't; sorry about yours.
Unwillingness to accept reality instead of your delusions is quite common
amongst believers.
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Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "Jez" |
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26 Mar 2005 06:25:27 AM |
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wrote:
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in the
UK we may actually get some sunshine! Since I'm in dialogue with
various posters in various threads, rather than repeat this, may I wish
you all a good holiday? Including but not limited to: Andrealphus,
Del, Dave Lister, WCB, R.L.Measures, FreeThink, L.Michael Roberts, Jez
(is that everyone?).
And a Happy holiday to you !
And, guys: remember to get away from the keyboard for at least some of
it, or your fingers will fall off. (Suggestions that this is because
my posts are coated with an insidious poison that causes leprosy when
you read them... and yes, it's too late now... are pure invention).
Well, if the Sun stays out, I'm gonna get a couple of cold stellas and
practice my Guitar in the garden,
(Anybets on it being too damn cold, even though the suns shining ?)
--
Jez
'Realism is seductive because once you have accepted the reasonable
notion that you should base your actions on reality, you are too often
led to accept, without much questioning, someone else's version of what
that reality is. It is a crucial act of independent thinking to be
skeptical of someone else's description of reality.'-
Howard Zinn
NFS Underground2, Americas Army And MOH-PA
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26 Mar 2005 10:19:46 AM |
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Jez wrote:
roger_pearse@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in
the
UK we may actually get some sunshine! Since I'm in dialogue with
various posters in various threads, rather than repeat this, may I
wish
you all a good holiday? Including but not limited to: Andrealphus,
Del, Dave Lister, WCB, R.L.Measures, FreeThink, L.Michael Roberts,
Jez
(is that everyone?).
And a Happy holiday to you !
Thanks!
And, guys: remember to get away from the keyboard for at least some
of
it, or your fingers will fall off. (Suggestions that this is
because
my posts are coated with an insidious poison that causes leprosy
when
you read them... and yes, it's too late now... are pure invention).
Well, if the Sun stays out, I'm gonna get a couple of cold stellas
and
practice my Guitar in the garden,
(Anybets on it being too damn cold, even though the suns shining ?)
It's raining here. Holiday weekends are infallible rain-makers.
Of course you heard the story about the African witchdoctor who came to
England and went back home and explained about the White Man's
raindance? How everyone in the community would get dressed up in
white, set up two wickets at either end of a patch of grass, divide
into teams, organise outdoor picnics, and prepare to play? "Then," he
said, "it will rain."
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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| User: "Steve Knight" |
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25 Mar 2005 07:33:10 PM |
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On 25 Mar 2005 14:29:06 -0800, wrote:
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in the
UK we may actually get some sunshine! Since I'm in dialogue with
various posters in various threads, rather than repeat this, may I wish
you all a good holiday? Including but not limited to: Andrealphus,
Del, Dave Lister, WCB, R.L.Measures, FreeThink, L.Michael Roberts, Jez
(is that everyone?).
***** you.
Best wishes.
Warlord Steve
BAAWA
www.sonic.net/~wooly
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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25 Mar 2005 07:15:26 PM |
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On 25 Mar 2005, dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in the
UK we may actually get some sunshine! Since I'm in dialogue with
various posters in various threads, rather than repeat this, may I wish
you all a good holiday? Including but not limited to: Andrealphus,
Del, Dave Lister, WCB, R.L.Measures, FreeThink, L.Michael Roberts, Jez
(is that everyone?).
And, guys: remember to get away from the keyboard for at least some of
it, or your fingers will fall off. (Suggestions that this is because
my posts are coated with an insidious poison that causes leprosy when
you read them... and yes, it's too late now... are pure invention).
All the best,
Roger Pearse
High pressure off the Southern California coast, chasing the rain into
Arizona, temperatures in the low 70s - time to fire up the Star!
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
______________
As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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26 Mar 2005 04:25:31 AM |
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Vic Sagerquist wrote:
High pressure off the Southern California coast, chasing the rain
into
Arizona, temperatures in the low 70s - time to fire up the Star!
<envy>
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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| User: "Hamish McNugget" |
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25 Mar 2005 05:18:59 PM |
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Recently, shared the following :
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in the
UK we may actually get some sunshine!
The United States does not recognize easter as a holiday. I have never
had an employer that gave a paid holiday for it either. I get a three
day weekend every week (Sat,Sun,Mon), so this is just a normal weekend
for me.
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Tom 0
aa #2134 a-vet #20
Mercenary Chef
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25 Mar 2005 07:29:31 PM |
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Hamish McNugget <yggdrasil@whoever.com> wrote in
news:1h9ul4gpa76qh.30p6axgjzmp5$.dlg@40tude.net:
Recently, shared the following :
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in the
UK we may actually get some sunshine!
The United States does not recognize easter as a holiday. I have
never
had an employer that gave a paid holiday for it either. I get a three
day weekend every week (Sat,Sun,Mon), so this is just a normal weekend
for me.
The stock market is closed for Good Friday, and many companies give people
a half-day holiday.
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
"You know you're over the target when you start receiving flak."
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25 Mar 2005 08:18:15 PM |
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On 25 Mar 2005, Fred Stone dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
The stock market is closed for Good Friday, and many companies give
people a half-day holiday.
Oh, is it Good Friday today? Gimme another beer!
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
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As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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25 Mar 2005 08:44:04 PM |
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"Vic Sagerquist" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9624BA70AA47vicman@216.196.97.136...
On 25 Mar 2005, Fred Stone dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
The stock market is closed for Good Friday, and many companies give
people a half-day holiday.
Oh, is it Good Friday today? Gimme another beer!
<raises Jack Skellington wine glass> Here's to you, sir :)
--
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "GlennGlenn" |
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25 Mar 2005 09:22:09 PM |
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In article <3ak0jjF6cdsmnU1@individual.net>, Robibnikoff
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Vic Sagerquist" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9624BA70AA47vicman@216.196.97.136...
On 25 Mar 2005, Fred Stone dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
The stock market is closed for Good Friday, and many companies give
people a half-day holiday.
Oh, is it Good Friday today? Gimme another beer!
<raises Jack Skellington wine glass> Here's to you, sir :)
Make mine tesguino:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4532569
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The Sacred Corn Beer of the Tarahumara
Morning Edition, March 25, 2005 · Good Friday is observed with
solemnity by Christians around the world as the day Jesus died on the
cross. In the rugged valleys of the Sierra Madre in the Mexican state
of Chihuahua, the Tarahumara Indians observe Holy Week unlike any other
Christians on the globe.
In the latest report for the NPR/National Geographic co-production
Radio Expeditions, NPR's John Burnett finds the annual religious drama
has been refashioned into an expression of cultural solidarity, replete
with barrels of corn beer called tesguino.
For the Tarahumara, the astringent, homemade corn beer is a sacred
social lubricant -- and during Easter week, or "semana santa," the
entire town of Norogachi turns into a giant brewpub. Corn kernels are
soaked, ground up, boiled and spiked with a local grass to help the
mixture ferment.
The Tarahumara (who refer to themselves as the Raramuri) are a
linguistic group of 120,000 who share a common language and have
preserved their culture through isolation and resistance. For them,
beer is an elixir for healing, a barter item and a divine beverage.
"God taught the Raramuri how to make corn beer," says Guadalupe Espino
Palma, the traditional governor of the Norogachi district. "We make
offerings of tesguino to God himself, and He drinks it also. We use
tesguino for dancing, and we enjoy drinking it." Even getting drunk is
a spiritual act, he explains.
Bill Merrill, a Smithsonian Institution anthropologist who's spent 30
years studying and working with the Tarahumara, says the tesguino
chases out the "large souls" within, leaving only the "little souls."
"And so when people get drunk that's why they act like children," he
says. "Because the souls that are controlling their actions are the
little souls, like little children."
The Raramuri also believe they are God's chosen people, and that their
mountain home is the center of the world. In their colorful parades and
festivals, they freely use Christian iconography to represent the
struggle between the Raramuri and the outside world.
Still, the outside world is slowly creeping into traditional life --
looking for work in the cities, modern comforts can be seductive. "It's
easier to get drunk on a couple of beers or a bottle of tequila than to
make tesguino and share it with everyone," says Carlos Palma Batista,
director of the Raramuri Education Initiative, a Ford Foundation
project to help preserve native language and knowledge.
The Easter celebrations of the Raramuri are a big draw for tourists. By
custom, participants will drink, dance, drum and carouse for as long as
the tesguino holds out, whether two days or two weeks. Spring planting
will wait.
And during this corn beer communion, in place of "happy Easter," the
Raramuri will say to one another "bosasa" -- "fill up, be satisfied, be
contented."
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Now *there* is a theistic ceremony I would gladly participate in.
--
GlennGlenn -- aa#825 --
I am not famous, I am notorious. And if I am rich, it is because I have taken
my wages in people.
‹ Quentin Crisp
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25 Mar 2005 09:19:50 PM |
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In article <Xns9624BA70AA47vicman@216.196.97.136>, Vic Sagerquist
<address@withheld.com> wrote:
On 25 Mar 2005, Fred Stone dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
The stock market is closed for Good Friday, and many companies give
people a half-day holiday.
Oh, is it Good Friday today? Gimme another beer!
Exactly! BOSASA!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4532569
The Sacred Corn Beer of the Tarahumara
by John Burnett
Morning Edition, March 25, 2005 · Good Friday is observed with
solemnity by Christians around the world as the day Jesus died on the
cross. In the rugged valleys of the Sierra Madre in the Mexican state
of Chihuahua, the Tarahumara Indians observe Holy Week unlike any other
Christians on the globe.
In the latest report for the NPR/National Geographic co-production
Radio Expeditions, NPR's John Burnett finds the annual religious drama
has been refashioned into an expression of cultural solidarity, replete
with barrels of corn beer called tesguino.
For the Tarahumara, the astringent, homemade corn beer is a sacred
social lubricant -- and during Easter week, or "semana santa," the
entire town of Norogachi turns into a giant brewpub. Corn kernels are
soaked, ground up, boiled and spiked with a local grass to help the
mixture ferment.
The Tarahumara (who refer to themselves as the Raramuri) are a
linguistic group of 120,000 who share a common language and have
preserved their culture through isolation and resistance. For them,
beer is an elixir for healing, a barter item and a divine beverage.
"God taught the Raramuri how to make corn beer," says Guadalupe Espino
Palma, the traditional governor of the Norogachi district. "We make
offerings of tesguino to God himself, and He drinks it also. We use
tesguino for dancing, and we enjoy drinking it." Even getting drunk is
a spiritual act, he explains.
Bill Merrill, a Smithsonian Institution anthropologist who's spent 30
years studying and working with the Tarahumara, says the tesguino
chases out the "large souls" within, leaving only the "little souls."
"And so when people get drunk that's why they act like children," he
says. "Because the souls that are controlling their actions are the
little souls, like little children."
The Raramuri also believe they are God's chosen people, and that their
mountain home is the center of the world. In their colorful parades and
festivals, they freely use Christian iconography to represent the
struggle between the Raramuri and the outside world.
Still, the outside world is slowly creeping into traditional life --
looking for work in the cities, modern comforts can be seductive. "It's
easier to get drunk on a couple of beers or a bottle of tequila than to
make tesguino and share it with everyone," says Carlos Palma Batista,
director of the Raramuri Education Initiative, a Ford Foundation
project to help preserve native language and knowledge.
The Easter celebrations of the Raramuri are a big draw for tourists. By
custom, participants will drink, dance, drum and carouse for as long as
the tesguino holds out, whether two days or two weeks. Spring planting
will wait.
And during this corn beer communion, in place of "happy Easter," the
Raramuri will say to one another "bosasa" -- "fill up, be satisfied, be
contented."
--
GlennGlenn -- aa#825 --
I am not famous, I am notorious. And if I am rich, it is because I have taken
my wages in people.
‹ Quentin Crisp
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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25 Mar 2005 09:26:19 PM |
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On 25 Mar 2005, GlennGlenn dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
For the Tarahumara, the astringent, homemade corn beer is a sacred
social lubricant -- and during Easter week, or "semana santa," the
entire town of Norogachi turns into a giant brewpub. Corn kernels are
soaked, ground up, boiled and spiked with a local grass to help the
mixture ferment.
Dang, I was hoping it was a sin...
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
Plonked by Jason Gastrich for all eternity...
______________
As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.
--- Hunter S. Thompson
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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25 Mar 2005 09:45:03 PM |
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"Vic Sagerquist" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9624C5FAE2059vicman@216.196.97.136...
On 25 Mar 2005, GlennGlenn dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
For the Tarahumara, the astringent, homemade corn beer is a sacred
social lubricant -- and during Easter week, or "semana santa," the
entire town of Norogachi turns into a giant brewpub. Corn kernels are
soaked, ground up, boiled and spiked with a local grass to help the
mixture ferment.
Dang, I was hoping it was a sin...
Sounds like some kickass moonshine :)
--
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Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
#1557
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| User: "GlennGlenn" |
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26 Mar 2005 12:24:23 AM |
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In article <3ak45uF68gu7cU1@individual.net>, Robibnikoff
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"Vic Sagerquist" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9624C5FAE2059vicman@216.196.97.136...
On 25 Mar 2005, GlennGlenn dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
For the Tarahumara, the astringent, homemade corn beer is a sacred
social lubricant -- and during Easter week, or "semana santa," the
entire town of Norogachi turns into a giant brewpub. Corn kernels are
soaked, ground up, boiled and spiked with a local grass to help the
mixture ferment.
Dang, I was hoping it was a sin...
Sounds like some kickass moonshine :)
Y'know, I think I've just picked my next Easter week trip. Sounds like
one hell of a bash.
--
GlennGlenn -- aa#825 --
I am not famous, I am notorious. And if I am rich, it is because I have taken
my wages in people.
‹ Quentin Crisp
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25 Mar 2005 08:23:50 PM |
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Vic Sagerquist wrote:
On 25 Mar 2005, Fred Stone dropped trou, farted, whirled, then shouted:
The stock market is closed for Good Friday, and many companies give
people a half-day holiday.
Oh, is it Good Friday today? Gimme another beer!
when i was a kid we'd always be out camping over easter and my dad (a
born again atheist) decided at some point that a bunny sacrifice was
appropriate so we'd go out driving, not looking for rabbits, until one
ran in front of the car and then we could go back to the camp.
--
Sam
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26 Mar 2005 04:24:17 AM |
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Sam wrote:
when i was a kid we'd always be out camping over easter and my dad (a
born again atheist) decided at some point that a bunny sacrifice was
appropriate so we'd go out driving, not looking for rabbits, until
one
ran in front of the car and then we could go back to the camp.
Really? It sounds like something from Monty Python... drive around for
miles, hoping to run over a rabbit.
The weather here is never good enough to camp out at Easter, although
some brave souls try.
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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| Title: Re: Holiday weekend |
26 Mar 2005 04:22:33 AM |
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Hamish McNugget wrote:
Recently, shared the following :
I presume everyone gets extra holiday time this weekend. Here in
the
UK we may actually get some sunshine!
The United States does not recognize easter as a holiday. I have
never
had an employer that gave a paid holiday for it either. I get a three
day weekend every week (Sat,Sun,Mon), so this is just a normal
weekend
for me.
Sorry to hear it. We get Good Friday and Easter Monday as public
holidays. Most people take 4 days leave and take the week before or
after as well, because it's a good use of your holiday allowance: 4
days off turns into 10 days at home. I can cope with that!
All the best,
Roger Pearse
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