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LCF · 03-08-2010, 04:00 PM

phenomshel · 03-08-2010, 04:14 PM

Awwww..how sweet! Thank you, LCF. Just what I needed - was sitting here not wanting to go to work.

Katti's Cat · 03-08-2010, 08:41 PM

How sweet of you LCF. Usually I try and ditch the 'lady' part that grandma tried to get into me (too much hard work) but I'll take the flowers as they cheer me up (just what I needed on a very blue day).

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-08-2010, 08:42 PM

Aww - that's very nice of you, LCF

PKFFW · 03-08-2010, 09:06 PM

Off topic......

Love your avatar!

Cheers,
PKFFW

montsnmags · 03-08-2010, 11:44 PM

Because I can't resist the opportunity to post Peter Gabriel (and Youssou N'Dour):

kindlekitten · 03-09-2010, 12:56 AM

ahhh! how lovely!

carlobee · 03-09-2010, 01:21 AM

wow. that's so sweet and thoughtful!

FlorenceArt · 03-09-2010, 03:46 AM

I'm sorry, I do not find this sweet at all. I find it rather insulting actually, considering what women's day is about.

montsnmags · 03-09-2010, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I'm sorry, I do not find this sweet at all. I find it rather insulting actually, considering what women's day is about.

The flowers or the song?

FlorenceArt · 03-09-2010, 04:28 AM

The flowers. I don't know about the song, I'm at work

Sparrow · 03-09-2010, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I'm sorry, I do not find this sweet at all. I find it rather insulting actually, considering what women's day is about.

I don't think any insult was intended.
According to Wikipedia, it means different things in different cultures:

"Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner."

Mind you, it's hard to do anything without offending someone somewhere - I was saddened by the use of a horse-slave in the Peter Gabriel video, but I appreciate that's a minority view in these fora and that's ok.

LCF · 03-09-2010, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

I don't think any insult was intended.
According to Wikipedia, it means different things in different cultures:

"Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner."

Mind you, it's hard to do anything without offending someone somewhere - I was saddened by the use of a horse-slave in the Peter Gabriel video, but I appreciate that's a minority view in these fora and that's ok.

I don't think either. Actually, I'm sure no insult was intended.

I do come from Eastern Europe and have grown up with the custom and everybody being happy about it.
FlorenceArt, I'm really sorry, if you felt insulted in some way.

SimonSays · 03-09-2010, 07:38 PM

What? Another stupid hallmark holiday?

How about a "Men suck" holiday, "My boss is an ass" holiday, "Quit eating all the bon-bons and ho hos" holiday or "I know you are screwing your secretary" holiday. You NEVER see cards for those days at Hallmark

GraceKrispy · 03-10-2010, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonSays

What? Another stupid hallmark holiday?

How about a "Men suck" holiday, "My boss is an ass" holiday, "Quit eating all the bon-bons and ho hos" holiday or "I know you are screwing your secretary" holiday. You NEVER see cards for those days at Hallmark

Ooooh, I *love* hohos!! And dingdongs! I havenʻt had a dingdong (hmm.. that could be taken in so many ways) in probably 6 years. And hohos... Iʻm not sure when I last had one of those.

Why do I sense Iʻve just started this thread on a downward spiral?

(and we just "celebrated" "girlsʻ day" on 3/3-- Japanese inspired holiday, I believe? I always forget about it, as I did not grow up with it. Boysʻ day is 5/5 I think?)

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03-08-2010, 08:42 PM	#4
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03-08-2010, 11:44 PM	#6
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03-09-2010, 12:56 AM	#7
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	ahhh! how lovely!

03-09-2010, 01:21 AM	#8
carlobee Fanatic Posts: 535 Karma: 972 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: The new iPad	wow. that's so sweet and thoughtful!

03-09-2010, 03:46 AM	#9
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	I'm sorry, I do not find this sweet at all. I find it rather insulting actually, considering what women's day is about.

03-09-2010, 04:28 AM	#11
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	The flowers. I don't know about the song, I'm at work

03-09-2010, 07:38 PM	#14
SimonSays No wire hangers, ever! Posts: 183 Karma: 540 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: O-hi-o Device: Sony PRS-300	What? Another stupid hallmark holiday? How about a "Men suck" holiday, "My boss is an ass" holiday, "Quit eating all the bon-bons and ho hos" holiday or "I know you are screwing your secretary" holiday. You NEVER see cards for those days at Hallmark

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