Friday the 1st of May : Questions

GeoffC · 05-01-2009, 04:44 AM

What ?
Why ?
How ?
Bananas ?
Grapes ?
Chocolate ?

turducken ... ?

pdurrant · 05-01-2009, 04:53 AM

> What ?
May Day!

> Why ?
http://www.theholidayspot.com/mayday/history.htm

> How ?
With a May Pole.

> Bananas ?
> Grapes ?
> Chocolate ?
Not so much.

> turducken ... ?
Nope.

Sparrow · 05-01-2009, 04:56 AM

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month.

GeoffC · 05-01-2009, 05:01 AM

One may, of course ....

Ea · 05-01-2009, 05:45 AM

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What ?
Why ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...Workers%27_Day

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

How ?

1/2 day off - though in my company it's been added to the 1/2 day off at Constitution Day July 5th and then I have all that day off instead.

Events: the leftist political parties hold public meetings and people come and listen to speeches and music and to drink beer. The weather is perfect today for this.

The most die-hard socialists are also out, waving the red flag.

tirsales · 05-01-2009, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

What ?
Why ?

It's been answered ('Tag der Arbeit', Day after the Walpurgisnacht (with Maienstecken)).

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How ?

It's a (national) holiday in Germany (one of three, this one (on a regular base) since '33). My mother is celebrating her birthday, so I'll spent my day in a Restaurant and afterwards eating cake with the family - I could think of worse ways to spend a day

Politicians use this day to talk about work, progress, future plans, etc The unions traditionally rant about some social problems and present plans. Extremist groups (both left and right) use this day for riots.

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Bananas ?

I hope not!

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Grapes ?

Perhaps some fermented ones, so I dislike them normally.

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Chocolate ?

Definitely on the cake, perhaps some hot one too. Other chocolate can be left at the door, I'll collect it

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turducken ... ?

Nope - Pizza, Cake, Coke, Chocolate, Coffee and other stuff like that.

vivaldirules · 05-01-2009, 06:48 AM

Turdunken? Is that what you do with the dried up ones? Kinda like bobbing for apples only you.......never mind.

Curly · 05-01-2009, 07:22 AM

On the 1st of May, we get up early in the morning and go into the garden and wash our faces in the morning dew (this is to ensure a beautiful complexion through the rest of the year -- not yet worked for me, but I keep hoping).

When I was a child, after breakfast we would run around the garden picking wildflowers which we would put into baskets. The baskets were usually paper cones with a ribbon handle or a Pringles tube covered in paper -- see avatar. (In the UK it is frowned upon to pick wildflowers because so many are endangered, so now we have to use supermaket flowers.)

We would then go around to our friends' and neighbours' houses and place the baskets on their doorknobs, ring the bell, and run away so they wouldn't know who had given them flowers. We would then pile into the car, drop my father at the train station, and go to the donut shop and get donuts to eat on the way to school. (You just knew donuts had to come into the story at some point!)

zelda_pinwheel · 05-01-2009, 08:22 AM

on the first of may, we give a sprig of muguet (i don't know the name in english) to our friends. so here is some for all of you :

vivaldirules · 05-01-2009, 08:23 AM

That's lovely, Curly. Gee, I just got up and went to work. Boring.

GeoffC · 05-01-2009, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

on the first of may, we give a sprig of muguet (i don't know the name in english) to our friends. so here is some for all of you :

Lily of the Valley ... highly scented ....

vivaldirules · 05-01-2009, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

on the first of may, we give a sprig of muguet (i don't know the name in english) to our friends. so here is some for all of you :

Nice flowers, Zee. Thank you! I have no clue what those are but my guess would be "something-or-other bells" Lily of the Valley. I hear that they are highly scented. (ahem!)

zelda_pinwheel · 05-01-2009, 08:34 AM

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Nice flowers, Zee. Thank you! I have no clue what those are but my guess would be "something-or-other bells" Lily of the Valley. I hear that they are highly scented. (ahem!)

all right then, lily of the valley ! now we know. on every street corner there will be little stands set up to sell individual sprigs or little plants in pots, and you'll see half the city walking around with some in their hands.

the other half of the city has gone away for the long weekend. *sigh*

GeoffC · 05-01-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

all right then, lily of the valley ! now we know. on every street corner there will be little stands set up to sell individual sprigs or little plants in pots, and you'll see half the city walking around with some in their hands.

the other half of the city has gone away for the long weekend. *sigh*

would that be the half that your president wants to stretch towards the English Channel coast ?

BookishDreamer · 05-01-2009, 08:42 AM

I don't have any flowers to give, but I can offer a wad of dust bunnies (not for those allergic to wispy grey fluff), stack of paper to be recycled, and a collection of logo-emblazoned items received at conferences. Someone here decided today should be our official office cleaning day. Oh, I do have a tin of mints to share...just don't ask me how long they've been in the back corner of that drawer.

Dreamer

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	One may, of course ....

05-01-2009, 06:48 AM	#7
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Turdunken? Is that what you do with the dried up ones? Kinda like bobbing for apples only you.......never mind.

05-01-2009, 07:22 AM	#8
Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	On the 1st of May, we get up early in the morning and go into the garden and wash our faces in the morning dew (this is to ensure a beautiful complexion through the rest of the year -- not yet worked for me, but I keep hoping). When I was a child, after breakfast we would run around the garden picking wildflowers which we would put into baskets. The baskets were usually paper cones with a ribbon handle or a Pringles tube covered in paper -- see avatar. (In the UK it is frowned upon to pick wildflowers because so many are endangered, so now we have to use supermaket flowers.) We would then go around to our friends' and neighbours' houses and place the baskets on their doorknobs, ring the bell, and run away so they wouldn't know who had given them flowers. We would then pile into the car, drop my father at the train station, and go to the donut shop and get donuts to eat on the way to school. (You just knew donuts had to come into the story at some point!)

05-01-2009, 08:22 AM	#9
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	on the first of may, we give a sprig of muguet (i don't know the name in english) to our friends. so here is some for all of you :

05-01-2009, 08:23 AM	#10
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	That's lovely, Curly. Gee, I just got up and went to work. Boring.

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BookishDreamer Cultural Artist Posts: 1,128 Karma: 12829 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Georgia Device: Sony 505, Kindle 2	I don't have any flowers to give, but I can offer a wad of dust bunnies (not for those allergic to wispy grey fluff), stack of paper to be recycled, and a collection of logo-emblazoned items received at conferences. Someone here decided today should be our official office cleaning day. Oh, I do have a tin of mints to share...just don't ask me how long they've been in the back corner of that drawer. Dreamer