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Valentines Day – Mene-Mene

Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006	Well, its Valentines day, and I'd like to wish you all a Happy Valentines Day! Did you know however about the origin of Valentines Day? Valentines Day originated in an attempt by Hallmark to sell more products, it was named after St. Valentine. And so Hallmark made Valentines Day. Hmm... Wouldn't you like to have a company that makes National Holidays to sell products? lol. ------------------ MM out- Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice. "Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time.
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006	And on that note - Merry Christmas! Happy Easter! Happy Thanksgiving Day! Happy New Year! Happy Mothers Day! Happy Fathers Day! Happy Holidays! ... nvm.
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006	Seasons Greetings indeed. lol. ------------------ MM out- Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice. "Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time.
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005	Yes, happy V-Day to all. I like your style Laz. You've got a greeting for all the seasons at once. As a lazy person, I congratulate you quote: Originally posted by Mene-Mene: Wouldn't you like to have a company that makes National Holidays to sell products? lol. Yes. OpenFreakSoftware (My fictional company) sells "Linux Day Cards". Within the next year it will be the rage. Everyone will be giving each other aqua coloured Linux CDs and DVD (with Dolphins printed on them) on March 20th. ------------------ All Your Base Are Belong To Us!!! chown -r us ./base "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless.'' -- Tao of Programming Book 2 My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog [This message has been edited by CPUFreak91 (edited February 14, 2007).]
spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006	dolphins??? don't you mean penguins. ------------------ Matthew(22:36-40)"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Whose Son Is the Christ
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006	quote: Originally posted by CPUFreak91: Yes, happy V-Day to all. I like your style Laz. You've got a greeting for all the seasons at once. As a lazy person, I congratulate you [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mene-Mene: [b]Wouldn't you like to have a company that makes National Holidays to sell products? lol. Yes. OpenFreakSoftware (My fictional company) sells "Linux Day Cards". Within the next year it will be the rage. Everyone will be giving each other aqua coloured Linux CDs and DVD (with Dolphins printed on them) on March 20th. [/B][/QUOTE] Hey, I'm lazy too. And I predict OpenFreakSoftware's stock will go through the roof. invests in 2500 shares
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002	quote: Valentines Day originated in an attempt by Hallmark to sell more products, it was named after St. Valentine. And so Hallmark made Valentines Day. Hmm... Wouldn't you like to have a company that makes National Holidays to sell products? lol. I commend the hallmark company for their innovation to reshape culture to provide revenue along with pissing off many hippies. ------------------ Realm Master: "I'm cockasian" Soterion Studios
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	Ill buy your product CPUFreak! Linux Day.. yes.. That is a wonderful idea! I approve! ------------------ A n00b is an annoying person who enjoys being destructive. A newbie is a person who is new to something, and possibly enjoys being creative.
Valkyri Member Posts: 205 From: Registered: 08-13-2005	Yes, happy Valentines Day to you all too! I second Linux Day! God Bless! ------------------ A Game to combine all Games A Game that grows upon itself But A Game that ultimately in the end makes and forces one to ask themselves "Why?"
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004	Yeh happy hallmark day guys. ------------------ "The CIA must operate within the law.." - Former President Jimmy Carter, trying to solve an old problem. ;)
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006	Happy what?! Um, yeah. Happy Hallmark Day...
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006	Happy Holidays! Well, that sums it up. Happy Hallmark day! ------------------ MM out- Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice. "Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto I reserve the full right to change my views/theories at any time.
kenman Member Posts: 518 From: Janesville WI Registered: 08-31-2006	I did a google search of Linux day, and Google says its OCT 28, whats up with your day. Is it like a second linux day? Or just the day you install linux
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	Dang. Well thats ok, you can still be one of the first (or possibly the first) to make Linux Day cards =D ------------------ A n00b is an annoying person who enjoys being destructive. A newbie is a person who is new to something, and possibly enjoys being creative.
Briant Member Posts: 742 From: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada Registered: 01-20-2001	Actually, St. Valentine's Day existed long before Hallmark. It was first instituted as an official holiday ("holiday" is a concatenation "holy day") by the Catholic Church in 496 A.D., a feast day in honor and memory of Saint Valentinus, a bishop and priest who was martyred in the 3rd century. I don't know when the tradition of sending romantic cards and gifts on this day started. ------------------ Brian "OOP programmers have a lot of class" Check out this webhost! Fantastic prices, features and support!
Posts: From: Registered:	That's not an official Orthodox saint so I don't care. It's a silly holiday and it's origins are questionable. http://www.slate.com/id/2159800/nav/tap1/ "Nobody's quite sure, but it might have to do with a North African plant. During the seventh century B.C., the city-state of Cyrene* had a lucrative trade in a rare, now-extinct plant: silphium. Although it was mostly used for seasoning, silphium was reputed to have an off-label use as a form of birth control. The silphium was so important to Cyrene's economy that coins were minted that depicted the plant's seedpod, which looks like the heart shape we know today. The theory goes that the heart shape first became associated with sex, and eventually, with love." So it was about sex then changed to love. ------------------ "The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery." Shaw "Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones" "Matthew 16:18 I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." "7 21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven" :pI may be outnumbered but not out gunned.
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	Haha, theres so many stories for anything. I know 3 different reasons the candy cane was invented, and how it was invented. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- I didnt want to double post, so I separated this. I was just wondering how your Valentines Days went. Heres mine in a greasy orange peel. quote: Keela: uh.. Keela: goop.. Goop2: O_O Goop2: keela!! Goop2: wait.. Goop2: your gonna say something bad arent you? x_X Keela: yeah t-t Goop2: y-y Keela: my mom is cuting my internet off tomarrow y-y Yep, thats about it. hope yours went better :\ ------------------ A n00b is an annoying person who enjoys being destructive. A newbie is a person who is new to something, and possibly enjoys being creative. [This message has been edited by Goop2 (edited February 14, 2007).] [This message has been edited by Goop2 (edited February 14, 2007).]
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005	quote: Originally posted by spade89: dolphins??? don't you mean penguins. No, I mean dolphins. Dolphins are cute, penguins are too, but they've already been turned into the operating system's mascot so I can't use it. ------------------ All Your Base Are Belong To Us!!! chown -r us ./base "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless.'' -- Tao of Programming Book 2 My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006	Yeah, dolphins would be perfect. Goop - I'm not sure that I'll ever know what your little "conversation" was there.
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005	quote: Originally posted by kenman: I did a google search of Linux day, and Google says its OCT 28, whats up with your day. Is it like a second linux day? Or just the day you install linux Hmm. I wasn't aware that a Linux day already existed. No, I just chose a random date. ------------------ All Your Base Are Belong To Us!!! chown -r us ./base "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless.'' -- Tao of Programming Book 2 My Programming and Hacker/Geek related Blog
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004	Well Keela is like my best friend, but we can only communicate via Yahoo Messenger.. Also we play games together whenever possible. ------------------ A n00b is an annoying person who enjoys being destructive. A newbie is a person who is new to something, and possibly enjoys being creative.