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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Colonol Dekker on June 16, 2006, 11:01:16 am

Title: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 16, 2006, 11:01:16 am: POETS so everyone leave work and go out drinking, RIGHT NOW !!
Title: Re: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: Turambar on June 16, 2006, 11:05:10 am: yesterday was flag day

unfortunately i'm opposed to nationality, so i couldn't celebrate :(
Title: Re: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 16, 2006, 11:06:11 am: POETS =
Piss
Off
Eary
Tomorrows
Saturday
Title: Re: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: Shade on June 16, 2006, 11:13:30 am: What the... WE had flag day yesterday... you can't just go and steal our days dammit :p
Title: Re: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: aldo_14 on June 16, 2006, 11:16:56 am: Quote from: Shade on June 16, 2006, 11:13:30 am
What the... WE had flag day yesterday... you can't just go and steal our days dammit :p

fuck it, lets all go?
Title: Re: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: Shade on June 16, 2006, 11:25:37 am: Might as well be, don't get anything out of it except a couple more flags on the streets. Least they could do was give us half the day off or something :p

Anyway, our flag day is actually called Valdemarsdag, and it's in commemoration of a battle in Estonia in 1219, during the course of which legend has it the Danish flag Dannebrog descented from the sky, inspiring the troops to win an impressive victory. In truth it was probably some drunk squaddie who loaded the wrong ammo into a cannon, but whatever ;)

Incidentally it's also reunion day, as June 15 is also the day Denmark regained southern Jutland, which had been in German hands since the war of 1864.
Title: Re: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: pecenipicek on June 16, 2006, 11:55:10 am: *scratches head then wanders of very confused*
Title: Re: POETS DAY I'm off
Post by: Ford Prefect on June 16, 2006, 01:17:44 pm: How could everyone forget the most important holiday of all? June 16th is Bloomsday!