But why isn't it a Bank Holiday ... ?
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But why isn't it a Bank Holiday ... ?
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Yes indeed. Happy Europe Day. Let's have a party:
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Country can't afford it. We're having three Bank Holidays inside a month. What will that do to the deficit, eh?Originally posted by scottycelt View Post
But why isn't it a Bank Holiday ... ?
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Who says it's Europe Day - it's not on my calendar! Portugal have cancelled four of their 14 Bank Holidays in their austerity drive, Corpus Christi, All Saints and a couple of commemorative ones.Comment
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... I would rather have hoped that scottycelt was marking -
S Gregory Nazianzen, Doctor of the Church; - to say nothing of S Hermas, S Nicholas bishop of Lincopen, S Brynoth I, bishop of Scara...
Myself - yes, I'm happy to celebrate a Day for Europe.
But more specifically today I mark the ancient Feast of Lemuria - during which the Romans appeased the lemures, ghosts of the ancestors - at dead of night, barefoot, wash your hands in spring water, throw black beans behind you, clash bronze cymbals to summon the ghosts from the grave...
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I don't know, but obviously someone does - and presumably with good reason; it's probably not on your calendar because they have different calendars in Wales.Originally posted by Anna View PostComment
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... o Anna - but it's so glamorous! - at the European Summit of 1985 in Milan, this day was proclaimed the Day of Europe, commemorating the announcement on 9 May 1950 of the project for a European Coal and Steel Union...Originally posted by Anna View Post
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In Poland?Originally posted by vinteuil View Postthis day was proclaimed the Day of Europe, commemorating the announcement on 9 May 1950 of the project for a European Coal and Steel Union...Comment
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"Happy" and "Europe".
There's two words that rarely go together......
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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Speak for yourself.Comment
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He can be relied upon to do that. If, however, he genuinely feels that "Happy" and "Europe" are "two words that rarely go together", one might wonder why it is that he lives in Europe, but one may suppose that he has his reasons...Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostComment
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Don't encourage him, for Pee's sake!Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Indeed he can, but in this particular case I thought he was venturing to speak for others (ungrammatically, too - "there is two words ..."Originally posted by ahinton View Post
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Pedant.Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostIndeed he can, but in this particular case I thought he was venturing to speak for others (ungrammatically, too - "there is two words ...")Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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Happy Schuman Day!!Comment
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