Litiquette V

[Suz_anne]

I guess I slack off a bit on President's Day and Columbus Day. Also Sweetest Day, an even more made up holiday than Valentine's Day.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

Quick hitter this morning. As many of you know, today is Easter. A Christian holiday observed by least faith filled to the most faith filled. But not everyone is Christian and for many this is a Sunday like most other sundays.

My question is....what holiday do you knowingly not observe, Valentine's Day excluded because it's the holiday everyone loves to hate. And why do you choose not to observe it?

I don't do Valentine's day. I'm impartial to Halloween. They're very American holidays that hold absolutely no sentimentality to me. I'm also a little flippant when it comes to Thanksgiving. The only reason I participate is it will often land on my birthday which means someone else can throw me a party.

 

[Trekka]

I don't do Valentine's day. I'm impartial to Halloween. They're very American holidays that hold absolutely no sentimentality to me. I'm also a little flippant when it comes to Thanksgiving. The only reason I participate is it will often land on my birthday which means someone else can throw me a party.

I get it-- no attachment to the American holidays. Are there any holidays in Oz that you don't observe? I'm curious!

 

[tnman03]

I’m reading the ignored holiday comments with interest. At this point I’ll concur with Trekka on NYE/NYD being non-events to me now. Most of that’s due to the craziness of others I’ve witnessed. So a quite dinner and such makes things happier. And can I ever tell you stories about the other holidays and people.

 

[Suz_anne]

I get it-- no attachment to the American holidays. Are there any holidays in Oz that you don't observe? I'm curious!

I googled. Aussie's have Easter Sunday, Easter Monday AND Easter Tuesday! That's how you do it. 3 days of ham, boiled eggs and sugar binges.

Aussie's also have a holiday called Picnic Day. I'm so down for that.

 

[aussiegeekygal]

I get it-- no attachment to the American holidays. Are there any holidays in Oz that you don't observe? I'm curious!

We don't have as many. New years is overrated, although it's pretty spectacular in the Australian summer. I only fell out of favor with it when I came to the states.

I googled. Aussie's have Easter Sunday, Easter Monday AND Easter Tuesday! That's how you do it. 3 days of ham, boiled eggs and sugar binges.

Aussie's also have a holiday called Picnic Day. I'm so down for that.

I've never heard of picnic day

Easter is a big deal in Australia- it's a four day weekend. Good Friday, the weekend, and Easter Monday (the official holiday for the Sunday). It's my favorite holiday after Australia Day.

 

[dacoach44]

Oh Suze....

I googled. Aussie's have Easter Sunday, Easter Monday AND Easter Tuesday! That's how you do it. 3 days of ham, boiled eggs and sugar binges.

Aussie's also have a holiday called Picnic Day. I'm so down for that.

3 days of ham and eggs! I never thought food would excite me so! I am off to Spain; will send over a rpt.

 

[ChainedUp]

Understanding that there are many variables involved with the following, let's make the assumption that for comparison's sake the following are of equal severity....

Would you rather be sick or hurt. That is, having to choose one or the other, does coming down with an illness give you more reason for concern than getting injured?

 

[tnman03]

Understanding that there are many variables involved with the following, let's make the assumption that for comparison's sake the following are of equal severity....

Would you rather be sick or hurt. That is, having to choose one or the other, does coming down with an illness give you more reason for concern than getting injured?

Such a conundrum...

I've dealt with serious life threatening illness and injuries with either being equally miserable. So given equal degrees of incapacity and subsequent recoverability I'll go with illness.

And apologies if it was intended as a cut and dried yes/no/sick/hurt question.

 

[Suz_anne]

Understanding that there are many variables involved with the following, let's make the assumption that for comparison's sake the following are of equal severity....

Would you rather be sick or hurt. That is, having to choose one or the other, does coming down with an illness give you more reason for concern than getting injured?

Timely question since I'm working at home today due to illness. Just a miserable cold, but still.

If we're talking about this type of illness(a cold or the flu), I'd rather have this than an injury. But if you're talking chronic illness, I'd rather take the injury and be able to recover and rehab.

Preferrably with the hot PT I had when I hurt my back a couple of years ago.

 

[dacoach44]

for me...hurt.

Understanding that there are many variables involved with the following, let's make the assumption that for comparison's sake the following are of equal severity....

Would you rather be sick or hurt. That is, having to choose one or the other, does coming down with an illness give you more reason for concern than getting injured?

You can recover from that; but a chronic illness can put you on a couch or in a wheelchair...

 

[SMNaughtywife]

Understanding that there are many variables involved with the following, let's make the assumption that for comparison's sake the following are of equal severity....

Would you rather be sick or hurt. That is, having to choose one or the other, does coming down with an illness give you more reason for concern than getting injured?

Uhhhh... I’ve got nothing.
Except!!! (Yeah I’m totally derailing this thread)
Basketball!!

It’s the last game of this March Madness fun
And if you know me, you know how much I love sports!
My bracket dead on for this end game. Yuppers.
So.... here’s some love for my Villanova boys.

 

[tnman03]

Uhhhh... I’ve got nothing.
Except!!! (Yeah I’m totally derailing this thread)
Basketball!!

It’s the last game of this March Madness fun
And if you know me, you know how much I love sports!
My bracket dead on for this end game. Yuppers.
So.... here’s some love for my Villanova boys.

I'd say that's showing some team sprit for sure....

 

[default24]

I picked them and Michigan to make the title game. Picked Villanova to win this year and also in 2016. The rest of the bracket is kinda garbage but still 98% on ESPN

 

[SMNaughtywife]

I'd say that's showing some team sprit for sure....

I know right!
Really my spirit is w/o the bra, but I’ll be good. For now

 

[Matt_Next_Door]

Understanding that there are many variables involved with the following, let's make the assumption that for comparison's sake the following are of equal severity....

Would you rather be sick or hurt. That is, having to choose one or the other, does coming down with an illness give you more reason for concern than getting injured?

Once upon a time, I fell 30 feet and broke my back. It was quick, I didn't see my life flash before my eyes....just heard a loud booming noise and bright white light when my back and head hit the ground. Since I never had broken a single bone in my body, I didn't have a clue I had broken back issues....which I guess are officially called compression fractures of the spine. There was some discomfort but no great real pain....just a lifetime of back issues exaggerated by this fall.

On the other hand...once upon a time....and five days after my wife delivered twins. I went to the doctor for what I thought was a bad cold and what the first doctor thought was tuberculosis. I thought it was a bad cold until I could not stop coughing up blood. I was immediately admitted to the hospital and the lung specialist confirmed I had pneumonia and that I had ruptured a blood vessel in my lung. So they proceeded to snake a little camera and drill down my nasal cavity....all the while I was watching on the monitor and took care of the bleeding.

In my situation, the illness was lengthy and when your lungs start to fill and you are coughing uncontrollably like that, there was no comparison because it had lingering effects and the injury was a ten second splat against the ground and six weeks flat on my back.

Fingers crossed that neither ever have to be repeated...but the illness in this case was much worse to endure...not to mention all sorts of bad things stress your mind when you are bleeding like that.

 

[ChainedUp]

Why do we still believe in superstitions? Not walking under a ladder, avoiding #13, not stepping on sidewalk cracks...etc. And yet we persist, is it out of a need to have more control? So we really believe it makes a difference? And what sexual superstitions are out there, I, for one, can't think of any?

 

[ChainedUp]

Come in her crack, break your momma's back?

Yea, that's not right. I got nuthin'.

A- for effort

 

[rubydlite]

Why do we still believe in superstitions? Not walking under a ladder, avoiding #13, not stepping on sidewalk cracks...etc. And yet we persist, is it out of a need to have more control? So we really believe it makes a difference? And what sexual superstitions are out there, I, for one, can't think of any?

I still throw salt over my left shoulder if I spill some and I don't cross my silverware when I'm finished my food. It's just a leftover from when I was a child and my mother and grandmother did these things.
Sexual superstitions...
Masturbation will give you hairy palms or make you wet the bed..
Sleeping with a virgin cures you of an STI
Peeing after sex prevents pregnancy. ..
Women don't like sex. ..
Not stuff I believe in but these things persist in some places.

 

[numeniusa]

Why do we still believe in superstitions? Not walking under a ladder, avoiding #13, not stepping on sidewalk cracks...etc. And yet we persist, is it out of a need to have more control? So we really believe it makes a difference? And what sexual superstitions are out there, I, for one, can't think of any?

Walked under a ladder last week. So far everything's been fi......

*distant sound of glass breaking*

 

[ChainedUp]

Walked under a ladder last week. So far everything's been fi......

*distant sound of glass breaking*

Watch ou.......! Whoops, too late.

 

[ChainedUp]

I still throw salt over my left shoulder if I spill some and I don't cross my silverware when I'm finished my food. It's just a leftover from when I was a child and my mother and grandmother did these things.
Sexual superstitions...
Masturbation will give you hairy palms or make you wet the bed..
Sleeping with a virgin cures you of an STI
Peeing after sex prevents pregnancy. ..
Women don't like sex. ..
Not stuff I believe in but these things persist in some places.

The things people will say to sleep with a virgin. I have never found that appeal, apparently I like women broke in.

 

[numeniusa]

Watch ou.......! Whoops, too late.

I really did walk under the ladder. There was an actual queue of people waiting to walk round it. We all grinned at each other, but there were some slightly horrified glances at the spectacle of someone actually walking underneath it

 

[dacoach44]

Step on a hole (in sidewalk)

Why do we still believe in superstitions? Not walking under a ladder, avoiding #13, not stepping on sidewalk cracks...etc. And yet we persist, is it out of a need to have more control? So we really believe it makes a difference? And what sexual superstitions are out there, I, for one, can't think of any?

break your Mother's sugar bowl.

 

[elli1point1]

Why do we still believe in superstitions? Not walking under a ladder, avoiding #13, not stepping on sidewalk cracks...etc. And yet we persist, is it out of a need to have more control? So we really believe it makes a difference? And what sexual superstitions are out there, I, for one, can't think of any?

I most definitely don't and I don't understand who other people do.
Maybe if there were sex-related ones, I'd adhere to those. Something like "Fingering the crack means bad luck in the sack". I wouldn't want to risk that!