So how have you celebrated March 15...

[Rumple Foreskin]

The Ides of March?

I'm more into the Feast of Saint Swithin (July 15), the former Bishop of Winchester, chancellor to King Egbert, tutor of his son, King Ethult, and advisor to King Egbert. However, despite all the connections in high places, there's no evidence he had anything to do with the assassination of big Julie Caesar.

In this hectic day and age, the appeal of the Ides of March is understandable. So how are/have/will you celebrate the day they stuck it to old Julie?

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Guest]

I'll celebrate when I make it to March 16.

glumly, Perdita

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

I'll celebrate when I make it to March 16.

glumly, Perdita

Perdita,

Like a kidney stone in the urinary tract of life, this day too shall pass.

RF

 

[dr_mabeuse]

So St. Swithin was both chancellor and adviser to King Egbert? Was that the same King Egbert? Or was there a King Egbert and King Egbert Junior? Is that why he became a Saint? And was Swithin his first name or his last name. Or did they have last names then?

What was the question again?

---dr.M.

 

[SadieRose]

I'm on leave... so the dates tend to pass me by. but I can say without a shadow of doubt that today there was a shadow of foreboding hanging over me. I took the train into Manchester this afternoon and was very conscious of the current climate of unease in the wake of what's been happening in Spain during the last week. Perhaps that contributed, but I wasn't comfortable at all today and went home after just a couple of hours to curl up in front of the TV and watch Brief Encounter with a large glass of red wine.

*coming out from the shadows*

Sadie.x

 

[gauchecritic]

And no rain Rumple.

Cold February, March winds what next? April showers? Did someone mend the ozone?

Gauche

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

So St. Swithin was both chancellor and adviser to King Egbert? Was that the same King Egbert? Or was there a King Egbert and King Egbert Junior? Is that why he became a Saint? And was Swithin his first name or his last name. Or did they have last names then?

What was the question again?

---dr.M.

Oh man,,

Okay, now pay attention. Egbert III was the father of Ethult who sired Egbert IV who quickly died, making Ethelred (not to be confused with Ethelred "the unready") king until he died and Alfred the Great started kicking ass and taking names.

Of course all these dudes thought Swithin was a cool tool because, as Gauche just hinted, if it rains on his feast day it'll rain for 40 more day but if it doesn't rain, it'll be dry for the next 40 days.

You will be tested on this.

Rumple Foresking

 

[SadieRose]

Of course all these dudes thought Swithin was a cool tool because, as Gauche just hinted, if it rains on his feast day it'll rain for 40 more day but if it doesn't rain, it'll be dry for the next 40 days.

You will be tested on this.

[/B]

We tested this in Junior Library last year and it didn't rain on St.Swithin's day but during the next 40 days in Bolton it was sunny for fourteen and wet for three, then grey for a week then sunny for two and a half days then rain again for two, then cloudy....

Oh fuck it, you get the picture!!


Probably why they offed the guy in the first place!!!

 

[SensualCealy]

Oh come on you guys , dont be so glum!

We celebrated with SKOR covered ice cream cake!!!!
My son turned the big 13 today~ now to undo my jeans so they arent so tight! lol

Happy Ides of March to all!
Cealy

 

[kellycummings]

And here I was thinking it was just another Monday. I need to look at the calander more often.

 

[AngeloMichael]

I celebrate it as my birthday. Next year I have definite reason to beware the Ides of March, I'm turning 30

 

[shereads]

Oh man,,

Okay, now pay attention. Egbert III was the father of Ethult who sired Egbert IV who quickly died, making Ethelred (not to be confused with Ethelred "the unready") king until he died and Alfred the Great started kicking ass and taking names.

Of course all these dudes thought Swithin was a cool tool because, as Gauche just hinted, if it rains on his feast day it'll rain for 40 more day but if it doesn't rain, it'll be dry for the next 40 days.

You will be tested on this.

Rumple Foresking

When these people were called "the Great" or "the Unspoiled" or "the Red" or "the Pious," were those like campaign slogans? Did Ethelred endure ridicule by the other boys in his class, or was Ethel a normal name back them?

And what are "ides?" I know I had to answer that on a test once, but I'll remember this time because I'll have read the answer at a porn site.

 

[shereads]

I celebrate it as my birthday. Next year I have definite reason to beware the Ides of March, I'm turning 30

Happy birthday, AM. 30 is a cake walk; 35 sucked; 40 and up are easy, because you'll have gotten over the idea that you can do something about it.

 

[Guest]

Re: Ides of March

I was hoping Bush would show up in the senate and someone would start thinking sequel, but oh well...

LOL. Awful image of some of those guys in togas .

Thanks, Perdita

 

[shereads]

Re: Re: Ides of March

LOL. Awful image of some of those guys in togas .

Thanks, Perdita

I'll bet it wouldn't be the first time.

 

[Guest]

The Ides of March

Just one of a dozen Ides - by Borgna Brunner

As far as Caesar knew, the Ides were just another day.
The soothsayer's warning to Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March," has forever imbued that date with a sense of foreboding. But in Roman times the expression "Ides of March" did not necessarily evoke a dark mood—it was simply the standard way of saying "March 15." Surely such a fanciful expression must signify something more than merely another day of the year? Not so. Even in Shakespeare's time, sixteen centuries later, audiences attending his play Julius Caesar wouldn't have blinked twice upon hearing the date called the Ides.

The term Ides comes from the earliest Roman calendar, which is said to have been devised by Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome. Whether it was Romulus or not, the inventor of this calendar had a penchant for complexity. The Roman calendar organized its months around three days, each of which served as a reference point for counting the other days:

Kalends (1st day of the month)
Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other months)
Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other months)

The remaining, unnamed days of the month were identified by counting backwards from the Kalends, Nones, or the Ides. For example, March 3 would be V Nones—5 days before the Nones (the Roman method of counting days was inclusive; in other words, the Nones would be counted as one of the 5 days).

Days in March
March 1: Kalends; March 2: VI Nones; March 3: V Nones; March 4: IV Nones; March 5: III Nones; March 6: Pridie Nones (Latin for "on the day before"); March 7: Nones; March 15: Ides

Used in the first Roman calendar as well as in the Julian calendar (established by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C.E.) the confusing system of Kalends, Nones, and Ides continued to be used to varying degrees throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance.

So, the Ides of March is just one of a dozen Ides that occur every month of the year. Kalends, the word from which calendar is derived, is another exotic-sounding term with a mundane meaning. Kalendrium means account book in Latin: Kalend, the first of the month, was in Roman times as it is now, the date on which bills are due.

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[snooper]

I'm not sure which thread ...

... to post this in, but I ate a Cadbury's Chocolate Egg.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

In the US, the Ides of April is the day of reckoning. That's when the annual income tax forms are due.

---dr.M.

 

[Somme]

I'll celebrate when I make it to March 16.

glumly, Perdita

Why so glum, chum?

 

[Guest]

Why so glum, chum?

I'm better today, Somme. Thanks for asking. P.

 

[Belegon]

Ides of March

I was hoping Bush would show up in the senate and someone would start thinking sequel, but oh well...

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

When these people were called "the Great" or "the Unspoiled" or "the Red" or "the Pious," were those like campaign slogans? Did Ethelred endure ridicule by the other boys in his class, or was Ethel a normal name back them?

And what are "ides?" I know I had to answer that on a test once, but I'll remember this time because I'll have read the answer at a porn site.

Those titles were sometimes self-generated, sometimes given by their subjects or soldiers and sometimes, in a early PR type move, given by their enemy.

The Vikings called poor Ethelred "the unready" because they always played a strong game of whup ass on him. The most famous title change was probably that of the Norman frog who did some serous Anglo-Saxon butt kicking at the Battle of Hastings. Before the battle he was known as William the Bastard. Afterward he got the title, William the Conqueror.

Rumple Foreskin the Inconsequential

 

[Guest]

Rumple Foreskin the Inconsequential

Not to me, Rump.

Perdita

 

[AngeloMichael]

In the US, the Ides of April is the day of reckoning. That's when the annual income tax forms are due.

---dr.M.

Actually that's not exactly true, tax day is April 15 the Ides of April falls on the 13th.

 

[smutpen]

Re: The Ides of March

Just one of a dozen Ides - by Borgna Brunner

...Kalends, the word from which calendar is derived, is another exotic-sounding term with a mundane meaning. Kalendrium means account book in Latin: Kalend, the first of the month, was in Roman times as it is now, the date on which bills are due.

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AHA!

Another confirmation of my conspiracy theory. The calendar. The word "control." The very invention of writing itself. And that weird tie thing somebody mentioned.

Forget the priests and politiicans. We're all at the (dubious) mercy of the accountants.