Easter
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Topic: Easter
Posted By: Velvetclown
Subject: Easter
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 00:37
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HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE !!
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 02:02
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Velvetclown wrote:Posted By: Soulman
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 02:28
Oh Easter was your real purpose to celebrate the consumption of chocolate bunnies and eggs?  
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 03:04
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Actually the consumption of eggs is very relevant to Easter - the Romans took the festival from the pagan around 200 AD (I think). The word "Easter" in the King James bible is reported to be a mistranslation of Pascha (passover). The word Easter comes from Eostre, a fertility godess. The festival of Eostre was (and still is) performed on the Spring Equinox (around 21st March), when the day and night are of equal length. This has traditionally been a festival of rebirth, and the assimilation was deliberately tailored to keep the Pagans happy. The name Eostre comes from the Greek Oestre (same root as oestrogen), and has its roots in a word that means "frenzy", and stems words that mean "a female in heat" (estrus)... which kinda explains the rabbits... The link to eggs here is obvious, as the symbol of rebirth but there is (allegedly) another one; The yellow yolk is said to represent the Sun, as in Sun day - or the day on which the sun is in the sky for the same length of time as the moon, and the white represents the goddess. The decorating of eggs didn't start until the middle ages in England, and appears to have no particular reasoning except that people liked the eggs to be brightly coloured. One suggestion I've heard is that the light from the Aurora Borealis used to play on the eggs laid out at the festivities - but I don't know how much truth there is in that. As for chocolate, it's irrelevant. It's just that people like it. It's hardly a symbol of fertility, as everyone knows what it's supposed to be a substitute for... ...although you could argue that, since a Creme Egg has the yellow centre and "white", that it's the closest of the lot to a traditional Eostre Egg
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Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 03:20
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Easter Changes it's dates due to the lunar cycle I think...... ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:23
Thank you CERT, goes to show that you´re never too old to learn summet new 
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:34
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Aarf! |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:38
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An Easter BULLY !!! ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:39
| Happy Easter. I like the Easter weekend. 2 days off work. Loads of chocolate and beer. Well every weekend means beer to me, but you know what i mean (I hope). |
Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:42
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Every weekend..? What do you drink the rest of the week?
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:43
Cheers Richardw ! ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:53
And what exactly do we celebrate ar Easter,Velvet? Hmmm? A bit of explaining to do I think! ------------- 
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:55
Now I lay me down to weep  Some people knows nuttin about Jehova  ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:58
Nail em up I say !!!!!!!!! 
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 05:59
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You found God or summat? Never really thought he'd be hiding out in Sweden,always thought he'd prefer somewhere warm like Greece.... didnt he say "and the Greeks will inherit the earth"?
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Posted By: Zero the hero
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 06:27
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Jehovah's Witness - No birthday parties? No Christmas? No Easter? No FA. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 06:28
Yes! And blessed be the cheesemakers! (Though this probably refers to anyone involved in the dairy produce industry). |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 08:29
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HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY. It's breakfast time here in Peru - I'll drink my coffee and eat my sandwich and my piece of cake with MARILLION's 'Easter' on my CD player. |
Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 09:36
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http://www.avaruusmies.com/jokes-files/img/164.jpg - http://www.avaruusmies.com/jokes-files/img/164.jpg This one is very bad taste, if you are a believing christian DON'TOPEN IT.If you think like me that you can make fun of everything go ahead. |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 09:49
same for this one! http://www.2and2.net/Uploads/Images/jesus.JPG - http://www.2and2.net/Uploads/Images/jesus.JPG
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Posted By: Captain Fudge
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 10:08
I'm Orthodox. Easter is on May the 1st for me, since we calculate its date slighltly different, but still based on the lunar phases. My uncle is a Catholic, though. Happy Easter, folks! ------------- 
Teenage sucks hard -- Emo sucks even harder Epic. Simply epic. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: March 24 2005 at 10:20
I couldn´t find my own ass in a dark room, let alone God . ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |