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| 2-10-07
| Sully777
Posted on 02/09/2007 1:31:15 AM PST by sully777
Yowza
It's Friday!
"...While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial -- which probably occurred around 270 A.D -- others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.
To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at the sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would then sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification.
The boys then sliced the goat's hide into strips, dipped them in the sacrificial blood and took to the streets, gently slapping both women and fields of crops with the goathide strips. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed being touched with the hides because it was believed the strips would make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city's bachelors would then each choose a name out of the urn and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage. Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day around 498 A.D. The Roman 'lottery' system for romantic pairing was deemed un-Christian and outlawed..."
So, howzabout
some flowers instead?
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To: Millee
LOL!!!!!
To: sully777
122
posted on
02/09/2007 11:56:50 AM PST
by
Lucky9teen
(Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15)
To: Lucky9teen
I have a few
Nice
Toes ~~Given by Dick Morris
Change
Me ~~ Given by Kim Nowak
123
posted on
02/09/2007 12:02:25 PM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: Millee; wallcrawlr; RockinRight; JRios1968; BJClinton
124
posted on
02/09/2007 12:07:30 PM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: absolootezer0
IOTP
So....whats it dedicated to?
125
posted on
02/09/2007 12:16:16 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: girlscout
Hey! Can I get a ping next time you kiss another girl like that?
126
posted on
02/09/2007 12:17:40 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: HOTTIEBOY
That's an 'AIR' kiss. Socialites do it all the time so I thought I'd give it a try.
To: HOTTIEBOY
what's it dedicated to? uhm. my kid, all tests have come out good, and she'll be 1 tomorrow :)
128
posted on
02/09/2007 12:22:47 PM PST
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders - don't re-elect them!)
To: Sherri-D; JRios1968; BJClinton; Izzy Dunne; TheBigB; wallcrawlr; Millee; Constitution Day; Tatze; ..
Robot Chicken's send off to chick flick
Titanic using gamer code for dialog.
Titanic got pwnd :(
129
posted on
02/09/2007 12:24:33 PM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: Lucky9teen
130
posted on
02/09/2007 12:29:30 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: sully777
131
posted on
02/09/2007 12:32:27 PM PST
by
OESY
To: absolootezer0
Good to hear.......she gets to be extra messy with the ice-cream and cake for that...
132
posted on
02/09/2007 12:32:52 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: girlscout
That's an 'AIR' kiss. Socialites do it all the time so I thought I'd give it a try.Okay.
133
posted on
02/09/2007 12:33:30 PM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: Lucky9teen
If he's a Jew and a ham and his name Amsterdam
That's a Morey
134
posted on
02/09/2007 12:33:42 PM PST
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: HOTTIEBOY
They won't let you post directly to FR. That's why I used my own at #123
135
posted on
02/09/2007 12:33:46 PM PST
by
sully777
(You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
To: sully777
well thats just stingy
136
posted on
02/09/2007 12:51:50 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: Millee
Sweetie ... Baby ... I love ya ... just NOT "that way". It was an air kiss, there was no tongue involved. Come 'ere and give me a hug. Feel better now?
To: Fierce Allegiance
I have a small tool shed at my Gram's house that needs to come down. You think your D9 could handle it?
138
posted on
02/09/2007 12:57:26 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: absolootezer0
Since I prolly won't talk to you tomorrow, here's a wish for babygirl
139
posted on
02/09/2007 1:03:43 PM PST
by
HOTTIEBOY
(Campers laugh at clowns behind closed doors.)
To: HOTTIEBOY
140
posted on
02/09/2007 1:06:04 PM PST
by
absolootezer0
(stop repeat offenders - don't re-elect them!)
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