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To: Dominick

Gasparilla??


2 posted on 12/22/2006 5:39:06 AM PST by Mercat
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To: Mercat

Gasparilla is the big Pirate festival in Tampa, I guess it is an important as Christmas to dress like a pirate, throw beads, and drink beer.


4 posted on 12/22/2006 5:41:06 AM PST by Dominick ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." - JP II)
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To: Mercat

Gasparilla is a mock pirate invasion festival staged in Tampa every February. Named after Pirate Jose Gaspar.

Yeah, it's the moral equivalent of Christmas and Hannukah, at least to Sister Pat.

What next- VooDoo tree ornaments?


5 posted on 12/22/2006 5:56:16 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Mercat

Gasparilla? Gimme a break!

He was (theoretically) a pirate, and St Petes has Gasparilla days and events dedicated to talking like a pirate, dressing like a pirate, etc.

Somehow, I don't see this as being in the same league with Christmas. What the heck has happened to the mush-for-brains of the good sisters?


9 posted on 12/22/2006 5:50:21 PM PST by livius
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