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Re: Ankh-Morpork People's Revolution of the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May

Posted: Tue May 25, 2021 10:49 pm
by Cholmondely
ffutures wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 10:37 pm
And it's also the anniversary of the Ankh-Morpork People's Revolution of the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May!

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!

https://www.metafilter.com/103861/The-G ... c-towel-is
On a stick, I hope...

Re: International Dawn Chorus Day

Posted: Wed May 26, 2021 2:51 am
by Commander_X
ffutures wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 10:37 pm
And it's also the anniversary of the Ankh-Morpork People's Revolution of the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May!

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg!
[...]
Special rates for all of these, and that's cutting yer own throat, if you don't like it, consult Mr. Dibbler! :mrgreen:

Re: International Dawn Chorus Day

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:30 am
by Cody
Solstitial salutations! Today is also the International Day of Yoga! I think I'll refrain from indulging.

Re: International Dawn Chorus Day

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:38 am
by Cholmondely
Cody wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:30 am
Solstitial salutations! Today is also the International Day of Yoga! I think I'll refrain from indulging.
May the sun beam down on thee, Sir!

Re: International Dawn Chorus Day

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 9:00 am
by Cody
Cholmondely wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 8:38 am
the sun...
... conspicuous only in its absence (which is a pretty good album)!

Re: International Dawn Chorus Day

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:42 pm
by spud42
Obscured by Clouds ? Perhaps....

Re: International Dawn Chorus Day

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:45 pm
by Cody
spud42 wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:42 pm
Obscured by Clouds ? Perhaps....
Another pretty good album, which once featured in the sci-fi trivia thread.

Re: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:37 am
by Cody
Aarrgh! Avast, ye scurvy dogs!

Re: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:41 pm
by CaptSolo
Shiver me timbers!

Re: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 5:44 pm
by Cholmondely
CaptSolo wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 2:41 pm
Shiver me timbers!
But how?

Are we supposed to pelt you with ice-cubes?

Re: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 6:36 pm
by Cody
'Twas on the schooner Hesperus
We sailed the wintry sea
She'd have been sailing yet, sir
But she struck on a Christmas tree

Re: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:23 pm
by Disembodied
The silent pirates of the shore
Eat and sleep soft, and pocket more
Than any red, robustious ranger
Who picks his farthings hot from danger.


From "Robin and Ben, or, The Pirate and the Apothecary" - Robert Louis Stevenson's *other* pirate story:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/772/772 ... htm#page59

Re: International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:28 pm
by Cody
Aarrgh! That be a goodly tale!


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Re: World Sleep Day

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:28 am
by Cody
Good morning, and welcome to World Sleep Day! Right, I'm off to get some shut-eye!

Re: World Sleep Day

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:09 am
by Cholmondely
Cody wrote: Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:28 am
Good morning, and welcome to World Sleep Day! Right, I'm off to get some shut-eye!
Should not that be World Sleep Night?