The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

So that is what all the spider webs were everywhere including a desk covered with spider webs at work.

I wasn't able to put 2 and 2 together as I have no interest in the tradition.

 

[Pushka]

So that is what all the spider webs were everywhere including a desk covered with spider webs at work.

I wasn't able to put 2 and 2 together as I have no interest in the tradition.

I wouldn't get that either. I'd just clear away the mess and fetch the fly spray.

 

[Julesmac]

It's another crummy "tradition" imported via those rotten Yanks! Similarly they have beefed up Valentine's Day - although I reckon that's driven by Hallmark Cards and the classified ads!

 

[medhead]

The world is fine. It can survive without humanity quite easily....

Not even the world can survive. The sun will expand towards the end of its life and consume the world. But that just one of those pesky facts. I'm sure you will say it is not true.

 

[medhead]

I blame the Christians, or maybe the pagans for Halloween. The yanks certainly did not invent it.

According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals,[8][9] with possible pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic Samhain.[6][10][11]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

 

[anat0l]

I blame the Christians, or maybe the pagans for Halloween. The yanks certainly did not invent it.

Whilst we've got Christians, pagans and Yanks in the same discussion, how about April Fools Day?

[video=youtube;3FG1i2uAbUM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FG1i2uAbUM[/video]

Luckily no one sends around cards to celebrate 1 April.

 

[Pollywaffle]

Rant of the day...

Why do the FAs in QF J insist on asking if you would "like any bakery?". Since they all do it, I assume it's part of the spiel but I really would like to throw a dictionary at them each time they use that word.

I was laughing inwardly last night. On my flight last night, the first row was asked if they wanted bakery while the rest of us were asked whether we wanted a bread roll or sourdough bread.

Naturally, I took the sourdough and then liberally spread the Lurpak butter on it.

 

[SeatBackForward]

I blame the Christians, or maybe the pagans for Halloween. The yanks certainly did not invent it.



Halloween - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So what you're saying is..Halloween is one of those rare occasions I can deter people at my doorstep by using the line "Oh I'm sorry, see, I AM religious"

Knew I'd get to use it sometime..

 

[JohnK]

Fact! Society would be perfect if everyone was an atheist.

Yeah right....

 

[Hvr]

Fact! Society would be perfect if everyone was an atheist.

Yeah right....

If you believe, it will happen.

 

[serfty]

Fact! Society would be perfect if everyone was an atheist.
...

O M G ! filler

 

[JohnK]

If you believe, it will happen.

You better hope that never happens.

Look at history at every country that has tried to ban religion and you will see that it did not create Utopia...

 

[Shelf]

Which countries?

 

[anat0l]

O M G ! filler

And here is either an atheist, a non-Christian or a Christian who has just sinned.

 

[JohnK]

Which countries?

USSR is one. Cambodia is another.

 

[Shelf]

USSR? No such country!

 

[anat0l]

USSR? No such country!

Well, to be fair, there was such a country in existence. If you're fairly young, it probably didn't exist when you were old enough to think for yourself.

 

[Major]

USSR? No such country!

But I do have a stamp in an old passport from USSR (CCCP)

 

[Shelf]

Sarcasm fail, I'll abort this convo for now

 

[anat0l]

Sarcasm fail, I'll abort this convo for now

Fail indeed! Need to work on your sarcasm.