>Fletcher Thompson (R-GA) offered an amendment to rename our holidays "Uniform Holiday No. 1, Uniform Holiday No. 2," etc. The immortal skinflint H.R. Gross (R-IA), who had opposed spending money to keep lit the eternal flame over JFK's grave, proposed to move Christmas and New Year's Day to Monday. The Mondaynes were not amused.Uniform Holiday No. 1, etc,etc. This stuff is pretty funny. Especially since these holidays now have about as much meaning as these jest titles imply. While we're on the subject I always thought that if Armistice Day was of such significance that we set it aside as a memorial it should have been left intact.
There used to be a freeper called H.R.Gross, I wonder what ever happened to him?
1 posted on
02/14/2004 2:14:19 PM PST by
u-89
To: u-89
What holiday? I work for a living.
2 posted on
02/14/2004 2:15:21 PM PST by
Glenn
(What were you thinking, Al?)
To: u-89
Screw Lincoln,Washington,Jefferson....
Praise President Chester Arthur!
7 posted on
02/14/2004 2:23:02 PM PST by
Finalapproach29er
("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
To: u-89
Like in Britain, "Spring Bank Holiday," "Fall Bank Holiday." I hadn't realized Monday was a "holiday"; now I won't be looking for the mail! I'll have to ask at church tomorrow whether the public schools are closed Monday ... maybe some of my daughter's friends can come over to play :-).
9 posted on
02/14/2004 2:25:38 PM PST by
Tax-chick
(Still more than 8 months remaining until the election - is this boring or what?)
To: u-89
I miss Norman Rockwell
12 posted on
02/14/2004 2:29:35 PM PST by
knarf
(A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
To: u-89
I agree! See my earlier rant about this subject.
Earlier Rant
13 posted on
02/14/2004 2:29:42 PM PST by
Swordmaker
(This tagline shut down for renovations and repairs. Re-open June of 2001.)
To: u-89
I get so ticked off at all this political correctness regarding Holidays that I take off EVERY day in protest and devote each day to honor our past Presidents and Heroes.
Luigi
To: u-89
President's Day weekend means absolutely nothing to me. All it is, is a way for the history revisionists to devalue the contributions of Abe Lincoln and George Washington...especially Washington. Three-day weekends were never celebrated by me as I was required to work on Monday holidays unless I was lucky enough to be approved to have the day off. This required one to submit a day off request not less than 30 days prior to the holiday. And although you had to put in for the day that far in advance, you might not find out whether you got the day until the Friday before the holiday you had requested. I rarely took them off as if was always more pleasant to work on a holiday. None of the brass was there and the facility always ran alot better then.
I celebrate these holidays on the original dates that they were celebrated when I was a kid. To hell with the revisionists!
16 posted on
02/14/2004 2:34:52 PM PST by
mass55th
To: All
21 posted on
02/14/2004 2:52:57 PM PST by
Cindy
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