Yowza: The Official Friday Silliness Thread Salutes Valentines Day

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[sully777]

Yowza
It's Friday!

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"...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..."

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So, howzabout
some flowers instead?

[girlscout]

LOL!!!!!

[Lucky9teen]

Candy Heart Generator

[sully777]

I have a few

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Nice
Toes ~~Given by Dick Morris

Change
Me ~~ Given by Kim Nowak

[sully777]

John Paul Young's cheesy 70's song Love Is In The Air

[HOTTIEBOY]

IOTP

So....whats it dedicated to?

[HOTTIEBOY]

Hey! Can I get a ping next time you kiss another girl like that?

[girlscout]

That's an 'AIR' kiss. Socialites do it all the time so I thought I'd give it a try.

[absolootezer0]

what's it dedicated to? uhm. my kid, all tests have come out good, and she'll be 1 tomorrow :)

[sully777]

Robot Chicken's send off to chick flick Titanic using gamer code for dialog.

Titanic got pwnd :(

[HOTTIEBOY]

[OESY]

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/421324/the_laundry_girl_never_forget_her/

[HOTTIEBOY]

Good to hear.......she gets to be extra messy with the ice-cream and cake for that...

[Millee]

That's an 'AIR' kiss. Socialites do it all the time so I thought I'd give it a try.

Okay.

[John O]

If he's a Jew and a ham and his name Amsterdam
That's a Morey

[sully777]

They won't let you post directly to FR. That's why I used my own at #123

[HOTTIEBOY]

well thats just stingy

[girlscout]

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?

[HOTTIEBOY]

I have a small tool shed at my Gram's house that needs to come down. You think your D9 could handle it?

[HOTTIEBOY]

Since I prolly won't talk to you tomorrow, here's a wish for babygirl

[absolootezer0]

thanks!