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Post by Incog Neato on Oct 13, 2008 9:08:21 GMT -5
Hey, what's with you guys???? I was reading up on Wikipedia that not every state observes this day and that in some states, they have their own holiday in lieu of it.
Where's the respect for the Chris, man!?
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Post by Skeletore has a boner on Oct 13, 2008 9:40:23 GMT -5
He was a slave-driver who discovered America only after a few dozen other explorers did and yet gets the credit?
Why does he deserve a holiday? Let's make it a much cooler viking holiday.
Though even vikings didn't "discover" America, the earliest known explorer to discover the continent was a Chinese explorer thousands of years ago.
Even before him obviously the Native Americans(who may actually have came from europe...not Asia).
Point is, Chris is just a man who came late to the game.
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Post by psybuster on Oct 13, 2008 9:50:38 GMT -5
Local vs national holidays have been around for a long time. I have no idea why Columbus Day isn't national though, regardless of whether he was first or not to America. Even within CA some schools get the day off, some don't...it's so weird  |
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Post by Incog Neato on Oct 13, 2008 9:57:36 GMT -5
He was a slave-driver who discovered America only after a few dozen other explorers did and yet gets the credit? Why does he deserve a holiday? Let's make it a much cooler viking holiday. D: Them folks figuring out the holidays were weird then! Maybe they liked his last name. I did notice some folks dubbed this day as a day to celebrate native Indians though! |
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Post by MonoTekETeA on Oct 13, 2008 12:51:00 GMT -5
Either way, the local post office wasn't open, and my mind totally blanked when I promised Justin I would send him a package today.  But he is totally cool with it. Justin:  Me in thanks:  |
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Oct 13, 2008 12:55:37 GMT -5
I cannot respect the guys who've had my name first, and I cannot respect the guys who'll have my name last. Plain and simple, Chris is too freaking common, and the next Chris I see... I will punch him square in the nose! If the Chris is a she, eh... well, the unwritten book of men clearly states that no man can or should under any circumstance alleviate mental frustration in a physical way on any woman, unless it alleviates their mental or emotional frustration too. Otherwise, I would do the same to female Chris people and all variations thereof -- Christian, Crystal, Christopher, Kris, Christina, Chrissy and so on and so forth, would all be butchered and maimed.  End of story. |
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Post by Lumi on Oct 13, 2008 22:33:59 GMT -5
Some of the public schools in my vicinity get Columbus Day off. Alas, colleges are SOL on that one-- and as I also work in the private sector, they also balk at the idea of an additional day off to honor some dude who sailed to the Americas.  Or something. Instead they gave us Martin Luther King Day off. I say give us BOTH, dammit! My coworkers rebelled by celebrating Leif Erickson Day, which was apparently last Thursday or so... I work with interesting people.... |
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Post by Falcom Director of Fanservice on Oct 13, 2008 23:32:26 GMT -5
Hail there, fellow Adventurer!
I am a traveler from Distant Lands, and landed on the shores of your
Kingdom just yesterday. Sadly, I've met with a cold reception thus far.
Your Kingdom seems to be overrun with brutes!
I offer you this gift as a sign of my goodwill and desire to coexist
peacefully with you and your kin. I hope that it will help warm you in the
cold Loathing nights.
Fare thee well!
-Cristobal Colon
You acquire an item: comfy blanket
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Post by Del Stimpson on Oct 14, 2008 15:32:18 GMT -5
I used to like Columbus Day, because it got me a day off of school, but I hate it now since it's just one more day that the bank doesn't open on. >:[ Hail there, fellow Adventurer! I am a traveler from Distant Lands, and landed on the shores of your Kingdom just yesterday. Sadly, I've met with a cold reception thus far. Your Kingdom seems to be overrun with brutes! I offer you this gift as a sign of my goodwill and desire to coexist peacefully with you and your kin. I hope that it will help warm you in the cold Loathing nights. Fare thee well! -Cristobal Colon You acquire an item: comfy blanket
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Post by Red Hairdo on Oct 14, 2008 15:33:39 GMT -5
That guy has a holiday out there? xDDDD Hehehe, that's amusing.  I have a cat named Colombo, because since she was a few weeks old she used to explore my house in areas we forbid her to. (We kept her in a safe, clean place.) Not sure if any other European went to America before him. I'm not really inclined to believe so, but there's no way we can know for sure. Anyway, even though he discovered America... the one who first realized it was actually a continent was another person, called "Americus-something" or a guy with a name like that. The continent's name is a homeage to him. |
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Post by Skeletore has a boner on Oct 14, 2008 15:49:24 GMT -5
That guy has a holiday out there? xDDDD Hehehe, that's amusing. I have a cat named Colombo, because since she was a few weeks old she used to explore my house in areas we forbid her to. (We kept her in a safe, clean place.) Not sure if any other European went to America before him. I'm not really inclined to believe so, but there's no way we can know for sure. Anyway, even though he discovered America... the one who first realized it was actually a continent was another person, called "Americus-something" or a guy with a name like that. The continent's name is a homeage to him. Dozens of Europeans went to America before him, including possibly the entire native american people(they share a lot more genetically and culturally with people from France than with Siberians). The vikings went to America long before Columbus. And as I said above, a Chinese Explorer(Zheng He) was the first(non native American) to have recorded the existence of the North American Continent. Hundredish years before Columbus. A lot of our "Exploration History" is very tainted by us being westerners and taught a very ethnocentric view of history. |
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Post by Justin on Oct 14, 2008 18:12:34 GMT -5
Yeah but its a day off of work/school so I don't see what the problem is.
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Post by clement on Oct 15, 2008 9:55:47 GMT -5
I cannot respect the guys who've had my name first, and I cannot respect the guys who'll have my name last. Plain and simple, Chris is too freaking common, and the next Chris I see... I will punch him square in the nose! If the Chris is a she, eh... well, the unwritten book of men clearly states that no man can or should under any circumstance alleviate mental frustration in a physical way on any woman, unless it alleviates their mental or emotional frustration too. Otherwise, I would do the same to female Chris people and all variations thereof -- Christian, Crystal, Christopher, Kris, Christina, Chrissy and so on and so forth, would all be butchered and maimed. End of story. Sup man. My name is Chris. Nice. to. meet. you. ha ha ha  |
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Oct 15, 2008 13:26:16 GMT -5
Nooooooooo!!! Why must you torment me so? XD
One of these days... I will get my name changed. When I find the inspiration and enthusiasm for the new name, I'll do it. I just eh... don't feel very inspired for much outside of my projects -- Project XX and FXR. I won't have Chris, Jim, Bob, Joe, or any other common name though. I refuse!
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Post by Yakra on Oct 15, 2008 15:57:02 GMT -5
Erm... didn't Mr. Columbus land in America and then do a happy dance thinking he was in India? And was thinking he was going to return home loaded with spices?  Atleast that's what I remember from history lessons...? I always found him a pretty amazing guy though. (So sayeth the one who formed her opinion after reading two lines.) But there are tons of holidays like so around here too. Celebrating some saint or whatnot. And quite often (infact almost always!), the whole country ends up getting a holiday on that day except the capital! Injustice! X( I cannot respect the guys who've had my name first, and I cannot respect the guys who'll have my name last. Plain and simple, Chris is too freaking common, and the next Chris I see... I will punch him square in the nose! If the Chris is a she, eh... well, the unwritten book of men clearly states that no man can or should under any circumstance alleviate mental frustration in a physical way on any woman, unless it alleviates their mental or emotional frustration too. Otherwise, I would do the same to female Chris people and all variations thereof -- Christian, Crystal, Christopher, Kris, Christina, Chrissy and so on and so forth, would all be butchered and maimed. End of story. I like the name Chris!  |
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Post by Falcom Director of Fanservice on Oct 15, 2008 23:05:19 GMT -5
Somebody call for more Chris?  |
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Post by psybuster on Oct 15, 2008 23:17:28 GMT -5
lol at the Orochi Chris
I suddenly remember how much I hate SNK bosses
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Post by Justin on Oct 16, 2008 0:18:43 GMT -5
I have 2 cousins named chris, had over 6 friends with the name. Its a damn popular name.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Oct 16, 2008 14:23:31 GMT -5
Exactly why I don't like Chris.  It's so common, it causes much frustration in supermarkets, etc. where people shout "Hey chris--" you turn your head and they finish "--tine!!" >.> I know my name isn't Christine, but still. You hear that first part of your name and you immediately wonder who's talking to you. |
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Post by Justin on Oct 16, 2008 15:34:05 GMT -5
My first girlfriend was named Christine... she dumped me.
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End of story.
Or something. Instead they gave us Martin Luther King Day off. I say give us BOTH, dammit!
Atleast that's what I remember from history lessons...? 
It's so common, it causes much frustration in supermarkets, etc. where people shout "Hey chris--" you turn your head and they finish "--tine!!" >.> I know my name isn't Christine, but still. You hear that first part of your name and you immediately wonder who's talking to you.
