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1. A capitalist scheme to draw money from lovers for petty presents which just encourage consumerism
2. I also don't have a girlfriend, but I doubt that has anything to do with it...
2. I also don't have a girlfriend, but I doubt that has anything to do with it...
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Maybe it was copied and pasted.....?
He has his sources.
*Runs*
*Runs*
christ man how do you know this stuff
Drunk Cow wrote:
> Insane Bartender wrote:
> Drunk Cow is going to be a gigolo in a few years time.
>
> Yes very. I'll be wearing a pimp hat with feathers and green sparkly
> pants.:-o
Don't forget your furry slippers!
> Insane Bartender wrote:
> Drunk Cow is going to be a gigolo in a few years time.
>
> Yes very. I'll be wearing a pimp hat with feathers and green sparkly
> pants.:-o
Don't forget your furry slippers!
valentines day didnt used to be commercialised you know.
Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honor of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.
The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavored to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feast. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.
p.s. wheres the jusify button?
Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honor of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.
The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavored to do away with the pagan element in these feasts by substituting the names of saints for those of maidens. And as the Lupercalia began about the middle of February, the pastors appear to have chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration of this new feast. So it seems that the custom of young men choosing maidens for valentines, or saints as patrons for the coming year, arose in this way.
p.s. wheres the jusify button?
Drunk Cow wrote:
> Insane Bartender wrote:
> Drunk Cow is going to be a gigolo in a few years time.
>
> Yes very. I'll be wearing a pimp hat with feathers and green sparkly
> pants.:-o
ekk don't even go there lol
> Insane Bartender wrote:
> Drunk Cow is going to be a gigolo in a few years time.
>
> Yes very. I'll be wearing a pimp hat with feathers and green sparkly
> pants.:-o
ekk don't even go there lol
Insane Bartender wrote:
> Drunk Cow is going to be a gigolo in a few years time.
Yes very. I'll be wearing a pimp hat with feathers and green sparkly pants.:-o
> Drunk Cow is going to be a gigolo in a few years time.
Yes very. I'll be wearing a pimp hat with feathers and green sparkly pants.:-o
§n][peŽ wrote:
> If only the girl of your dreams send u a card ull be falling.
falling into the spiral of doom but fear not my Bachelor status shall protect me from them harpi..*cough* i mean woman *cough*
> If only the girl of your dreams send u a card ull be falling.
falling into the spiral of doom but fear not my Bachelor status shall protect me from them harpi..*cough* i mean woman *cough*
Drunk Cow is going to be a gigolo in a few years time.
I love Valentime's Day. I like sending love letters to random people saying "Oh oh, I love you. This is your secret lover" and they get all happy and show all their friends. It's so fun. On friday The 13th I like sending ransom and "I will killl you" letters. FUNNESS!!
I usually get at least 7 presents for no reason on Valentime's day from my friends that are girls and some girls that I don't even know. I only give out little things like heart shaped candy and everyone gets happy and they give me a portrait or something. Pretty awesome holiday if you ask me.
I usually get at least 7 presents for no reason on Valentime's day from my friends that are girls and some girls that I don't even know. I only give out little things like heart shaped candy and everyone gets happy and they give me a portrait or something. Pretty awesome holiday if you ask me.
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