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I remember a lady from Florida calling the Talkeetna Historical Society and asking how high the moose were when we drop them. Apparently she was under the impression that the moose are dropped from helicopters.
That's rich. "Hey! When you guys gonna drop the Moose"?
On an episode of WKRP in Cinncinati, they dropped a load of live turkeys on a crowd of people in the town square as a Thanksgiving Day promotion for their radio station.
They thought the turkeys could fly.
The reporter on the ground said they were "Hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement."
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That's rich. "Hey! When you guys gonna drop the Moose"?
On an episode of WKRP in Cinncinati, they dropped a load of live turkeys on a crowd of people in the town square as a Thanksgiving Day promotion for their radio station.
They thought the turkeys could fly.
The reporter on the ground said they were "Hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement."
"The festival went under scrutiny from PETA, and they began a campaign against it after a misinterpretation led them to believe that the festival involved moose being dropped out of helicopters. This took several heated letters and hours of phone conversations to clear up with PETA and make them recognize that moose droppings were being dropped from helicopters, rather than the actual animal."
'Merica Day? Is that the day when people dress up like a redneck wearing red white and blue while drinking Budweiser and shooting holes in a pick up truck that is sitting on cinder blocks?
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The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico, and especially in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16.
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Because it concerns Mexicans.
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Nobody gets upset with Saint Patrick's Day being celebrated in the US... so why the problem with Cinco de Mayo?
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So what's your point? You are the one who said St Pat was a legitimate holiday while Cinco is a made up holiday. Neither are holidays.
Actually, both are holidays in the people's own countries........ one is a war victory holiday, the other a religious holiday. At least the Catholic Church is very involved in America, where "The Battle of Puebla" not so much!
Leave it to Americans to celebrate another countries war victory......beer anyone!
St. Patrick's Day is totally about a historic political event of Ireland. It basically signifies a major figure and period in the development of their culture right down to the adoption of the shamrock as a cultural symbol(the shamrock was used to explain the holy trinity by St. Patrick supposedly)--religion and culture were linked strongly at that point in history. It wasn't a holiday celebrated by anyone who wasn't Irish until fairly recently in the last century, it was originally a religious feast day, but it was something recognized as a rememberance of Irish pride that was brought up during years of struggling against the English. Now people celebrate St. Patricks Day in even Japan who have nothing to do with Catholicism or the Irish.
Why do you care so damn much about Cinco De Mayo? No one is forcing you to celebrate it.
Do you think Mexico will one day celebrate 4th of July? I don't think anyone feels forced to celebrate. More like confused as to why Americans feel the need to celebrate another countries victory war day
Are we hard up for days to drink beer without guilt?
Do you think Mexico will one day celebrate 4th of July? I don't think anyone feels forced to celebrate. More like confused as to why Americans feel the need to celebrate another countries victory war day
Are we hard up for days to drink beer without guilt?
I'm confused about why we have an official holiday celebrating an Italian who sailed for Spain and discovered Cuba.
Do you think Mexico will one day celebrate 4th of July? I don't think anyone feels forced to celebrate. More like confused as to why Americans feel the need to celebrate another countries victory war day
Are we hard up for days to drink beer without guilt?
LOL, I'll bet those American expats living down there off their Social Security have a nice old time on the 4th.
Do you think Mexico will one day celebrate 4th of July? I don't think anyone feels forced to celebrate. More like confused as to why Americans feel the need to celebrate another countries victory war day
Are we hard up for days to drink beer without guilt?
The celebration of Cinco De Mayo in the US started in the 1860s in California among people of Mexican descent. It evolved into a celebration of the Mexican culture in the Southwest, so it's basically a Mexican-American holiday in the way it's became more important north of the border. Part of it was that Cinco De Mayo was an easier holiday for Mexicans in the US to get away with celebrating than something like Mexican Independence Day.
There's historians who claim that the victory over the French at Puebla tied up Napoleon III in Mexico leaving him unable to support the Confederates during the early years of the Civil War and had the French not lost the battle there would've possibly been a renewed European empire on the southern border of the US. The Battle of Puebla wasn't the end of the war but it was a patriotic victory for those fighting the French--and after years of guerrilla warfare and the end of Maximillian's puppet regime it would be the last time a European nation would ever invade the Americas. Hey, I'll drink to that...
Anyhow, I'm not sure why I'm supposed to be so offended by the idea of Cinco De Mayo, though certain folks on here seem to get their Depends in a bunch on here on anything involving Mexicans. People celebrate all kind of interesting historical events as holidays--look at the tradition of Juneteenth. No one is forcing anyone to observe any of these non-official holidays so go cry me a fricking river because I could care less about people who aren't Catholic or Irish celebrating St. Patrick's Day or non-Chinese going to Chinese New Year events. Frankly, I just like to have a good time with good folks.
And y'all are free to celebrate 'Murica Day or what ever the hell else you want...
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"Hey! When you guys gonna drop the Moose"?
