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Old 02-14-2012, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Hermoso y tranquilo Panamá
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Happy Valentine’s Day, my little chocolate bunnies
. . . . . Didja Know?
Valentine’s Day traces its roots to an ancient pagan holiday called Lupercalia, in which men
stripped naked, grabbed whips and spanked young women in hopes of increasing their fertility


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Old 02-14-2012, 08:28 AM
 
Location: The Wild Wild West
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Today they substitute Viagara for the whips, oh wait a minute that's in addition to the whips...
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Old 02-14-2012, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Hmmm...sounds like a great tradition that's long overdue for resurrection (minus the whips).

"Hey Beautiful, it's Valentine's Day - drop your drawers!"

Ron
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Old 02-14-2012, 09:24 AM
 
Location: NW Indiana
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. . . . . Didja Know?
Valentine’s Day traces its roots to an ancient pagan holiday called Lupercalia, in which men
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stripped naked, grabbed whips and spanked young women in hopes of increasing their fertility
Idiots. *haha*
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Old 02-14-2012, 09:44 AM
 
Location: Looking over your shoulder
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And then the world progressed to what we have today! What will they think of us a few hundred years from now?????
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Old 02-14-2012, 11:40 AM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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Wow, that is really bizarre!...lol. Of course, some people are into that S&M stuff so some version of that may still happen in some households....lol.
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:01 PM
 
Location: South Central Texas
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Sounds like a lot more fun than this mamsy pamsy card giving and flowers... I say let us "Whip it good"...
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Old 02-14-2012, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Neither here nor there
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What a bizarre notion--that pain would make a woman ovulate.
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Old 02-14-2012, 02:27 PM
 
Location: SW France
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I just looked up Lupercalia.

Those Romans sure knew how to party!
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Old 02-14-2012, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Within Australia
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things were always alot funner before they were "politically Correct"
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