After all, today is St. Urho's Day!
Everyone knows that St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland, his feast day is on March 17, his color is green, and he drove the snakes from Ireland...but how many know about good ol' St. Urho?
He is the patron saint of Finland, whose day is the 16th. People wear purple in his honor to celebrate him chasing the grasshoppers out of Finland.
He might be fictional, but in northern Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Finns go wild and get a day's head start on the beer consumption!
Let me be the first to wish everyone, liberal or conservative, a very happy St. Urho's Day! :-)
2007-03-16 01:54:54 · 15 answers · asked by Rick N 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Anthony: Of course you reject it. Why wouldn't you? *sigh* Now chill out and have a purple beer.
2007-03-16 02:03:18 · update #1
Zoltar: Have you met Anthony? You two could be great friends. That being said, I tip my cap to the brave men and women of Canadian Forces as they stand shoulder to shoulder with US troops in defense of freedom.
2007-03-16 02:16:33 · update #2
Peace Love & Harmony: Your attitude belies your choice of screen names.
2007-03-16 02:21:32 · update #3
This is probably the most sensible post I will read all day.
Happy purple beer / anti-grasshopper day to you as well !
2007-03-16 02:17:42 · answer #1 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
St Urho supposedly chased the grasshoppers out of Finland? Look at my avatar and name! LOL! I'll buy a lib a drink if you promise to buy my grasshopper one and not step on him.
2007-03-16 02:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by bugeyes 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'll hoist one to the banishment of the grasshopper. The question is, are you familiar with the tale of the Ant and the Grasshopper?
2007-03-16 02:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by Michael E 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds great.
Tonight after work for a sign of good measure I am buying the first round for all my liberal friends or any liberal I meet at the bar.
2007-03-16 01:58:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nice thought, Rick, but let's just see how many Americans die today in Iraq and how many Canadians die in Afghanistan then we'll see how influencial your fictional saint really is. By the way, the real war is in Afghanistan where the Canadians are going it almost alone while the Americans waste everybody's time and money in Iraq killing people who did them no harm at all.
2007-03-16 02:13:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I love all Saints! Probably because during grade/high school we usually got the day off. (Catholic School).
2007-03-16 02:07:15 · answer #6 · answered by Political Enigma 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
using fact Sunnis by no ability do grave worshipping, by no ability says Allah a liar ( astaghfirullah ), by no ability have faith that Nabuwwat to Prophet (pbuh) got here via mistake and by no ability disrespect the Sahaba and wifes of the holy Prophet (pbuh).
2016-10-18 12:41:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DIE you grasshopper-loving, drunken, Finish scum!
But, speaking of beer consumption, I hear President Bush might be drinking again. I'm not sure about that, but here's a short one minute video that I found on YouTube. See what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEJnz-YzIdE
2007-03-16 02:15:24 · answer #8 · answered by AZ123 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Take one down pass it around - sure why not. It's 5:00 somewhere!
2007-03-16 02:09:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a moderate libertarian I also reject the truce never hold your tidy whities up as a truce flag! Unless youre buying the beer
2007-03-16 02:10:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋