http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Happy May Day..... en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:02:42 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22262 Thu, 01 May 2008 22:14:00 +0000 Lighthouse 22262@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@ScottW. It is nowadays mostly only celebrated in small villages, and the dancing done by children.<br /> But it also a special time for getting married, as it is a celebration of fertility. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22255 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:17:40 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 22255@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>well i knew about it i have just never celebrated any think for it </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22250 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:09:38 +0000 Smashpmk712 22250@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@jack, I think that lighthouse was saying that you need to get out more if you have not heard of may day not that you are on HTG too much. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22248 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:43 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 22248@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>hey i get out enough but ya know i gotta hold it down on here too. ;) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22242 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:36:08 +0000 Scott 22242@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I doubt it was coincidence this happened today,<br /> <a href='http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0144367220080501?feedType=RSS&#38;feedName=domesticNews&#38;rpc=22&#38;sp=true'>http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0144367220080501?feedType=RSS&#38;feedName=domesticNews&#38;rpc=22&#38;sp=true</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22233 Thu, 01 May 2008 19:16:10 +0000 ScottW 22233@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Lighthouse, we never celebrated May Day in my house growing up. And while it is known here in America, it gets very little play on the news or in schools and offices. So, for those to whom May Day is a big deal, I'm interested to know what does it mean to <em>you</em>? I can read the wikipedia article but that won't tell me what it means to real people and how it is received in different countries. So, please, enlighten me. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22232 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:07 +0000 Lighthouse 22232@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>jack. you must get out more :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22226 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:11:48 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 22226@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i have never celebrated may day before </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22224 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:10:49 +0000 Smashpmk712 22224@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>when you ring the doorbell and hide in the bushes and laugh. kids in the USA do it for fun .... not so fun for the receiving party </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22221 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:09:53 +0000 Lighthouse 22221@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>doorbell ditching? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22219 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:06:58 +0000 Smashpmk712 22219@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>You know I don't think i had ever heard of it until now. but I suppose i could have just searched on Google for it. I did and found good ole' wikipedia <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day</a> look at the part about the Americas. I guess thats where doorbell ditching came from ..... </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22213 Thu, 01 May 2008 17:59:13 +0000 Lighthouse 22213@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi Smash. It's a holiday in Europe &#38; America &#38; various other places. Goes back to just after the beginning of mankind </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22212 Thu, 01 May 2008 17:55:56 +0000 Smashpmk712 22212@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Lighthouse, is this a holiday in France? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/happy-may-day#post-22156 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:34:56 +0000 Lighthouse 22156@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>......to you all. I want to see you all dancing round those poles today :) </p>