Happy Memento Mori day!
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Memento Mori Day
Origins
"Memento mori" is a Latin phrase that means "Remember your mortality." In other words, remember that one day you will die. Memento Mori Day was started in ancient Rome (wasn't everything great started there?) when a servant reminded his general that, even though he was successful that day, he could very well die the next day and lose everything he'd had on earth.
Actual Date
January 3
Other Interesting Tid-Bits
The theme of Memento Mori Day is found in the Bible, in Isaiah 22:13. "'Let us eat and drink,' you say, 'for tomorrow we die!'" One of the many symbols representing the idea of memento mori is the Grim Reaper.
http://whattheheckholidays.wetpaint.com/page/Memento+Mori+Day?t=anon
But don't let the above get you down!
January 3rd is also:
Fruit Cake Toss Day
When : Always January 3rd
Fruitcake Toss Day is your opportunity to finally throw away the old fruitcake. After the holidays are over, it's time to bring in the new, and toss out the old. Today is the day that the fruit cake goes....hooray!
There is no one way to toss out the old fruitcake. Why not make a little fun out of it? Gather up a few friends who also are fortunate enough to have received a fruitcake for the holidays. Go out to a field and see who can toss it the farthest. Caution: do not toss the cake at anyone. This weighty steel-like mass of sugar, flour and fruits could injure someone, if they are hit by it.
Important Note: Fruitcake Tossing runs counter to the tradition of many people to pass the fruitcake around from one person to the next. In this tradition, the person who is holding the fruitcake on New Years, must store it away until the next Christmas season.
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/January/fruitcaketossday.htm
Others think all of January is a toss:
http://whattheheckholidays.wetpaint.com/page/Fruit+Cake+Toss+Day
Tossing fruitcakes like this can also be entertaining:
(I prefer using a trebuchet)
"Memento mori" is a Latin phrase that means "Remember your mortality." In other words, remember that one day you will die. Memento Mori Day was started in ancient Rome (wasn't everything great started there?) when a servant reminded his general that, even though he was successful that day, he could very well die the next day and lose everything he'd had on earth.
Actual Date
January 3
Other Interesting Tid-Bits
The theme of Memento Mori Day is found in the Bible, in Isaiah 22:13. "'Let us eat and drink,' you say, 'for tomorrow we die!'" One of the many symbols representing the idea of memento mori is the Grim Reaper.
http://whattheheckholidays.wetpaint.com/page/Memento+Mori+Day?t=anon
But don't let the above get you down!
January 3rd is also:
Fruit Cake Toss Day
When : Always January 3rd
Fruitcake Toss Day is your opportunity to finally throw away the old fruitcake. After the holidays are over, it's time to bring in the new, and toss out the old. Today is the day that the fruit cake goes....hooray!
There is no one way to toss out the old fruitcake. Why not make a little fun out of it? Gather up a few friends who also are fortunate enough to have received a fruitcake for the holidays. Go out to a field and see who can toss it the farthest. Caution: do not toss the cake at anyone. This weighty steel-like mass of sugar, flour and fruits could injure someone, if they are hit by it.
Important Note: Fruitcake Tossing runs counter to the tradition of many people to pass the fruitcake around from one person to the next. In this tradition, the person who is holding the fruitcake on New Years, must store it away until the next Christmas season.
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/January/fruitcaketossday.htm
Others think all of January is a toss:
http://whattheheckholidays.wetpaint.com/page/Fruit+Cake+Toss+Day
Tossing fruitcakes like this can also be entertaining:
(I prefer using a trebuchet)
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Been there done that!Please remember, Krustee, that even though you are successful on Perb today, you could very well end up in Perbatory the next day and lose all Perb privileges for the next two to four weeks.
several times
I need that, I really really want thatYeah, so does this guy:
Got anything in common with him?
I'm thinking that I could be using it in a different way too.....oh the options ........
