Hatrack River Forum: Happy Dyngus Day

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

*Hands a bucket of water to Taalcon* Better get to dousing.

[ March 28, 2005, 03:53 PM: Message edited by: TheTick ]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Wow! Is it that time of year again already? I remember us talking about it last year...

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

w00t.

Today, I managed to get my brother wet.

um.

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

[Mad]

just thinking about it. The whole Dyngus day concept, not Kama's particular idiosyncracies.

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

I can't say I'm a fan of the day. I usually just don't leave home.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Kama, that is a disgusting image.

Someone, get it out of my mind! [Angst]

Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :

Dyngus Day is a very big day here in South Bend, IN, too. I usually get warned several times to go straight home and be careful on the roads because of all the drunks. I've only been warned once today so far.

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

I sprinkled him with water, what did you think?

[No No]

Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :

I remember reading about dyngus day in some series of childrens books when I was little, they were set somewhere in the north central US (let's go with Minnesota), about a Polish family, and spanned from right after they immigrated till like the 60s, Pelowaski or something similar, I think one of the books was called "Betsy's Summer" and she actually read the Betsy Tacy Books, so I started reading them too.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

I remember reading about it in The Good Master.

Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :

*squees* Someone else who's read The Good Master! I loved that book! There's a Polish guy here at my work who mentioned the Easter-Monday tradition of splashing water on unmarried girls, it made me think of that book when I hadn't thought of it in years.

[ March 28, 2005, 04:29 PM: Message edited by: Stray ]

Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :

What the deuce are you all talking about? This phrase is completely unfamiliar to me.

Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :

I loved that book, too! It always reminds me of Christmas, because it was a Christmas present. And I got The Singing Tree around Easter of that same year, so I was thinking about it the other day. [Smile]

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

<hides behind door to garage with pan of water and hickory switch>

Oh Dana!
Dana!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

*sells tickets*

*takes bets*