Happy May Day!

[Caligulette]

May I have Workers' Rights?

Yes, You May!

[Qingdai]

Happy May day. Bread and roses for all.
:muffinpile: :rose:

The lack of bread smilie made me select a share-able pile o' muffins.
I probably just didn't look hard enough.

[Ensign Steve]

:sammich:

[Pan Narrans]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/funny-pictures-statue-attacks-pidgeon-russia.jpg

[Shelli]

Happy May day. Bread and roses for all.
:muffinpile: :rose:

The lack of bread smilie made me select a share-able pile o' muffins.
I probably just didn't look hard enough.Will this do? :toast:

Happy May Day! :flowerdance:

[biochemgirl]

I am so excited it is finally MAY! :hyper:

[Shelli]

Me too, except that last week the weather thought it was July and this week, it thinks it's March. :cuckoo:

[biochemgirl]

You too? It was beautiful last week and then the weekend it was dipping back into the 30's. What the heck is up with that? Hopefully it warms up and stays warm soon. :nod:

[Pinecone]

:violets:

* Pinecone grabs a muffin for breakfast

[Watser?]

Yay, tis the month of May and today's a holiday :celebrate:

[jess]

Happy May Day!

We're bringing mini baskets to some neighbors and the children at my boy's school...

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Happy May Day!

We're bringing mini baskets to some neighbors and the children at my boy's school...

I was just talking to one of my coworkers about May baskets. We were wondering if anyone did that any more.

[Ensign Steve]

Yay! My sprog turns 11 today. Happy birthday, sprog! :cupcake:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

u haz a spr0gz?

[Dingfod]

And here I thought it was April 31st.

[Caligulette]

No, no- 30 days hath September mumble April mumble and November...

[lisarea]

And here I thought it was April 31st.

I thought it was September 5357th.

[Adam]

Mayday, my ass...all patriotic Americans (and those furriners who are with us, not against us) know that today is Codpiece Day!!

http://www.juancole.com/graphics/bush7/bush.jpg

Also, our offshore developers have the day off...I'm glad to see India celebrating workers' rights our glorious victory in the War on Terror.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

OH GOD MY EYES!

Darn you! Darn you to HECK!

[Caligulette]

I still say that bulge was a CGI effect.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

OMG STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!

* Uthgar the Brazen starts looking for a funnel and some bleach.

[Adam]

Who needs expensive CGI when a pair of rolled-up socks costs like a buck and a half? Oh, wait...they probably would have been special Dept of Defense socks produced by Lockheed Martin for maximal bulge enhancement, at a cost large enough to provide free medical care to the entire population of California. You're right, CGI is the way to go.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

:glare:

[Dingfod]

Es Uno de Mayo, solamente cuatro más días hasta el Cinco de Mayo.

[Watser?]

Cinco de Maye es nuestre Día de la Liberación.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Stop talkin' gibberish! Damned fur'ners.

[godfry n. glad]

Really? Today is "Emission Accomplished Day"?

[Watser?]

:shudder:

[Plant Woman]

NM, thought this was about May Day. My bad.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Really? Today is "Emission Accomplished Day"?

Hate. You. So. Much.

[Caligulette]

Should I skip the "Battle of the presidential Bulge" jokes, then?

[lisarea]

Happy May Day!

War protests halt West Coast port traffic (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24408006/)

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Nice. Now Nancy Pelosi will have to wait an extra day for her copy of I'm Sorry Please Don't Hurt Me I'll Be Your Faithful Bitch to arrive from Amazon!

[Caligulette]

There is nothing about this on the Oregon papers' sites- and there was nothing about this on the ILWU union site as of 8 this AM, which is a pisser, since we have a major port here.

[JamesBannon]

Happy May day, comrades!

[Adam]

Apparently, today is also a National Day of Prayer in the US. So, is the US just intentionally shitting on Mayday, or what? Discuss.

[Uthgar the Brazen]

It is? Shit, I haven't made my sacrifices to Cthulhu yet. BRB.

[jess]

Happy May Day!

We're bringing mini baskets to some neighbors and the children at my boy's school...

I was just talking to one of my coworkers about May baskets. We were wondering if anyone did that any more.

This is our first year. I like the idea, but remembered about it around the 15th last year.

two neighbors are getting home to boxes of candy, and two had them presented. DH was given a chocolate cherry chili bar by DS this morning before school.

[Dingfod]

Apparently, today is also a National Day of Prayer in the US. So, is the US just intentionally shitting on Mayday, or what? Discuss.The folks in the Tulsa Atheist Meetup are going to a park for a protest, displaying signs like "Nothing fails like prayer." Since I disagree with their effrontery and think it does nothing to further whatever atheist cause there is, I'm not going to grace them with an appearance. I have a convenient excuse anyway, they're pulling this chicanery at 5:00 PM, right when I have to pick up my daughter and grandson from school. If I went I would be at least a half hour late and miss out on the horn-honking, single-fingered salutes, and shouted insults and threats Christians seem to be so free with here.

I'd rather dance around the Maypole.

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Ideas/Album/MayFayre/MaypoleDancing2.jpg

[Ymir's blood]

The best thing about May 1 is that it is exactly on the other side of the calendar from October 31. May 1 is the 121st day of the year. October 31 is the 304th. Now 121+(365/2)=304.5, that is to say noon on Halloween. That means that after six months of getting further away from Halloween, we are now approaching it.

:catjack::witcharc::boo::brew::haunted:

So to recap, the awfulness of not-Halloween is now half over.

[Watser?]

Here's the traditional German May Day riots:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44618000/jpg/_44618893_hamburg_ap.jpg

[godfry n. glad]

Isn't this the day of unbridled sexual activity? I understand that, during the medieval period, if any woman became pregnant during the free for all on May Day, she was still considered a virgin?

Hooray, hooray,
The first of May,
Outdoor screwing
Begins today.

'Tis Beltane, the cross-quarter day. Light the bonfires!

It's wicker man time.

http://classic-horror.com/images/brutal_wickerman_full.jpg

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Germans consider an upended port-a-potty and some tear gas a riot? Oh, how far the heathen horde has fallen. :sigh:

[Watser?]

Here's when there were some really nasty riots in this town (1981)

http://www.bewegende-beelden.nl/uploadedfiles/137-nijm4.jpg

Yes, that's a tank...

[godfry n. glad]

The rioters had tanks?

Wow...You guys over there are so....cosmopolitan.

[Watser?]

No, the rioters had the barricades :blank:

Tis the traditional way.

[godfry n. glad]

It seems to me that I heard about some uprising in Eastern Europe where the rioters actually fuelled up a Soviet tank that'd been parked on some public square as a "monument" (aka reminder) of their "liberation". What surprised me is that it worked. The Soviets hadn't thought to render it inoperable...they just ran it out of fuel and let it sit.

[Adam]

I remember reading about that, godfry. I still don't get how that happened. My lawnmower refuses to work if I run it out of gas and leave it in the garage over the winter.

[Watser?]

Russian built stuff is built to last. The Mir space station was falling apart after it had been working for way longer than planned but the Russians kept it going with duct tape and wire. I think if you are in a jam a Russian technician would be good to have around.

[godfry n. glad]

Russian built stuff is built to last. The Mir space station was falling apart after it had been working for way longer than planned but the Russians kept it going with duct tape and wire. I think if you are in a jam a Russian technician would be good to have around.

Yeahbut...

Wouldn't you think that if they're going to set it up as a "liberation memorial", they'd somehow disable it so that local rabble-rousers don't use it?

Probably because the Soviets thought the provincials were either stupid or intimidated, or both.

[erimir]

I find it a little strange that the events celebrated on May Day (with regards to labor rights) occurred in the US, but May Day is much more recognized in Europe than here.

[Ymir's blood]

Given that Labor Day is seen as just another day off and a chance for more patriotic displays, it doesn't surprise me.

[Petra]

Happy May Day!

War protests halt West Coast port traffic (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24408006/)

That's cool.

[Petra]

May is also NZ Music Month, so y'all have to listen to NZ music till June, k. :cool:

[Stormlight]

Apparently, today is also a National Day of Prayer in the US. So, is the US just intentionally shitting on Mayday, or what? Discuss.

You guys have a National Day of Prayer?? Seriously? That's so cool! :giggles:

[Petra]

You guys have a National Day of Prayer?? Seriously? That's so cool!

:giggles:

I hear ya! :giggle:

[viscousmemories]

Workers Rights? I thought it was Uppity Mexicans day.

[JamesBannon]

This video seems appropriate

YouTube - The Sound of Silence

[jess]

Apparently, today is also a National Day of Prayer in the US. So, is the US just intentionally shitting on Mayday, or what? Discuss.

You guys have a National Day of Prayer?? Seriously? That's so cool! :giggles:


A wiccan, IIRC, is sueing.

Apparently, it's only open to Christians.

[Stormlight]

I just looked it up on Wikipedia. You even have a "National Day of Prayer Task Force"? :rofl:

[Uthgar the Brazen]

Apparently, today is also a National Day of Prayer in the US. So, is the US just intentionally shitting on Mayday, or what? Discuss.

You guys have a National Day of Prayer?? Seriously? That's so cool! :giggles:


A Wiccan, IIRC, is suing.

Apparently, it's only open to Christians.

:fixed:

Why sue? I don't want to pray with a bunch of Christians...

ETA: Not Wiccan, just to clarify.

[Caligulette]

I just looked it up on Wikipedia. You even have a "National Day of Prayer Task Force"? :rofl:

Don't laugh, they're armed. And they're more adamant than Chabad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad).



In any event- I spent May Day hanging around, and then went to our workers' BBQ, where I ate buffalo for the first time and watched the workers' kids run around and chase chickens. I also picked up a chicken my own self and held it until it scared me with its bourgoise wing flapping.

[godfry n. glad]

I also picked up a chicken my own self and held it until it scared me with its bourgoise wing flapping.

I certainly hope it was a RI Red.

I communed with my cell of Reds, Emma, Red and the four Rudies.

[Caligulette]

It was orange-ish, but otherwise I have no idea what sort.

I have to say I am a bit pissed off about the dock closure not being announced within the ILWU rank and file- I am a member and would have gone out in support. There was a sort of back and forth with it a month or so ago, but when the arbitrator said "You may not", that seemed the end of it. I can understand not telling the bosses, but it could have been communicated to the workers.

[Qingdai]

Well if they were told by arbitrators they couldn't stop work, how could they officially communicate with the workers except by word of mouth? Seemed that worked fairly well on the longshore side. Better communication between locals may be the key.

[Caligulette]

Well if there were no official communication, how did the entire coast go out?

[Qingdai]

They went out because at the hiring hall (I am speculating here) they probably agreed to, the hiring hall is the place where gossip gets passed on, it's safe from the prying eyes of the bosses. Heck, they don't even understand how the union organizes hiring, much less day to day bru ha ha. Word gets passed around, the same as when they "unofficially" decided to dump all the logs going to S.A.

Never underestimate the ability of men to gossip.

[Caligulette]

:Laugh:

[godfry n. glad]

They went out because at the hiring hall (I am speculating here) they probably agreed to, the hiring hall is the place where gossip gets passed on, it's safe from the prying eyes of the bosses. Heck, they don't even understand how the union organizes hiring, much less day to day bru ha ha. Word gets passed around, the same as when they "unofficially" decided to dump all the logs going to S.A.

Never underestimate the ability of men to gossip.

Ramen! :fsm:

Another employee and I ran a representation campaign inside the Chamber of Commerce, amongst the staff.

I'm sorry, Caligulette, that you didn't get to show your solidarity. I can't explain you're being out of the loop. A friend of mine organized your place of employment. Could it be that local longshore types are Stalinists? Or, Maoists?

[Caligulette]

There is a contingent of ISO members, I do know that. They're more than revisionist, they're opportunists (endorsing Green Party and Dem party candidates, for example). I have been told that there is a Stalinist strain in the ILWU. I am inclined to believe it, based purely on the history of the CP in the USA.

[But]

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,1167212,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,1167074,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,1167081,00.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,1167267,00.jpg

[Kyuss Apollo]

We didn't blow up any cars, but my great labor subversion yesterday was that I did take the day out of work and we celebrated Beltane by having an egg hunt with the kids and then went for a hike and a picnic at a nearby Nicholas Farm management area (http://www.rihunts.com/wma/nicholasfarm.htm) which we hadn't been to yet :yup:



http://www.rihunts.com/images/wma/nicholas.ref.jpg

Good times, good times. Nice bright sunshiny day, not too hot or too breezy. We took the path that passed near Roaring Brook (not that loud really) and almost ends at the Moosup River, but we didn't bushwack the path the rest of the way to the river because of the large nests of red ants at the end of the trail... Spring is in full force here for the various bugs--the gnats just arrived in RI this week and of course the ticks, which were out in full force in both the standard and deer tick varieties, and made for an interesting picnic as we discovered them coming up on us commando style. But the final score was humans 9, ticks 0, so altogether it was great May Day picnic, for us anyway. Then we drove over to Carbuncle Pond and the people rolled their pants legs up and got their feet wet. Summer's just around the corner!

[Qingdai]

Carbuncle pond? Must be named to keep tourists away, you do know a carbuncle is a localized skin infection, yes?

[Ymir's blood]

It is also an archaic name for a red gemstone as well as a fabulous creature supposedly found by the conquistadors.

[Caligulette]

I have come across the gemstone reference, as well as the skin one, but never before the creature one. Now I want a Pet Carbuncle.

[Ymir's blood]

Carbuncle

http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3684&stc=1&d=1209832519

Frequency: Rare
No. Appearing: 1
Armour Class: 2
Move: 3"
Hit Dice: 1
% In Lair: 10%
Treasure Type: Nil
No. Of Attacks: Nil
Damage/Attack: Nil
Special Defenses: Special
Magic Resistance: Standard
Intelligence: Low-Average
Alignment: Neutral with Chaotic tendencies
Size: S (3' long)
Psionic Ability: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
Level/X.P. Value: 1 / 14+1 per hit point

[Caligulette]

Ooh, three feet long might be too big yet. Shoot. They are cute, though. I betcha we could hybrid-ize an armadillo into something like that. If we can make wolves into chihuahuas, almost anything is possible, right?

[Qingdai]

"Neutral with chaotic tendencies" may not be what you want in a pet.

[Caligulette]

It's what I got in a kid of an early morning...

[Ymir's blood]

"Neutral with chaotic tendencies" may not be what you want in a pet.Yeah, I didn't feel like typing up the description, but they use telepathy to make trouble for adventurers.

[Qingdai]

Yah, tell me about it.
He was up at 4 am.
:yawn:

[Caligulette]

I noticed the post in Ranty Thread and wondered why "Being Up At Four" did not figure into the contribution.

[Qingdai]

Cause he went to sleep at 6:30 pm, I was expecting it to some degree or another.

[Caligulette]

That's when you gotta wake 'em up and make 'em do crafts or something.

[Qingdai]

I voted, "watch tv with husband" instead. I don't see him all that much and we have a few things to discuss.

[godfry n. glad]

I voted, "watch tv with husband" instead. I don't see him all that much and we have a few things to discuss.

:nudge: if you know what i mean...

[Qingdai]

Sure! And we have the energy for that too! You are more optimistic than people think Godfrey.

[Adam]

Carbuncle

Frequency: Rare
No. Appearing: 1
Armour Class: 2
Move: 3"
Hit Dice: 1
% In Lair: 10%
Treasure Type: Nil
No. Of Attacks: Nil
Damage/Attack: Nil
Special Defenses: Special
Magic Resistance: Standard
Intelligence: Low-Average
Alignment: Neutral with Chaotic tendencies
Size: S (3' long)
Psionic Ability: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
Level/X.P. Value: 1 / 14+1 per hit point

I don't think I've ever seen that...which MM is that in? The only gaming Carbuncle I've ever seen is the Carbuncle summon in some of the Final Fantasy games.

[Ymir's blood]

It's from the original Fiend Folio, 1st edition AD&D. A lot of the creatures in it were 'obligatory new monsters' from modules or else reader submissions from White Dwarf and never again saw print.