'Tis the Season

[FullerH]

IO SATURNALIA!!!

From Caius Varus

 

[underaged!]

Hey! **** you too!







jk, ummmmm, ok.



Right back at ya.

 

[Rugger]

From About.com:

The poet Catullus describes Saturnalia as the best of days. It was a time of celebration, visits to friends, and gift-giving, particularly of wax candles (cerei), and earthenware figurines (sigillaria). The best part of the Saturnalia (for slaves) was the temporary reversal of roles. Masters served meals to their slaves who were permitted the unaccustomed luxuries of leisure and gambling. Clothing was relaxed and included the peaked woollen cap that symbolized the freed slave. A member of the familia (family plus slaves) was appointed Saturnalicius princeps, roughly, Lord of Misrule.

Thanks Hugh! I see someone else sat through a couple of semesters of Classical History...



And Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Bring on the Pole!
Bring on the Feats of Strength!
Bring on the Airing of Grievances!

for those who don't get it: http://www.karber.net/seinfeld/festivus/default.htm

 

[Daniel Dorn]

Ahh, Festivus. Thanks for the memories...

DD

 

[Esav Benyamin]

For the benefit of the non-lingusits among us, "IO" is the origin of the exclamation point, which was originally the I written over the O, to indicate excitement. IO itself is one of the oldest words in continuous use with roughly unchanged meaning, in Western civilization, although today it is generally spelled, "Yo!"

 

[FullerH]

Except that there is no "Y" in Latin.

 

[Rugger]

although today it is generally spelled, "Yo!"

That's funny! (yo)