#1626
Posted: 11/2/09 at 4:46pm
Hiya Hep! I never heard of this holiday. Can you explain it to us yankees (and a phillie or two)?
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#1627
Posted: 11/2/09 at 5:09pm
Moony, the race is the Melbourne Cup.
It is run on the first Tuesday in November each year. It was first run in 1861 and so has developed quite a bit of folklore. In fact, it is called the Race that Stops the nation as people across the country, stop what they are doing to watch or listen to the race. It is one of the most famous handicap races anywhere. Horses from England, Ireland, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United States have all tried to win - few have succeeded.
What makes it so tough is that 24 horses start and the race is two miles long. The horse with the best breeding doesn't always win. In fact, some of the best stories come when some nag from the bush takes the Cup. It is one of those bizarre days that has sprung up over time to be an entrenched part of Australian life.
It is run on the first Tuesday in November each year. It was first run in 1861 and so has developed quite a bit of folklore. In fact, it is called the Race that Stops the nation as people across the country, stop what they are doing to watch or listen to the race. It is one of the most famous handicap races anywhere. Horses from England, Ireland, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United States have all tried to win - few have succeeded.
What makes it so tough is that 24 horses start and the race is two miles long. The horse with the best breeding doesn't always win. In fact, some of the best stories come when some nag from the bush takes the Cup. It is one of those bizarre days that has sprung up over time to be an entrenched part of Australian life.
'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt
#1628
Posted: 11/2/09 at 5:10pm
cuz, it's a good thing I don't give a horse's rear about baseball, or we'd be in trouble. Oh, and hep, I also have Tuesday off, but not for a horse (or a Phillie)
#1629
Posted: 11/2/09 at 5:18pm
Happy Day Off, Somms!
'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt
#1630
Posted: 11/2/09 at 5:18pm
I would not mind a day off tomorrow. I am so sleepy today!
#1631
Posted: 11/2/09 at 5:19pm
That's fascinating, Hep. So is it a holiday where businesses and schools are closed? Are there Melbourne Cup sales in all the stores? I imagine you guys don't turn all your holidays into merchandizing extravaganzas like we do.
Oh, I know cuz. I believe you showed your true colors last week. I believe I reacted with distain.
Oh, I know cuz. I believe you showed your true colors last week. I believe I reacted with distain.
#1633
Posted: 11/2/09 at 5:25pm
Good thing you didn't join the BWW wager group. We would have taken you to the cleaners, just on general principle,
#1634
Posted: 11/2/09 at 5:36pm
Many schools and businesses do close for the day, Moony. No horsey merchandise.
Go Yanks. I watched yesterday's game. It still amazes me that a pitcher can give up a lead and still be credited with the win.
Please note, I have nothing against the Phillies. But, I do have many friends in New York who would have something to say if i didn't support their team.
Go Yanks. I watched yesterday's game. It still amazes me that a pitcher can give up a lead and still be credited with the win.
Please note, I have nothing against the Phillies. But, I do have many friends in New York who would have something to say if i didn't support their team.
'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt
Updated On: 11/2/09 at 05:36 PM
#1635
Posted: 11/2/09 at 6:10pm
Like me.
And D2.
And Addy.
And Girly.
And Tink.
Not so much Shamey.
And D2.
And Addy.
And Girly.
And Tink.
Not so much Shamey.
#1636
Posted: 11/2/09 at 7:11pm
Exactly.
'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt
#1637
Posted: 11/2/09 at 8:47pm
That's ok, Hep, I still like you.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
#1638
Posted: 11/2/09 at 8:53pm
On Halloween I watched the game with a verydrunk friend who dressed upas Cupid. I don't care much for baseball, but this kid was standing up in all his very buff glory, wearing only a pair of red women's underwear with pink hearts and screaming full volume at the television. One of my more ford memories of this smemester, to be sure.
#1639
Posted: 11/2/09 at 9:44pm
Ah, a moment to capture and savor, DGG!
Thank you for understanding, Shamey.
Thank you for understanding, Shamey.
'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt
#1640
Posted: 11/2/09 at 9:48pm
Mooony
Are u saying there is something
Wrong with wife-shamey
Are u saying there is something
Wrong with wife-shamey
Attend the tale of Bovine Boy
His party threads we all enjoy
But does he have Mad Cow Disease?
He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!!
With cocoa!?!
And lemonade!?!
The heifer-mad poster of Broadway
(World)
#1641
Posted: 11/2/09 at 9:59pm
Hep, we did capture it. Sooo many pictures are floating around on FaceBook right now, and I can't help but laugh every time I see them.
#1642
Posted: 11/2/09 at 10:05pm
Harris, your wife-Shamey is one of those Phillies people, so therefore, there is something wrong with her. 
I hung out with Cheyenne Jackson in his dressing room waayyyyyy before he tickled D2. "unleash the girly"
Our fingerprints don't fade from the lives we touch.
Puppies are babies in fur coats.
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Updated On: 11/2/09 at 10:05 PM
#1643
Posted: 11/2/09 at 11:05pm
well that and she keeps coming back to this place and us.....
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
#1644
Posted: 11/3/09 at 12:10am
i will agreemy wife doesnt have the best taste in sports teams
Attend the tale of Bovine Boy
His party threads we all enjoy
But does he have Mad Cow Disease?
He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!!
With cocoa!?!
And lemonade!?!
The heifer-mad poster of Broadway
(World)
#1645
Posted: 11/3/09 at 6:25am
Mornin'
Shamey, Harris has now given you grounds for divorce.
Shamey, Harris has now given you grounds for divorce.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
Updated On: 11/3/09 at 06:25 AM
#1646
Posted: 11/3/09 at 7:48am
Ground beef, as it were.
#1647
Posted: 11/3/09 at 7:53am
Q! You're up!
Well, awake at least.
Well, awake at least.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#1648
Posted: 11/3/09 at 7:54am
She'll be invoking the Hamburger Clause.
#1649
Posted: 11/3/09 at 8:02am
LOL! Nice Q and Moony!
Hey, if I faux married him knowing he was a Gator fan, I think I can live with him rooting for the Yanks.
Girly, is Boobs going to work today?
Hey, if I faux married him knowing he was a Gator fan, I think I can live with him rooting for the Yanks.
Girly, is Boobs going to work today?
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
#1650
Posted: 11/3/09 at 9:26am
so Boobs made it back safe and sound? yay! Any word on stowaways?
Morning!
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
Morning!
BroadwayBoobs: I'll give all of you who weren't there a hint of who took the pictures ...it rhymes with shameless
SOMMS: I knew it was Tink!
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