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January 25, 2007 5:13 PM Subscribe
Happy St. Dwynwen's Day! (Not to be confused with this guy or Hallmark's go-to fella, both handy for those of us wanting to be in love.)
Go out and smooch someone Welsh today.
Go out and smooch someone Welsh today.
I once wrote an alexandrine sonnet called The Temptation of Saint Dwynwen. It was as punishment for having missed a day while on a write-one-poem-a-day spree. It took me almost an hour per line to write. Since then I've always thought of Saint Dwynwen as "my saint." Had I known today was her day, and if I didn't have the flu, I probably would've gone to light a candle for her in one of the eight Catholic churches within easy walking distance of me, even though I'm an atheist.
posted by Kattullus at 5:39 PM on January 25, 2007
posted by Kattullus at 5:39 PM on January 25, 2007
I can't quite articulate why, but this bit from the second link had me in stitches:
Patronage
sick animals; lovers (especially Welsh)
posted by Kattullus at 5:46 PM on January 25, 2007
Patronage
sick animals; lovers (especially Welsh)
posted by Kattullus at 5:46 PM on January 25, 2007
My favourite love poem is by a Welshman; R.S. Thomas' No Time, on the death of his wife of fifty years:
... There is a tremorposted by Abiezer at 6:01 PM on January 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
of light, as of a bird crossing
the sun's path, and I look
up in recognition
of a presence in absence.
Not a word, not a sound,
as she goes her way,
but a scent lingering
which is that of time immolating
itself in love's fire.
Go out and smooch someone Welsh today.
Dude, my brother-in-law is Welsh. That's gross.
But okay, whatever you say...
posted by LordSludge at 6:48 PM on January 25, 2007
Dude, my brother-in-law is Welsh. That's gross.
But okay, whatever you say...
posted by LordSludge at 6:48 PM on January 25, 2007
It's also Australia Day right now.
Jan 26th also happens to be Republic (independence) Day here in India.
Might just celebrate with an icy-cold Fosters (gags), which, naturally, is available everywhere in the world *except* Australia.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:13 PM on January 25, 2007
Jan 26th also happens to be Republic (independence) Day here in India.
Might just celebrate with an icy-cold Fosters (gags), which, naturally, is available everywhere in the world *except* Australia.
posted by UbuRoivas at 8:13 PM on January 25, 2007
Just Republic Day, uburoivas, independence day is 15th August.
posted by infini at 9:46 PM on January 25, 2007
posted by infini at 9:46 PM on January 25, 2007
I call Catherine Zeta Jones.
posted by Pollomacho at 10:41 PM on January 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Pollomacho at 10:41 PM on January 25, 2007 [1 favorite]
My first kiss was with a Welsh boy. I was four, he was five, and we'd just gotten married on the playground. Fond memories.
Hi Mark. Um, should we maybe get divorced?
posted by honeydew at 10:42 PM on January 25, 2007
Hi Mark. Um, should we maybe get divorced?
posted by honeydew at 10:42 PM on January 25, 2007
So on this day one should present one's beloved with a big leek-shaped box of of of of leeks?
posted by Cranberry at 11:26 PM on January 25, 2007
posted by Cranberry at 11:26 PM on January 25, 2007
My lips are puckered and I await my lovespoons with anticipation :-)
posted by ceri richard at 4:25 AM on January 26, 2007
posted by ceri richard at 4:25 AM on January 26, 2007
I - an Irishman - was sitting in a bar last night with a Scotsman and an Englishman. We lamented the fact that there was no Welshman present.
Now I know - they're all out organizing the parades down 5th avenue and suchlike.
posted by Sk4n at 5:40 AM on January 26, 2007
Now I know - they're all out organizing the parades down 5th avenue and suchlike.
posted by Sk4n at 5:40 AM on January 26, 2007
Let's not start on the Paddy Englishman, Paddy Irishman and Paddy Scotsman jokes, Sk4n!
posted by Wilder at 9:19 AM on January 26, 2007
posted by Wilder at 9:19 AM on January 26, 2007
Go out and smooch someone Welsh today.
What if your the only gay in the village?
posted by zeraus at 10:24 AM on January 26, 2007
What if your the only gay in the village?
posted by zeraus at 10:24 AM on January 26, 2007
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Careful, you'll make the sheep jealous. /cellwair
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 5:21 PM on January 25, 2007 [1 favorite]