Saturday, March 26, 2011

Happy whatever

I'd like to thank my reader Kelly for sending this in. She writes:

"Petersen therapy is across the street from our office. They send us faxes with seasonal trivia and asking us to refer patients. This one came on Thursday. The fax date stamp (March 24, 2011) is at the top."

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Thank you, Kelly!

Note- for my non-North American readers, Thanksgiving is celebrated in the Fall.
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11 comments:

  1. Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O)March 26, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    It gets to be quite difficult to keep those religious holidays straight: Easter. Purim. Ramadan. Kwanzaa. Fireworks....??

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  2. The MotherMarch 26, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    Someone didn't check their merge file format.

    Snicker. I remember the brouhaha when I pointed out to my MIL that the passover feast comes hook, line and maror from the Zoroastrian spring celebration.

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  3. lbparkerMarch 26, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Proofreading: Its not just for school kids anymore.

    I see more and more mispellings and grammatical errors in ads, on signage, in newspaper articles, everywhere.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 26, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Hmmm, yeah. I am sure the ancient Egyptians celebrated the crucifiction of Christ?

    Of course, rituals and traditions muddle nicely. I grew up burning an effigy of a witch on a giant bonfire every year. On St. John's day. And we were not Catholic either.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 2:42 AM

    Dr Grumpy, non-North Americans don't have a time of year called Fall! :P

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  6. AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 5:42 AM

    I always wondered about the timing of Easter (Christian death and resurrection)with other springtime fertility celebrations. I mean, really -- rabbits and eggs? Could it be more obvious? I could never get our Rector (I was raised Episcopalian) to bite on that one. He knew I was a smart-assed snot-nosed kid.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Maybe someone should be thankful for chicken eggs? Or, should be happy to celebrate the holiday of giving eggs like pagans? Personally, I like my eggs over easy, on an English muffin. And, I am Catholic. (I always laugh about a democratic Catholic calling someone else from my perspective a 'pagan' when from their perspective I am probably thought of as a ritualistic zealot!)

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  8. MockingbirdMarch 27, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Here in Florida, we celebrate both Easter and Thanksgiving with the giving of seafood. The rich give lobsters; and we poor give shrimp.

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  9. AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Not to mention that the ancient Egyptians, Persians, Gauls and Greek all pre-dated Christ...

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  10. Happy VegemiteMarch 27, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    Living here in Australia, it makes perfect sense that Easter is indeed in Autumn. Unfortunately we don't celebrate thanksgiving, so I guess the person can't use an antipodean excuse.

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  11. Grumpy, M.D.March 28, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    You're right, my error.

    I should have said "Thanksgiving is celebrated in October in Canada, November in the U.S.".

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So wadda you think?