* Happy St. Patrick's Day!
@ 2006-03-17 18:22 Dave Korn
2006-03-17 22:07 ` Brian Dessent
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From: Dave Korn @ 2006-03-17 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'The Cygwin Talk Blarneying List'
Top o' the mornin' to ye!
Yes, for all our Irish readers I'd like to wish a very happy St. Pat's
tonight!
For anyone not familiar with their history books, St. Patrick is the patron
saint of Ireland, famed for having freed the country from a plague of snakes.
But he's not just a peripatetic reptile exterminator; he was also the first
man to bring Christianity to Ireland.
Thus leading directly to centuries of murder, bloodshed and internecine
strife.
... Say, just exactly why /do/ we celebrate this every year?
;)
cheers,
DaveK
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* Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
2006-03-17 18:22 Happy St. Patrick's Day! Dave Korn
@ 2006-03-17 22:07 ` Brian Dessent
2006-03-20 8:00 ` Danilo Turina
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From: Brian Dessent @ 2006-03-17 22:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List
Dave Korn wrote:
> For anyone not familiar with their history books, St. Patrick is the patron
> saint of Ireland, famed for having freed the country from a plague of snakes.
Hmmmm....
St. Cygnus, patron saint of hippos and meanness?
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* Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
2006-03-17 22:07 ` Brian Dessent
@ 2006-03-20 8:00 ` Danilo Turina
2006-03-20 14:11 ` Igor Peshansky
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From: Danilo Turina @ 2006-03-20 8:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-talk
Brian Dessent wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> For anyone not familiar with their history books, St. Patrick is the patron
>> saint of Ireland, famed for having freed the country from a plague of snakes.
>
> Hmmmm....
>
> St. Cygnus, patron saint of hippos and meanness?
>
I vote for St. Cygnus!
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* Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
2006-03-20 8:00 ` Danilo Turina
@ 2006-03-20 14:11 ` Igor Peshansky
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From: Igor Peshansky @ 2006-03-20 14:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Danilo Turina wrote:
> Brian Dessent wrote:
> > Dave Korn wrote:
> >
> > > For anyone not familiar with their history books, St. Patrick is
> > > the patron saint of Ireland, famed for having freed the country from
> > > a plague of snakes.
> >
> > Hmmmm....
> > St. Cygnus, patron saint of hippos and meanness?
>
> I vote for St. Cygnus!
He's already a part of Cygwin, and thus exempt from voting.
Igor
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