Conquer Club

waauw wrote:Sinterklaas and his zwarte pieten are from Spain, het he is celebrated over here in Belgium and in the Netherlands.
He's kind of our Saint-Patrick. He's even a saint. Sinterklaas = Saint Nicholas.

saxitoxin wrote:

waauw wrote:Sinterklaas and his zwarte pieten are from Spain, het he is celebrated over here in Belgium and in the Netherlands.
He's kind of our Saint-Patrick. He's even a saint. Sinterklaas = Saint Nicholas.

wauuw - this appears to be a picture of the Pope at a gay pride parade

thegreekdog wrote:I'm going with Donald Trump and Syria...

... too soon?

For Greece, I pick Winston Churchill who said these kind things:

"Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks."
"If there had not been the virtue and courage of the Greeks, we do not know which the outcome of World War II would have been."

And because I'm feeling patriotic to my ancestors' country...

FDR - "When the entire world had lost all hope, the Greek people dared to question the invincibility of the German monster raising against it the proud spirit of freedom."
Stalin - "We thank the Greek people, whose resistance decided World War II... You fought unarmed and won, small against big... You gave us time to defend ourselves."

And finally...

Days of Resistance by Country
Denmark, Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia - 0
Yugoslavia - 3
Netherlands - 4
Belgium - 18
Poland - 30
France - 43
Norway - 61
Greece - 219

So... f*ck you, bail Greece out.

thegreekdog wrote:And because I'm feeling patriotic to my ancestors' country...

FDR - "When the entire world had lost all hope, the Greek people dared to question the invincibility of the German monster raising against it the proud spirit of freedom."
Stalin - "We thank the Greek people, whose resistance decided World War II... You fought unarmed and won, small against big... You gave us time to defend ourselves."

And finally...

Days of Resistance by Country
Denmark, Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia - 0
Yugoslavia - 3
Netherlands - 4
Belgium - 18
Poland - 30
France - 43
Norway - 61
Greece - 219

So... f*ck you, bail Greece out.

mrswdk wrote:Fun fact: in the Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Day is celebrated as a family event. Family members will gather at someone's house for a meal, hang out and probably go to church. No one celebrates it by going out and getting drunk.

trevor33 wrote:If Saint Paddy never visited Ireland now to you explain the lack of snacks here?

mrswdk wrote:Fun fact: in the Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Day is celebrated as a family event. Family members will gather at someone's house for a meal, hang out and probably go to church. No one celebrates it by going out and getting drunk.

Keefie wrote:

mrswdk wrote:Fun fact: in the Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Day is celebrated as a family event. Family members will gather at someone's house for a meal, hang out and probably go to church. No one celebrates it by going out and getting drunk.

Oh really

jonesthecurl wrote:Why do you think Patric never visited Ireland?

KoolBak wrote:"Quiet evening at home" in Dublin on St. Paddys day

Pretty sure there's no drunk folks there....

Two Latin letters survive which are generally accepted to have been written by St. Patrick. These are the Declaration (Latin: Confessio)[7] and the Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus (Latin: Epistola),[8] from which come the only generally accepted details of his life.[9] The Declaration is the more important of the two. In it, Patrick gives a short account of his life and his mission.

I was taken into captivity in Ireland, along with thousands of others. We deserved this, because we had gone away from God, and did not keep his commandments. We would not listen to our priests, who advised us about how we could be saved[Nota]


. The Lord brought his strong anger upon us, and scattered us among many nations even to the ends of the earth. It was among foreigners that it was seen how little I was.


2

It was there that the Lord opened up my awareness of my lack of faith. Even though it came about late, I recognised my failings. So I turned with all my heart to the Lord my God[Nota]


, and he looked down on my lowliness[Nota]


and had mercy on my youthful ignorance. He guarded me before I knew him, and before I came to wisdom and could distinguish between good and evil. He protected me and consoled me as a father does for his son.


3

That is why I cannot be silent – nor would it be good to do so – about such great blessings and such a gift that the Lord so kindly bestowed in the land of my captivity. This is how we can repay such blessings, when our lives change and we come to know God, to praise and bear witness to his great wonders before every nation under heaven.

I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop.