Conquer Club

-----Happy Boxing Day 2017 to all of the British Empire,and those of former terrs. who still honor the empire's traditions... ... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Makes me want to go to my kitchen and grab all my tea and dump it and flush it down the toilet!

Time to go catch some foxy woxies.

I still have NO IDEA what this day means.

On the other hand, the incredibly not British Good King Wenceslas did according to legend transcribed in song, trudge through the snow to give a present to a peasant.

And a Happy Feast of St Stephen to EVERYONE!

tzor wrote:I still have NO IDEA what this day means.

It's funny. When I first came to Canada, I was told that "Boxing Day" was called that because people needed a day off to break down all the useless packaging from all their Christmas gifts.

It's only later that I learned the true origins. Apparently Boxing Day originates as a day when employers would give gift boxes to their employees. Christmas Eve was when people would exchange gifts with family only. Christmas Day was a Holy Day, so the next workday, the 26th, was the day for gifts to employees and other non-family relationships.

------I seen on M.A.S.H...once British soldiers visited the 4077th...I think it was the day after X-MAS....In the British army the Officers and Enlisted men would switch places...Generals would become privates etc....I think that is what happens on Boxing Day in the British armed forces... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Dukasaur wrote: the next workday, the 26th, was the day for gifts to employees and other non-family relationships.

Work on Boxing Day? Dreadful.

And here I thot it was a tribute to George Forman

I do love George. Not just because of his grill.

2dimes wrote:I do love George. Not just because of his grill.

So....You like big sweaty black guys. I'm just surprised with your honesty.

Bernie Sanders wrote:

2dimes wrote:I do love George. Not just because of his grill.

So....You like big sweaty black guys. I'm just surprised with your honesty.

Of course, he is a funny person and was a pretty impressive athlete, especially considering his body mass index. I like people of all colours, everyone sweats sometime.

I'm not special though. Lots of people are not racist.

George is a big old happy stud pssst...I love him too and don't even like his grill!

KoolBak wrote:George is a big old happy stud pssst...I love him too and don't even like his grill!

--------I like they way he didn't go crazy like most people when naming his kids...Like most famous people...You know crazy names like moonbeam etc...I think those are Zappa's kids names...George played it Kool ...named his boys...George II----VI or VII not sure how many sons he has...I think his girls go by Georgina I and II...Man that is sweet..."Hey George!",mom shouts ,to take out the garbage...All you have to do and wait to see who grabs the garbage 1st... Man that's Kool... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Roy Jones Jr all the way.

Sugar Ray Leonard!

Boxing Day rhymes with Timothy McVeigh. Therefore the day is about him.

DoomYoshi wrote:Boxing Day rhymes with Timothy McVeigh. Therefore the day is about him.

Which one...The Kaboom guy...of...Oak.City.....Or the captain of THE IRONIC...SHIP THAT BROUGHT THE A-BOMB TO BE PUT ON THE PLANE TO KNOCK OUT JAPAN........THE U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS.......SUNK BY A JAPANESE SUB...CAPT. McVEIGH WAS PUT ON TRAIL FOR HIM LETTING HIS SHIP GET SUNK.....THE CAPT. OF THE JAPANESE SUB SPOKE AT THE TRAIL...........THAT'S AMERICAN JUSTICE FOR YOU...PUT OUR HEROS ON TRAIL...Then bring in our enemies to speak at the trail...GOD BLESS AMERICA .......... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...

Wasn't he in Fleetwood Mac?

Dukasaur wrote:

tzor wrote:I still have NO IDEA what this day means.

It's funny. When I first came to Canada, I was told that "Boxing Day" was called that because people needed a day off to break down all the useless packaging from all their Christmas gifts.

It's only later that I learned the true origins. Apparently Boxing Day originates as a day when employers would give gift boxes to their employees. Christmas Eve was when people would exchange gifts with family only. Christmas Day was a Holy Day, so the next workday, the 26th, was the day for gifts to employees and other non-family relationships.

Heh, I thought it was a day to give old presents to the poor and needy, but really just a day to get over the hangover like New Years +1.

Dukasaur wrote:

tzor wrote:I still have NO IDEA what this day means.

It's funny. When I first came to Canada, I was told that "Boxing Day" was called that because people needed a day off to break down all the useless packaging from all their Christmas gifts.

It's only later that I learned the true origins. Apparently Boxing Day originates as a day when employers would give gift boxes to their employees. Christmas Eve was when people would exchange gifts with family only. Christmas Day was a Holy Day, so the next workday, the 26th, was the day for gifts to employees and other non-family relationships.

I heard elsewhere it was because it was the day that the churches opened and distributed the Poor Box. And elsewhere that it was the day on which gifts were traditionally opened. And also that it was the day on which you would tip people like the dustman, postman, etc.(I've certainly heard an Xmas tip referred to as "a Christmas Box"). I don't think anyone actually knows for certain where the name came from.