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VIVA SAN ANTONIO!!

 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
11:48 / 11.06.06
Yeah, man. Respect to the Old Man. Padrinho of Padua. Finder of lost things, Keeper of the Keys, Mestre das Estradas Transversais, Patron of the Land of Brazil, beloved of Mariners, Saviourof the Poor and Starving. Big Props!

G'wan!
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
11:52 / 11.06.06
I've also designated today 'Global Ice Cream Sunday'. It is your duty to consume the most elaborate, tasty ice cream you can possibly lay your hands on. We were a bit late on the leafletting and the national press campaign, so we have to make up for lost time, fast.

Spread the word. Global Ice Cream Sunday.
 
 
FinderWolf
16:46 / 11.06.06
I have a special connection the saint that helps us find 'something that is lost that can't be found.' I don't know how ice cream relates to S. Anton but I like the idea and will consume some Ben & Jerry's for my namesake today.
 
 
SteppersFan
19:01 / 11.06.06
He seemed to exhibit his "finder of lost things" aspect on Saturday morning.

We celebrated later that day with some exceptional ice cream. And a public drumming ritual.
 
 
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05:47 / 12.06.06
Thank you, uh... what's the proper term of address for a Saint? "Sir" will have to do.
 
 
FinderWolf
20:00 / 12.06.06
That's funny... I never intended a St. Anthony connection when I renamed myself FinderWolf a few years ago, but there it is. Finder of things.

Anyway, I had two-count-'em-two flavors of Ben & Jerry's last night for St. Anton. Cheers.
 
 
Dead Megatron
20:44 / 13.06.06
Thank you, uh... what's the proper term of address for a Saint? "Sir" will have to do.

Your sainthood, perhaps???

Santo António is also known in Brazil as the matchmaker saint, and lonely women often pray to him to "find them a husband". And, if praying doesn't work, the tradition is to torture the saint's figurine (by putting him head down in a glass of water, to "choke" him, or hanging him over a lit candle) until he complies. You gotta love Catholicism.

Unless, of course, we're talking about a different saint with the same name, specially because I never heard about him being Brazil's patron saint, I thought that job belonged to Our Lady of Aparecida alone, but who knows? This is a big country and I'm not the most religious guy 'round here.

Anyway, it's always a pleasure to see you around, M$! Abraços, irmão!
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
23:02 / 13.06.06
Man, you got loads of 'em patronising your country
 
 
FinderWolf
00:52 / 15.06.06
>> And, if praying doesn't work, the tradition is to torture the saint's figurine (by putting him head down in a glass of water, to "choke" him, or hanging him over a lit candle) until he complies.

um, wow. ...really? This isn't you making a 'saints get tortured/martyred, that's how they become saints' joke? I honestly sense you're serious and this is a real tradition, just wanted to check.
 
 
grant
15:50 / 15.06.06
You're also supposed to bury St. Joseph upside down to get your house to sell....
 
 
Dead Megatron
15:14 / 16.06.06
um, wow. ...really? This isn't you making a 'saints get tortured/martyred, that's how they become saints' joke? I honestly sense you're serious and this is a real tradition, just wanted to check.

Yes, this is a real tradition. Funny, huh?
 
 
Unconditional Love
16:02 / 16.06.06
so apply heat or coolness depending on what the situation demands depending on the husband you require, who you probably have your eye on, it has some logic.
 
  
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