June 08, 2004
Happy Medard day A hearty man, by all accounts. "Legend has it that if it rains on his feast day, the next 40 days will be wet; if the weather is good, the next 40 will be fine as well."
Now just a minute. If it rains on Medard's day, it rains for the next 40? But the next 40 includes St Swithin's day - and if it rains on that day, it also rains for the 40 after that...
and here i thought i was the only one sheltered from the rain by a hovering eagle. damn.
what if its not such much raining as it is just sort of overcast with sporadic and individual raindrops falling at random followed by sunshine? Should I expect 40 days of indecisive weather?
That being said, Medard must be my patron saint since I am, afterall, a mentally ill peasant with a toothache about to escape from imprisonment in a vineyard (which is having a good season this year) and go brew beer while having sex in fantastic weather, including when it rains.
Yeah but come on Spooky, who isn't?
If it rains on Medard's day, it rains for the next 40? But the next 40 includes St Swithin's day...
And if there's another such day somewhere around mid-March, then it's not impossible that the effects of Groundhog Day could still be having a knock-on effect half a year later...
He was also depicted as laughing aloud with his mouth wide open; this led to his patronage against toothache.
Uh... that's kind of a tenuous connection. I mean, I get it, but it's a bit of a stretch.
Patronage: against sterility
Was he "also depicted" with his fly wide open?
What's an appropriate gift for medard's day? Christ, I completely forgot. Oh, man am I in trouble.
Melinika:
Spit take with the coffee--please hand me the paper towels.
So who would be the patron saint of the Intarweb?
Jim Loy.
I keep reading Menards Day.
It's a Medard Day sale at Menards! *starts up banjo music*
But who sheltered him from the eagle? I mean, you know that thing had to eat occasionally. He should also be the patron saint of sticky hair.
If that eagle could hover like a dragonfly, I'm sure something could be done about its um...excretory habits.
I dunno. You'd think God could have given him one of those neat umbrella-hats instead. Much more sensible, that way. But you know God, aaaaaaaalways gotta show off...
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