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."
posted by Skrik 20 years ago
  • 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...