Columbus Day
Posted: 2007-10-08 03:13pm
I'm more concerned that there's a postal holiday today than the actual holiday itself. LOL
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I don't remember ever getting school off for Columbus Day...Elite Pwnage wrote:I'm pissed that I had school today and the nothern states didn't.
Back when I lived in New York I got that day off every year.Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I don't remember ever getting school off for Columbus Day...Elite Pwnage wrote:I'm pissed that I had school today and the nothern states didn't.
Nobody around here gets Colombus day off. It's got nothing to do with the placement of the Mason-Dixon line. School districts get to decide what holidays they take off.Elite Pwnage wrote:I'm pissed that I had school today and the nothern states didn't.
I'm just celebrating being off of work for four days.Dalton wrote:Schools get the day off around here, but the market's still open and I'm at work. Quite frankly I don't see why we should be celebrating Christopher Columbus.
That is always a good thing.jegs2 wrote:I'm just celebrating being off of work for four days.Dalton wrote:Schools get the day off around here, but the market's still open and I'm at work. Quite frankly I don't see why we should be celebrating Christopher Columbus.
Shit, I still have to pick up the new Zelda game at GamestopZor wrote:I'm annoyed that I can't pick up the game waiting for me at the post office until Tuesday thanks to that fucking holiday.
Not enough coffee today yet? You just called me Zor.Dalton wrote: Shit, I still have to pick up the new Zelda game at Gamestop
Well, what if you WERE Zor, Hipotetically?General Zod wrote:Not enough coffee today yet? You just called me Zor.Dalton wrote: Shit, I still have to pick up the new Zelda game at Gamestop
I believe he was one of the typical conquering explorers of the time.Zixinus wrote:Quick question regarding Colombus: how did he treat the natives? Was he a conquerer or an explorer?
He was kind of a dick.Zixinus wrote:Quick question regarding Colombus: how did he treat the natives? Was he a conquerer or an explorer?
Columbus' 1492 voyage was the first significant step towards achieving the global community we live in today.Dalton wrote:Quite frankly I don't see why we should be celebrating Christopher Columbus.
FAILPhantasee wrote:Well, I've always had Thanksgiving Day off from school.
What?