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12.38am
25 November 2010
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Text Me and Tweet Me are, apparently. Also new since last year: Top Chef (?!)
12.40am
9 June 2010
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Well, the free candy actually exists. But the apples are given sincerely.
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
12.41am
19 September 2010
Offline I'm really confused by the forum tonight. Especially the I Want You thread
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
12.44am
9 June 2010
Offline I think it's fun. 😀
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
12.44am
13 November 2009
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The history of it seems a little fuzzy. It commemorates the death of one or many Christian saints, who refused to deny Christ and was/were beheaded for it. I thought at the least someone was shot in the heart with an arrow..? That would at explain the heart connection, which would lead to love, then romance, and then over-priced chocolate-flavored wax.
It's looks like Love and Valentine's Day were connected by Chaucer, “For this was on seynt Volantynys day Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.” (For this was Saint Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate). Kind of sweet.
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
12.45am
19 September 2010
Offline MeanMrs.Mustard said:
I think it's fun. 😀
I'm Not Complaining, merely observing.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
12.46am
19 September 2010
Offline skye said:
The history of it seems a little fuzzy. It commemorates the death of one or many Christian saints, who refused to deny Christ and was/were beheaded for it. I thought at the least someone was shot in the heart with an arrow..? That would at explain the heart connection, which would lead to love, then romance, and then over-priced chocolate-flavored wax.
It's looks like Love and Valentine's Day were connected by Chaucer, “For this was on seynt Volantynys day Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.” (For this was Saint Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate). Kind of sweet.
So basically it became consumer-based like Christmas?
Edit: I now have even posts than Skye. Spooky. This has been a strange day
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
12.51am
13 November 2009
Offline Pretty much. Companies want steady cash flows.
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
12.52am
13 November 2009
Offline It's good to have goals. 
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
12.53am
19 September 2010
Offline And God Forbid someone should have to pay full price.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
12.59am
13 November 2009
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Huh? Wouldn't a company prefer customers who pay the full markup?
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
1.02am
19 September 2010
Offline skye said:
Huh? Wouldn't a company prefer customers who pay the full markup?
You would think That, but My experiences up here prove that sales are almost indefinitely extended pass the original end time
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
2.42am
13 September 2010
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I actually enjoy Valentine's day oddly enough. I'm not very sappy or anything like that (I normally laugh at the sapps and such. I also refuse to read Nicholas Sparks. I will die before I read a book by him.) I do enjoy the candy and how everyone is really nice on that one day. It's nice.
*9*
"I am definitely a mad man with a box."- Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor of Doctor Who (Episode 1 Season 5: The Eleventh Hour)
4.05am
25 November 2010
Offline In Korea, women give men gifts on Valentine's Day. It's repaid to them on White Day, March 14 (or so) and those who don't get jack are encouraged to celebrate by eating jajamyeon (noodles in black bean sauce) on Black day (April 14). <– It's all about stimulating the economy there. They have some sort of “Day” to buy things every month.
4.14am
1 May 2010
Offline In my opinion is pretty much is a day to spend. The Valentine Days I have spent with a date, we do nothing, because the restaurants are crowded, and it's impossible to go somewhere quiet and have fun. I prefer to stay home and watch a movie, and my former George-wannabe pretty much agree with me. (and so far no one complains. I always say “Don't spend on Valentine, save it for my birthday”)
Now it's a nice day to have fun with your friends. But it's wrong to idealize a day. I mean, you can have a special date, but I have seen many people feeling miserable because the day doesn't work out as they expected. That's what I hate it.
But it's also a good opportunity to say your friends how much you love them. I do that. I always give away heart shaped lollipops and I usually get candy or chocolate.
Here comes the sun….. Scoobie-doobie……
Something in the way she moves…..attracts me like a cauliflower…
Bop. Bop, cat bop. Go, Johnny, Go.
Beware of Darkness…
10.37am
31 March 2008
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When I was a teenager I was sent a Valentine’s card, done like a ransom note (letters cut out of a newspaper). It said something like “Just to say… You’re fab” (not a Beatles reference).
I genuinely had no idea who it was from, though I was slightly disappointed it wasn’t an actual ransom note – that would have been quite exciting. I asked my friend Kathryn if she knew who might have sent it, and she said she had no idea. We were friends who used to go nightclubbing together.
A few months later I found out it was from Kathryn. Must have been a bit embarrassing to be confronted with complete indifference, though I didn’t mean to be rude.
Ellie and I have a pact: cards, no mushy stuff, otherwise just a normal day. We both hate the elaborate gestures some people feel obliged to make.
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3.15pm
23 January 2011
Offline skye said:
The history of it seems a little fuzzy. It commemorates the death of one or many Christian saints, who refused to deny Christ and was/were beheaded for it. I thought at the least someone was shot in the heart with an arrow..? That would at explain the heart connection, which would lead to love, then romance, and then over-priced chocolate-flavored wax.
I love how the history for Valentines day is so gruesome. I remember I told people this and they were really shocked. It was hilarious. 
6.15pm
1 May 2010
Offline Well there are a few upsides to Valentines Day…, but overall I'm not really a huge fan. Actually it kind of depresses me because I like to gauge whatever relationship I'm in against buying a gift. It's like, well I know I'm not going to marry this girl, so should I really spend a bunch of money on a gift? Maybe that makes me sound like an awful person, but that's how most guys are. This year I'm single, fortunately, but normally I'm not opposed to buying flowers or something like that. I do think that it's a bit ridiculous that we are told WHEN to buy flowers for someone that we care about, if we truly love someone it shouldn't be a chore to buy them something nice and it shouldn't have to come just once a year on this specific date. Just my thoughts.
I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine
8.09pm
19 September 2010
Offline GniknuS said:
If we truly love someone it shouldn't be a chore to buy them something nice and it shouldn't have to come just once a year on this specific date. Just my thoughts.
I can not disagree. Brilliance.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
8.12pm
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14 April 2010
Offline Joe said:
Ellie and I have a pact: cards, no mushy stuff, otherwise just a normal day. We both hate the elaborate gestures some people feel obliged to make.
We have a similar pact in our household. No cards, no mushy stuff, just Chinese take-out washed down with the beverage of our choice and a good movie.
In other words, Tuesday.
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