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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 3:49 pm
Was thinking this was going to be a game of thrones thing. Drat.
Anyway; there is a saint gert.
Saint of shoe-repairmen or somethin fittingly mundain.
No idea what his day is. But if it means extra presents: gimme gimme
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 4:00 pm
(November 30, 2018 at 3:47 pm)tackattack Wrote: I can't be bothered to google it, what is a name day. Is it the day you were named... so just your birthday for most? But only peple with special names celebrate these name days?
If your Christian name is the name of a saint, you’re expected to do some small observance in honour of the saint on their feast day.
Luckily for me, St. Patrick was the patron saint of Vomiting and General Douchebaggery.
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 4:10 pm
I knew there was a saint with my name so I looked it up.
St Rebecca: Patron Saint of Sick People and killing parents (or something like that). Venerated 17th December.
Looks like I'll be making orphans that day.
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 4:24 pm
(November 30, 2018 at 4:00 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 30, 2018 at 3:47 pm)tackattack Wrote: I can't be bothered to google it, what is a name day. Is it the day you were named... so just your birthday for most? But only peple with special names celebrate these name days?
If your Christian name is the name of a saint, you’re expected to do some small observance in honour of the saint on their feast day.
Luckily for me, St. Patrick was the patron saint of Vomiting and General Douchebaggery.
Boru
Over the years, I've more than done my part to honor the esteemed gentleman for whom we were both named.
It got to the point where I began to wish my folks had named me Alvin or something.
Then I figured out that it wasn't really a requirement that I wipe out the bar's entire stock of Bushmills in a sitting.
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 4:35 pm
(November 30, 2018 at 4:10 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: I knew there was a saint with my name so I looked it up.
St Rebecca: Patron Saint of Sick People and killing parents (or something like that). Venerated 17th December.
Looks like I'll be making orphans that day.
And like the holidays weren’t busy enough...
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 4:36 pm
(November 30, 2018 at 4:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (November 30, 2018 at 4:10 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: I knew there was a saint with my name so I looked it up.
St Rebecca: Patron Saint of Sick People and killing parents (or something like that). Venerated 17th December.
Looks like I'll be making orphans that day.
And like the holidays weren’t busy enough...
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 4:37 pm
(November 30, 2018 at 4:24 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: (November 30, 2018 at 4:00 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If your Christian name is the name of a saint, you’re expected to do some small observance in honour of the saint on their feast day.
Luckily for me, St. Patrick was the patron saint of Vomiting and General Douchebaggery.
Boru
Over the years, I've more than done my part to honor the esteemed gentleman for whom we were both named.
It got to the point where I began to wish my folks had named me Alvin or something.
Then I figured out that it wasn't really a requirement that I wipe out the bar's entire stock of Bushmills in a sitting.
I like my name, but my parents were Irish republicans and saddled me with the archaic Gaelic spelling - Padruig. I generally just introduce myself as ‘Pat’.
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 5:09 pm
Never heard of this, but I must look up Saint Zebo 
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 5:28 pm
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RE: How do atheists feel about name days?
November 30, 2018 at 5:35 pm
Any day that I might get free stuff is a day I like. Whether it's because someone named me after a saint or not. If I'm not getting presents or a party or anything, then I wouldn't care.
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