[Cody Dawg]

May 05, 2005 is Cinco de Mayo.

What are you planning to do to celebrate?

[dillerX]

sleep.

[OldManMac]

Maybe I'll drink a fifth.

[Cody Dawg]

KarlG
Maybe I'll drink a fifth.

That was pure brilliance!

[storer]

I noticed that too this morning.

[Sealobo]

Cinco de Mayo?

[Cody Dawg]

Si. Arriba!

[gumby5647]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

May 05, 2005 is Cinco de Mayo.

What are you planning to do to celebrate?

My birthday!

[discotronic]

Anyone remember 9-9-99?

What a night

[Rev-O]

Originally Posted by Sealobo

Cinco de Mayo?

A little known fact is that in 1912 Hellman's
mayonnaise was produced in England, and that the Titanic was carrying a very large shipment of Hellman's mayonnaise. This massive shipment of mayonnaise was to be delivered to the port following New York City, which was Vera Cruz, Mexico.
The Mexican people, known for their love of condiments, were eagerly awaiting delivery and were understandably devestated at the loss. In rememberance of this tragic day, Mexico declared it a national day of mourning, still observed today.
Sinko de Mayo.

[Cody Dawg]

Very funny!



You could add to that, too.

"Due to the lack of mayonnaise, the celebrated chef at the top Mexico City restaurant, 'Cesar,' then had to improvise with his salad dressing. He took what few ingredients he had, oil, anchovies, capers, eggs, and spices and whipped them all together on the spur of a moment. And thus was born the 'Caesar Salad'."

[Captain Obvious]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

And thus was born the 'Caesar Salad'."

You are not funny. Just be quiet and stop trying.

[Bandit240]

If all goes right that will be the day my kid is born.

[- - e r i k - -]

Move out of our appartment

[UNTeMac]

what happens on 6-6-06?

[OwlBoy]

Originally Posted by UNTiMac

what happens on 6-6-06?

[TheJoshu]

If it's all the same
I will be celebrating
The seventh of May.

[effgee]

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

You are not funny. Just be quiet and stop trying.

(says the dude who practically invented stand-up comedy)

[Randman]

I will be quite happy because that'll mean I only have 1 day left in this gawd-awful job I'm leaving.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

it's going to be a hell of a time next year

[Weyland-Yutani]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

May 05, 2005 is Cinco de Mayo.

Quinto de mayo mi querida perrita

Ah this is one of those dates that everybody in the western world can read correctly!

I'll be at work on the fifth. Last year when it was April 4th 2004 I seem to recall working as well. Can't break the tradition.

[Randman]

No it won't. June 6, 2006 is a Tuesday.

[ManOfSteal]

Work.

[ajprice]

I'll be voting.

[AKcrab]

Originally Posted by UNTiMac

what happens on 6-6-06?

I turn 36.

[paul w]

My favorite is more the 1:23:45 6/7/89 type of date/time

[dav]

Originally Posted by Bandit240

If all goes right that will be the day my kid is born.

early congratulations

[Cody Dawg]

Yeah, congratulations!

I will be quite happy because that'll mean I only have 1 day left in this gawd-awful job I'm leaving.

Sorry to hear you don't like your job Randman. Hope you have something better to go to. Sometimes a small door closing means that a bigger door opens.

[Randman]

Yep, have doors open. Quite a few in fact. though in a month or two, my post count will be going back to "normal" levels.

[Randman]

And what are you doing Cody?

[Cubeoid]

[Cody Dawg]

Oh, about the Caesar salad comment I made. Here you go - it was actually sort of based on truth:

Few dishes have origins so embroiled in controversy as Caesar salad. The most widely accepted tale is that Caesar Cardini, a restaurant owner and chef in Tijuana Mexico, whipped up a salad from scratch with leftover ingredients for a gathering of hungry Hollywood notables, sometime in the 1920�s, (1924 being the most often quoted year). Other yarns credit his aunt or brother for it�s creation, and claim that it was made for a group of Cardini�s old aviator buddies instead of Hollywood dignitaries. There�s even discrepancy about whether anchovies were included in the original recipe. The more you probe into this enigma, the more you need a drink instead of a salad.
Suffice it to say that the �original� ingredients appear to be romaine lettuce, coddled eggs, (we�ll get to those in a moment), Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, olive oil, parmesan cheese, croutons, salt, and pepper. Despite its dubious history, Caesar salad is delicious and can successfully be combined with such accompaniments as grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp.

It originally DID come from Mexico and was invented because of lack of ingredients...perhaps even mayo.

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani

Quinto de mayo mi querida perrita

Well, here spaniards use to say 'cinco de Mayo' but then 'primero de Mayo' instead of 'uno de Mayo' but mainly because it is a local party (workers party).

[mdc]

Originally Posted by discotronic

Anyone remember 9-9-99?

What a night

sega dreamcast got released right?

today will be my final day in college until i go back next year to do my bachelors.
final exam in 1 hour.

[lil'babykitten]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

May 05, 2005 is Cinco de Mayo
What are you planning to do to celebrate?

Taking an exam.

[G4ME]

play beer die with my RA as he is quiting and is throwing a hall party in his room, and its the end of finals.

[Cody Dawg]

Hey Randman:

I think I think I have a dental appointment that day to be honest.

Nothing too important.

It's good that you'll be going on to bigger and better opportunities, to be honest. It's really a downer when you hate your job. I have days like that, though. Yesterday was a bad day.

[Randman]

The end is near. Like waking up from a bad dream.

Dentist is next week. Still be better than being at the office.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by angelmb

Well, here spaniards use to say 'cinco de Mayo' but then 'primero de Mayo' instead of 'uno de Mayo' but mainly because it is a local party (workers party).

No, that's correct Spanish, not just 'cause it's a workers' party. Quinto de mayo (not Mayo!) is incorrect. In Spanish, the ordinal number is used only for the first day of the month, cardinal numbers are used for all the others. El cinco de mayo is correct, el quinto de mayo is only correct if it means 'the fifth [something] of May', e.g. the fifth wedding of May.

05-05-05 is a holiday (Ascension Day), so I don't think I'll be doing much, just watching telly, relaxing and possibly going for some take-out or something, if I feel like straining myself...

[Weyland-Yutani]

Originally Posted by Ois�n

No, that's correct Spanish, not just 'cause it's a workers' party. Quinto de mayo (not Mayo!) is incorrect.

In English for instance it is "fifth of May" because it is essentially short for "fifth day of May". Quinto d�a de mayo made more sense to me than cinco de mayo which is "five of May".

Thanks for the HUD though, Spanish is not my primary language (neither is English for that matter)

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani

In English for instance it is "fifth of May" because it is essentially short for "fifth day of May". Quinto d�a de mayo made more sense to me than cinco de mayo which is "five of May".

Thanks for the HUD though, Spanish is not my primary language (neither is English for that matter)

Yeah, in English (and all other Germanic languages), ordinal numbers are always used. But in Spanish (and, as far as I know, all other Romance languages), it's only for the first.

What's a HUD, though? dictionary.com has it as 'Department of Housing and Urban Development', but somehow I don't think that's what you meant... (neither English nor Spanish is my primary language either)

[DeathToWindows]

Studying for my Latin 2 final, running other events at BU Hillel

[Weyland-Yutani]

Originally Posted by Ois�n

Yeah, in English (and all other Germanic languages), ordinal numbers are always used. But in Spanish (and, as far as I know, all other Romance languages), it's only for the first.

What's a HUD, though? dictionary.com has it as 'Department of Housing and Urban Development', but somehow I don't think that's what you meant... (neither English nor Spanish is my primary language either)

HUD? I don't know what I was thinking

Meant "heads up" but was with my mind on airplanes (like ever so often)

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by Ois�n

No, that's correct Spanish, not just 'cause it's a workers' party. Quinto de mayo (not Mayo!) is incorrect. In Spanish, the ordinal number is used only for the first day of the month, cardinal numbers are used for all the others. El cinco de mayo is correct, el quinto de mayo is only correct if it means 'the fifth [something] of May', e.g. the fifth wedding of May.

That is right, anyway that use is not much extended, people use to preffer go with the cardinal notation cause the ordinal notation is largely used to name weekends inside the month (e.g. primer Domingo de mes). Being honest I much preffer to say 'Nac� el 1 de Enero' instead of 'Nac� el primero de Enero'.

Nice to meet people out there that knows about Spain�s culture.

[wdlove]

No special plans other than visiting here.

[Cody Dawg]

Hi WDLove!

We'll be glad to see you here, that's for sure!

[wdlove]

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

Hi WDLove!

We'll be glad to see you here, that's for sure!

Thank you Cody Dawg, your comment is appreciated. Hi to you also Cody Dawg.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by angelmb

That is right, anyway that use is not much extended, people use to preffer go with the cardinal notation cause the ordinal notation is largely used to name weekends inside the month (e.g. primer Domingo de mes). Being honest I much preffer to say 'Nac� el 1 de Enero' instead of 'Nac� el primero de Enero'.

Is Spanish your first language (I mean, is English your second, or are you bilingual, etc.)?

I tried googling it, and 'el primero de mayo' brought up like fifteen times more hits than 'el uno de mayo', so it seems most of the Spanish-speaking world acts like my old Spanish teacher said they should, and disagree with you

Nice to meet people out there that knows about Spain�s culture.

Heh, knowing Spanish doesn't necessarily mean I know too much about Spanish culture

[C.J. Moof]

I'll be turning thirty-four.

[turtle777]

I'll plead the Fifth.

-t