May Day

Old Reliable · **May Day -** 05-01-2003, 09:35 AM

why dont we celebrate it here in the US?

pest · 05-01-2003, 10:01 AM

Because we save up to go to a mexican restaurant to drink beer on cinco de mayo.

What is the significance of may day, anyway?

Zoner · 05-01-2003, 10:06 AM

"May 1st, International Workers' Day, commemorates the historic struggle of working people throughout the world, and is recognized in every country except the United States, Canada, and South Africa. This despite the fact that the holiday began in the 1880s in the United States, with the fight for an eight-hour work day."

Taken from, http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/mayday.html

Swill · **hahahah -** 05-01-2003, 11:29 AM

hmmm, maybe we should celebrate today with you old reliable...

so i`ll celebrate ,..........yayay yay,.... uh wheres the food and balloons?

Aka_Eshelmen

05-01-2003, 11:33 AM

I believe that the US and Canada share Labor Day.

I think celebrating May Day would be more logical though, since we really need a break from school towards finals, NOT two weeks after the start of the first semester as Labor Day does.

Zoner · 05-01-2003, 12:11 PM

Why would a student want to celebrate a day set aside for people in the workforce? biggrin:

05-01-2003, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoner91

Why would a student want to celebrate a day set aside for people in the workforce? biggrin:

because they close the schools and university duh!

Zoner · 05-01-2003, 12:19 PM

I'd keep the schools open. You don't pay income tax, therefore you don't get the holiday...heh heh.

05-01-2003, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoner91

I'd keep the schools open. You don't pay income tax, therefore you don't get the holiday...heh heh.

what about the teachers?

you don't suggest we make kids go to school without supervison, there would be no school left.

Zoner · 05-01-2003, 12:21 PM

Pay 'em double time and give 'em a 40oz-er of whiskey. That'll make 'em forget about a day off. biggrin:

Old Reliable · 05-01-2003, 12:30 PM

not in south africa??

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/afr ... ory=402092

Zoner · 05-01-2003, 12:33 PM

Hrm, I guess they adopted it. It might not be an "official" nationally observed day, though.

Simo Häyhä · 05-01-2003, 12:50 PM

good ole' communists biggrin:

05-01-2003, 01:23 PM

[quote="Simo Häyhä":994ac]good ole' communists biggrin:[/quote:994ac]

Only Cuba and China are communists.

05-01-2003, 01:37 PM

[quote="Simo Häyhä":49235]good ole' communists biggrin:[/quote:49235]

actually it was a holiday before the communists, but it makes sense that the communists adopted a workers holiday, since communists claimed to do what was best for the common man.