Sayings

Our Glorious History, Part VI

<grisom> I've decided that not even Jesus can alter the navel of the world. However, it is conceivable that the world's navel will relocate when the world is reborn four years from now. Hopefully the new location, if any, will become obvious at that time.

<grisom> Oh! Almost forgot: One key thing that I do not know is when a day starts. The Western world has for the past while started the day at midnight; the Jews (and, I think, Muslims) start the day at sundown; I think much of East Africa starts the day at sunrise. I have no idea what the Mayans and Egyptians did.

<grisom> As I mentioned earlier: When does the day start and end?

"The Jewish day begins at either sunset or at nightfall (when three second-magnitude stars appear). Medieval Europe followed this tradition, known as Florentine reckoning: in this system, a reference like "two hours into the day" meant two hours after sunset and thus times during the evening need to be shifted back one calendar day in modern reckoning."
"The Islamic and Jewish weekdays begin at sunset."

"In ancient Egypt, the day was reckoned from sunrise to sunrise."

"Present common convention is for the civil day to begin at midnight."
"According to Slavic folklore, midnight was time when strzygas rose from graves to suck the blood of mortals, zmoras assailed the sleeping to steal their breath, and devils came for sinners. Polish Jews believed that it was the time when dybbuks possessed people, causing insanity."

<umunmutamku> YES

<grisom> *stares* Okay, I... didn't realize this would be such an easy choice. :)

Unless there are any objections, then, I say the day of the winter solstice, and the leap year, is determined by MIDNIGHT at the DELPHI MERIDIAN. This turns out to be *checks* an offset of almost exactly one and a half hours from GMT. Which, magically enough, is halfway between the time zones of France and Egypt.

<umunmutamku> So when Itzpapalotl leads the tzitzimime in a swarm down from the cracks in the sky, it'll presumably happen at exactly midnight. :)

<grisom> Ew. What?

Someone once told me that if you take drugs Jesus will throw acid in your face.

Mentally Mad

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
Strange Fruit

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
High Fives

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
I'll House You

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Submarine 3

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Beauty Lies in the Eye

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
My Man's Gone Now

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
More Than U Know

WHAT IS 2+2?
Nomanisisland

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Ding! Dong!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Hate

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Pomps & Pride

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Anger

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Changeling

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Why I Love You

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Tenin

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Time Tough

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
City Morning Song

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Breathe and Stop

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Needle in a Haystack

WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Egowar

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
African Hustle

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Truth Fact & Correct

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
King of the Road

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Doomage

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
I Can't Believe You Actually Died

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
We Were Patriots

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
The Mystery of Doom

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Ab Qètri Berhan

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Beautiful

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Mentally Mad

*does Aristophanes*

Just thought you guys might want to know that the verb "to jizz yourself" is ἐκμιαίνομαι, as in oimoi ma Di' alla proēn eksemiēnamēn "Jesus fucking Christ, I just cummed myself now" (n.b. my composition, not Aristophanes).