Happy Dyngus Day to all the Buffalo area DUers!

[deucemagnet]

:hi:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyngus_Day

[Bake]

1. Sounds lovely ...

In Poland, traditionally, early in the morning boys awake girls by pouring a bucket of water on their head and strike them about the legs with long thin twigs or switches made from willow, birch or decorated tree branches (palmy wielkanocne); however, the earliest documented records of Dyngus Day in Poland are from the 15th century, almost half a millennium after Poland adopted Christianity.

From the wiki article linked in OP.

That's a real knee-slapper!

Bake

[deucemagnet]

2. The dousing and flagellation have been reduced to socially acceptable levels.

I never heard of the holiday myself until I moved to Buffalo, but it's a big deal there. Or, at least, an excuse to get drunk. :P

[Bake]

3. No prob with the dousing (sounds like a wet T-shirt contest ...!)

But the flagellation is a bit much ...

But then, any excuse to drink to excess is a good one!

:hi:

Bake