~VALENTINES~

[IMaDick]

Oh and fuck all those sappy fucking whiny annoying jewelry commercials.

Exactly.

But I really want that platinum/14k gold mix ring...

All those jewelry commercials piss me off. Shallow and pitiful and so badly done.

That said, I would not turn down platinum.

Would you know how to tell the difference between platinum and white gold?

[ramseycat]

It's a Hallmark Holiday. It's stupid. I used to buy the kids stuff when they were little but not anymore. Thank God this is the last year we have to do class valentines.

[Maggot]

It's a Hallmark Holiday. It's stupid. I used to buy the kids stuff when they were little but not anymore. Thank God this is the last year we have to do class valentines.

I had a card all ready for you Ramseykittens.

[Lady Cop]

i have valentines for everyone in post #85 here:

http://mockforums.net/post-126411.html#pid126411

and a special one for Dickie here ------->

[Duchess]

We have to share?! You don't want to post 344 individual Valentines?

[Duchess]

I like it when you taser Dick.

[Lady Cop]

I like it when you taser Dick.

me too! ::devilban::

[Lady Cop]

[Countryside_Belle]

This site has some gift ideas.
Not sure how the "couple undies" would work for a 5ft7 woman and a man that is 6ft6 however.
http://www.incrediblethings.com/lists/pr...t=FaceBook

[Lady Cop]

Valentine's Day is actually quite historical in its origins and customs~~
NPR
Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled.

A drawing (attached) depicts the death of St. Valentine — one of them, anyway. The Romans executed two men by that name on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3^rd century A.D.

Though no one has pinpointed the exact origin of the holiday, one good place to start is ancient Rome, where men hit on women by, well, hitting them.

Those Wild and Crazy Romans

From Feb. 13 to 15, the Romans celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain.

The Roman romantics "were drunk. They were naked," some things don't change hahaha says Noel Lenski, a historian at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Young women would actually line up for the men to hit them, Lenski says. They believed this would make them fertile.

The brutal fete included a matchmaking lottery, in which young men drew the names of women from a jar. The couple would then be, um, coupled up for the duration of the festival – or longer, if the match was right.

The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3^rd century A.D. Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine's Day.

Later, Pope Gelasius I muddled things in the 5^th century by combining St. Valentine's Day with Lupercalia to expel the pagan rituals. But the festival was more of a theatrical interpretation of what it had once been. Lenski adds, "It was a little more of a drunken revel, but the Christians put clothes back on it. That didn't stop it from being a day of fertility and love."