This is for any strange traditions that you participate in with your family, friends, or even your whole country. I'll start off with what I do for Memorial Day:
This weekend, my family went up to the lake to the same party we go to every year. We all make 'trash can soup.' Pretty much everyone just brings any food they want, usually meat and vegetables, and we throw it in this giant (brand new) aluminum trash can. We cook it over a campfire and stir it with a boat oar. Pretty weird, but actually quite delicious. Weird Traditions...
In Taiwan, when someone dies a 'temple' is erected where people can pay their final respects to the deceased. Within this temple someone - a professional - is paid to sing in a manner that is similar to wailing. This involves the said professional pretending to cry, scream and sing at the same time. It usually starts at dawn and continues until lunchtime. It's not beautiful. The only tradition we really have in my family is me and my brother fighting over who gets the good flag to wave when we go to the footy. Oh, and who gets to drive the good car. Juvenile, I know. But fun.
Anotehr tradition with me and my friends to all have Frozen Coke and Malibu as our starting drink when we go out.
Veradis - Trash Can Soup? I'll take your word for it! As discussed in detail in another thread, those crazy Jews have a habit of cutting each-other's willies off. Ahhhhhh,werid traditions.....weeeeeeeell every friday the thirteenth i go to school wearing a hockey mask and i don't speak-does that count as a werid tradition? I dont really have personal traditions....I kind of got away from all that stuff my family used to do cause I just didnt see a point in it. There are a few marine Corps traditions, but nothing too weird. As discussed in detail in another thread, those crazy Jews have a habit of cutting each-other's willies off.
Well, if I ever did convert, at least I'll be keeoing all my body parts.
Don - What kind of traditions? C'mon we all want to know what goes down with you guys. There are a lot of different things. There is, of course, the Marine Corps Ball every year to celebrate the Marine Corps birthday. Before the actual party starts they have a speaker, a message written by General Lejeune that he wrote when he was the Commandant is read. Then they bring out a bis fucking cake. The oldest Marine and youngest Marine present cut the cake and take the first pieces.
Then there are Hail and Farewells. That is for anyone coming into the command and leaving the command. They are generally more about hazing though, which we arent supposed to do. Our family celebrates Christmas by only inviting people without families or are 'alone' at that festive, suicidal time of the year, whether that be by their own choice or have no one or nowhere to go. We call it 'Vagrant Day', and even have a huge banner saying so at the front of the house, and 10 years ago it started with 3 and now has around 25-30 people. It's always held at my joint, and the ages vary between 16 to 80. This year however, we shall invite Jay's mum, who already knows and thinks the idea kicks ass. She is the oldest goth I've met, and never does anything by the norm. And she's against the system totally. So I love her to death. this thread reminds of something I read .. (translated from danish FHM)
La Tomatina:
Your parents have probally told you; "Don't play with your food!" But in Bunol, Spain, they don't care about that! Every year in august, trucks poor 45 tons of tomatos out on the streets, and the drunk crowd reacts by smashing 'em and throwing 'em at one another.
Bonus fact: La Tomatina means the tomato battle!
http://www.backpacker.co.uk/images/latomatina/truck.jpg
http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/spanish-festivals/images/tomatina1.jpg
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/gallery/2001/02/03/tomato.jpg
http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/spanish-festivals/la-tomatina-tomato-battle-bunyol.htm Oh yeah, I saw that on the news a couple years ago. You know that shit has to be fun at the time, but clean up must be a bitch. Oh yeah, I saw that on the news a couple years ago. You know that shit has to be fun at the time, but clean up must be a bitch.
http://www.voordeel-shop.nl/schoonmaken/schoonmaakmiddelen/vanish.jpg i'm hindu and we have a tradition when someone gets married. you have to hide the groom's shoes, that's if u can get them off the groom first. I've heard of the tomato thing. I've also heard that somewhere they do an orange battle. That just sounds painful. I've heard of the tomato thing. I've also heard that somewhere they do an orange battle. That just sounds painful.
.. a few other funny festivals:
Frog Festival: Frog! (http://www.rayne.org/frog_fest.html)
Cooper's Hill Annual Cheese Rolling: Cheese! (http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/)
Cow Painting Festival
more: http://www.askmen.com/fashion/travel_top_ten_60/90_travel_top_ten.html hey if you think an orange battle is painful imagine a pineapple battle!ouch! Or coconuts. I'd definitely wear a cup. Speaking of strange games with fruit, has anyone ever greased a watermelon & tried to gey it out of a pool? Near impossible, but tons of fun. ok then veradis i'll try it!!thanks for the tip! Speaking of strange games with fruit, has anyone ever greased a watermelon & tried to gey it out of a pool? Near impossible, but tons of fun.
Oh, the games you play with no money... Another game that costs nothing: stickball. All you need is a good stick and a hard crabapple. One step down from wiffleball, but still lots of fun. Another game that costs nothing: stickball. All you need is a good stick and a hard crabapple. One step down from wiffleball, but still lots of fun.
Or you could always, y'know, just wack each other with sticks. That's pretty entertaining, and you don't need a crabapple. It's amazing what people find entertaining when they have no money and no life. Like this website for example lol. Hey, you need to pay for the internet... in some form or another. I resent that statement. Not at the library! But I was just kidding anyway. I love this place. Who pays for the library? Old man Higgins? No no no, the taxpayer does. Bloody taxes. I'm too young to pay taxes so HA! Age has nothing to do with it. If you buy something, you pay taxes. If you have a job, you pay taxes. They are everywhere. Nothing in this world is free. YES!!!what about buy one get one free?and air we don't pay for that,and government,we don't pay for that!and if we do we shouldn't You pay for all of that in an indirect manner. But that isnt what this thread is about. You pay for all of that in an indirect manner. But that isnt what this thread is about.
correct, it's about weird traditions .. and I'd say that running around a tree at christmas is a weird tradition .. still, do it every year, good times! To get this thread back on topic, I always thought halloween was a strange holiday. I mean, dressing up as something crazy or scary and ringing doorbells asking complete strangers for candy is so random. Who came up with that in the first place? Not sure why, but my mom always used to put on the Wizard of Oz when we'd put the Christmas Decorations on the tree... not quite sure why that particular movie was chosen but every year it was on.
Now that I think of it, that is the only time of the year I ever watched that movie... To get this thread back on topic, I always thought halloween was a strange holiday. I mean, dressing up as something crazy or scary and ringing doorbells asking complete strangers for candy is so random. Who came up with that in the first place?
Jehovas Witness' .. The americans just developed it, so they could get some candy out of it! The americans just developed it, so they could get some candy out of it!
Nothing wrong with candy, my friend! ;) Heh. I would always eat all my candy the night I got it. I think my strangest costume was when my friend and I dressed up as Mr. & Mrs. Clause. Heh. I would always eat all my candy the night I got it. I think my strangest costume was when my friend and I dressed up as Mr. & Mrs. Clause.
I dressed up as the Terminator once... and Data... and once when I was really young a California Raisin...
Don't seem to remember any other costumes I had... Nothing wrong with candy, my friend! ;)
Off course not :) Anyways, at "our" hallowen, we get to beat a wodden cylinder (don't know the actual word for that) with a baseball bat .. The one's who beats it apart the most, wins a crown! It's suppose to have a cat inside the cylinder, but because of Greenpeace and other hippies like them, that ain't done no more .. now they're filled with candy!
I once dressed up as an owl! with my family, its tradition we always put the christmas tree up on my mothers birthday, then we go to her place and help her with hers. then a week before christmas, everyone congregates round my grandparents place for a huge bbq.
when i was younger, a few friends and i used to start drinking christmas day, and would drink right through till new years, not sobering up once. then we would spend the next week getting over it. when i was younger, a few friends and i used to start drinking christmas day, and would drink right through till new years, not sobering up once. then we would spend the next week getting over it.
No shit! :eek: that sounds like fun tho. Shame I have too many things I have to do to even consider pulling a "stunt" like that. Has anyone ever had a white elephant gift exchange? I do it every year. Everyone brings crappy gifts, and people randomly pick one out of the huge pile. You take turns and you can steal another present if you want. Tons of fun. Oh, and in my family there's one present that comes back every year, simply called 'the bird.' It's a crappy old stuffed bird that used to be like a mantle decoration or something. It's gotten ruined over the years, and now every Christmas someone brings it back. Whenever someone goes to pick out a present people start chanting,'bird, bird, bird, bird!' Good times. Has anyone ever had a white elephant gift exchange? I do it every year. Everyone brings crappy gifts, and people randomly pick one out of the huge pile. You take turns and you can steal another present if you want. Tons of fun. Oh, and in my family there's one present that comes back every year, simply called 'the bird.' It's a crappy old stuffed bird that used to be like a mantle decoration or something. It's gotten ruined over the years, and now every Christmas someone brings it back. Whenever someone goes to pick out a present people start chanting,'bird, bird, bird, bird!' Good times.
Yeah, I have done the white elephant gift exchange before but, I can't say as, I have the bird option thrown into the mix yet.lol Sounds like a good time girl. Your family sure has some interesting traditions. Funny stuff. We did the white elephant at work for our christmas party. Except we had some really kick ass gifts like a fifth of Jack and other assorted yummy stuff. It got pretty cut throat at one point, which made it even more fun. We do the gift exchange thing to .. though, our way of doing it is slightly different; we have to rounds; first round, everyone rolls a dice on turn, a 6, and you get to take a Round two is present from the pile. When there's no more presents in the pile, round two begings: on time, and it's pretty much times, besides the fact that a 6 now allows you to steal a present from another! I don't know if it's weird, ironic, corny, or whatever...but whenever I actually decide to attend a white elephant exchange, I bring a white stuffed elephant as my gift. Sometimes people tell me to stop taking the meaning so seriously, but I usually tell them, "Ah, fuck you, you're just jealous that you don't know where to get a white stuffed elephant. Now get me some punch, spiked." I don't know if it's weird, ironic, corny, or whatever...but whenever I actually decide to attend a white elephant exchange, I bring a white stuffed elephant as my gift. Sometimes people tell me to stop taking the meaning so seriously, but I usually tell them, "Ah, fuck you, you're just jealous that you don't know where to get a white stuffed elephant. Now get me some punch, spiked."
Where do you get a white stuffed elephant? At the white stuffed elephant store, fool! nah...it might have been in some kind of store that sells a bunch of useless junk, I forget.
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