Got any local traditions? : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:25 am

Do you have local traditions you partake in?

For example we have Burning Parties, where we get all our buddies bring all their old furniture, extra fire wood, cardboard boxes, junk mail and other stuff we want to get rid of, get liquored up and throw the [censored] into a fire while listening to music and having a party.

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:31 pm

We have inbreeding, but I have no sister.

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:42 am

Free Masonry. You would be troubled to find somebody above the age of 25 in these parts who wasn't already a member.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:02 pm

Around here it's tradition to go to the Boardwalk on Easter Sunday, and have your first slice of your "favorite Boardwalk pie" (pizza) from either Mack's or Sam's. Who's is better has been the subject of much heated debate and all out family warring so severe, that it would leave the Hatfield and McCoy clans waving a white flag.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:27 am

Hiding potatoes from the Irish.

» Sat May 12, 2012 5:27 pm

Hiding potatoes from the Irish.

You cruel bastards. ;-;

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:15 am

Nope.

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:16 pm

Other than Bonfire Night, nothing really comes to mind.

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:56 pm

Every spring, there is a Tulip Festival. It goes back to a tradition started after WWII when the Dutch send thousands of tulip bulbs as a "thank you" for harbouring their royal family and liberating the Netherlands.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:13 pm

We have inbreeding, but I have no sister.

?_?

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:32 am

First rule of Navajo country: Don't say "yee naaldlooshii" (Skin walker)
It attracts them ya see.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:02 am

We have "Home Days" every summer. It's like a city carnival, except the city only has 7000 people so the carnival is really small and the rides don't meet any safety standards.

We also have "Fall Fest" where they give "tours" around our city which involve people sitting in a cart pulled by a tractor and listening to the "guide" point out the "landmarks" of the city. The landmarks include the building department, the police station, the fire station, the pond, the swimming pool, and...wait for it.....the library!

Pretty exciting stuff going on in an inbred suburb of Cleveland!

» Sat May 12, 2012 1:04 pm

I live in TN so... SEC Football and Beer?

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:16 am

Pretty exciting stuff going on in an inbred suburb of Cleveland!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM.

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:18 pm

I'd like to say when a child is born we tie the umbilical cord to a small tree and dedicate that tree as that child's tree for life....but we don't do that here.

I don't know what these crazy people around me do, but it might have something to do with sport shoes hanging and dangling from the utility lines by their laces.

Sometimes I feel like Walt Kowalski in "Gran Torino".

» Sat May 12, 2012 3:50 pm

We have "Home Days" every summer. It's like a city carnival, except the city only has 7000 people so the carnival is really small and the rides don't meet any safety standards.

We also have "Fall Fest" where they give "tours" around our city which involve people sitting in a cart pulled by a tractor and listening to the "guide" point out the "landmarks" of the city. The landmarks include the building department, the police station, the fire station, the pond, the swimming pool, and...wait for it.....the library!

Pretty exciting stuff going on in an inbred suburb of Cleveland!

Huh..I was in Cleveland today to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I hate that city.

I don't have anything to add to the conversation. I live in the middle of nowhere. I just needed to vent my frustrations. Cleveland svcks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM.

I hate that city so much...Don't even try driving there. You're better off sitting on a wooden bar-stool and squeezing your head as hard as you can for 8 hours. It's less painful.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:29 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM.

I laughed.

I don't have local traditions however, unless it is everyone-be-a-snob day, but that is pretty much year round :dry:

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:31 am

Over here they celebrate "New Year's Day". Weird, I know.

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:11 pm

Showering is pretty common here, but it's not quite a tradition yet.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:14 am

The cheese rolling festival occurs not too far from here. Pretty much as you'd expect: a cheese is rolled down a hill and people chase it. Whoever catches it gets to keep it.

The local ambulance types are resigned to the fact that there are always going to be a number of people with broken limbs by the time it's over.

Edit: http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/index1.htm. :laugh:

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:55 pm

Just the county fair in the fall and the annual livermush festival.....livermush...I can't stand that garbage.

» Sat May 12, 2012 5:14 pm

Apart from sacrificing every first new born of the year, nope, no other traditions I can think of.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:06 am

The cheese rolling festival occurs not too far from here. Pretty much as you'd expect: a cheese is rolled down a hill and people chase it. Whoever catches it gets to keep it.

The local ambulance types are resigned to the fact that there are always going to be a number of people with broken limbs by the time it's over.

Edit: http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/index1.htm. :laugh:

You're not too far from me. Don't forget driving to cider farms and drinking scrumpy 'til the wallpaper starts moving and your guts hurt. Pretty much what passes for a tradition in these 'ere parts.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:06 pm

The cheese rolling festival occurs not too far from here. Pretty much as you'd expect: a cheese is rolled down a hill and people chase it. Whoever catches it gets to keep it.

The local ambulance types are resigned to the fact that there are always going to be a number of people with broken limbs by the time it's over.

Edit: http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/index1.htm. :laugh:

That, is by far, the greatest thing I have ever heard in my life.

» Sat May 12, 2012 2:00 pm

Green Sentinel outlined our traditions, and like him, I lack a sister. I'm such an outcast.

Hiding potatoes from the Irish.

How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?

None.