--- Jim L'Hommedieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <Putting on my best Canadian accent as the sun
> slinks away...>
>
> Who one knows what Victoria Day has beeeeen
> ab-ou-oa-t, eh?
>
That's abewt. Short e, followed by a w.
We also celebrate our cats' birthday on the same day,
because we don't know their real birth dates. In
honour (avec un u) of the occasion, I created a
special Bombe a la viande pour les chats, consisting
of a dollop of canned food sprinkled liberally with
crunchies. Cat nip was strewn on the kitchen floor,
and the three weird sisters rolled in it to their
hearts' content until they were good and high.
The humans celebrated by eating a giant chocolate chip
cookie in the shape of a cat with "HBd HBs" (for Happy
Birthday, Hairballs) on it, because I don't have the
manual dexterity with those icing thingies to spell it
out in full.
A lovely time was had by all, after which my son and I
(my daughter being too "cool" for such things, and
preferring to stay at home to watch "Roswell") headed
out (ewt) in the rain in search of fireworks displays.
Mama is too cheap and chicken to buy her own, but we
danced in the dark (and the rain) with sparklers,
which is more my speed.
I'm not sure why Canadians chose to honour Queen Vic
(or in my case, cats) in such a way; but, as it gives
us a long weekend, I'm not going to rock the boat.
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