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03-28-2005, 09:15 AM
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Happy Dyngus Day from South Bend!
Happy Dyngus Day from South Bend, Indiana...the land that can't get in time sync with the rest of the region!
What is Dyngus Day, you ask??? (OK, Big Daddy Dave and Dave Metzner...feel free to jump right in here) It's a "holiday" of Polish derivation that falls the Monday after Easter. I am told by my Polish friends that have actually grown up in Poland, that it is NOT celebrated there anymore because it involved switching women on the back of their legs with willow switches. Hmmm... Anyway, here in South Bend, we have elevated this day to be one of political festivity and drunken debauchery. All over the west side of town, Polish sausage by the ton, noodles, sauerkraut are being cooked at various social clubs and the beer trucks have been on 24 hour delivery. Politicians  from all over the state come to campaign. Most government workers take the day off and AM General, makers of the Hummer, got it written into their contract to have the day off with pay!  Ah, it's an amazing sight to behold as you drive around the west end starting at about 2:00 in the afternoon....the best ancient Roman Bacanalia (sp?) or New Orleans Mardi Gras have nothing on our Dyngus Day.
Hugs!
Lisa
P.S. And if you're looking for something a little more tame, tune into ESPN tonight to see the All American Slam Dunk Competition which is being broadcast from my new place of employment, Bethel College. Look for me! I'll be the one at the top of the bleachers holding the Polish Sausage Sandwhich and waving! 
Last edited by Da Queen : 03-28-2005 at 09:17 AM.
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03-28-2005, 10:27 AM
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sounds like fun !! hey , i'll be lookin' for ya on ESPN .
hb
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03-28-2005, 12:05 PM
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Holy Willow Switch, Batman! That was more information than I think anyone here in South Bend has! Pretty interesting! Thanks!
Big Daddy Dave, Dave M...did you read this??
Moi!
Lisa
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03-28-2005, 12:56 PM
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Isn't this the 75th official Dyngus Day in Michiana? For some reason, the calendar I got doesn't list Dyngus day right beneath Canada's Easter Monday. Must've been an oversight ...
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03-28-2005, 10:14 PM
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Ummmm...a ton of kielbasa....ummmm (drool)
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03-28-2005, 11:01 PM
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Hitting women on the backs of their legs with switches, eh?
[tenting fingers] "E x c e l l e n t."
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03-28-2005, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by yamahog
Hitting women on the backs of their legs with switches, eh?
[tenting fingers] "E x c e l l e n t."
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Somehow I'm just not 'turned on' by the whole idea....
- GJS 
That's a JOKE, son! Switches! Turned On! get it? I keep throwin'em at you but, you keep duckin', boy!
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03-29-2005, 05:49 AM
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 Let me get this straight. you get to whollop your wife witha stick and eat kolbassi too ? ? 
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03-29-2005, 07:15 AM
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I thought Dyngus was that thing I had as a kid but was too young to properly take care of and it died.
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03-29-2005, 07:48 AM
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My dingus salutes you!!!
no....waitaminute....
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03-29-2005, 08:07 AM
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Can we say Dyngus in this forum?  |
03-29-2005, 08:08 AM
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Update....The All American Slam Dunk Competition will air on ESPN on Wednesday night. They just taped it yesterday.
Dyngus Day Update....Dateline South Bend,IN....Bodies are strewn everywhere as the stench of sauerkraut wafts over the west side of town.....
Moi!
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03-29-2005, 09:52 AM
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...And I bet the dynguses aren't in any great shape, neither.
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03-29-2005, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark McGovern
...And I bet the dynguses aren't in any great shape, neither.
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