Victoria Day

[stewey]

Thanks to your previous queen, we have a long weekend over here: Victoria Day. It is to celebrate her birthday, and is held on the Monday closest to the 24th of May. So, three hips and a hooray to Vickie, and bottoms up...Cheers!

[mike11111]

We used to celebrate her birthday too, it was called Empire Day, 24th May, and we used to get the afternoon off school. Lefties got rid of it in 1958.

[stewey]

Hi, Mike. I just realized I put this in the wrong section!

[mike11111]

It was renamed Commonwealth Day which ever since has been studiously ignored since children were stopped going into the playground, waving their flags and singing, "Long live Elizabeth" and " Who were the yeomen, the yeomen of England?"

[Old_Geezer]

I thought is was deliberate. I like sarcasm ;-)