Comments on: And The Winners Are… http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/ Bigger, Better, More Prettiful Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: holly http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1887 holly Mon, 12 May 2008 23:21:38 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1887 did i say rigged? i meant with a high probability of scarlet winning. . . did i say rigged? i meant with a high probability of scarlet winning. . .

]]> By: holly http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1886 holly Mon, 12 May 2008 23:20:46 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1886 hey now! i totally am in favour of holly winning stuff. she totally totally needs more. and i am within 3.5 pounds of goal, people! i can almost eat chocolate!!! lilacspecs, yours will be the first chocolate bar i eat in this, the year of our lord, 2008! ha HA! scarlet : i am going to make a contest specifically rigged for you to win. although i think you got a really ugly scarf not long ago, yes? hey now! i totally am in favour of holly winning stuff. she totally totally needs more. and i am within 3.5 pounds of goal, people! i can almost eat chocolate!!! lilacspecs, yours will be the first chocolate bar i eat in this, the year of our lord, 2008! ha HA!

scarlet : i am going to make a contest specifically rigged for you to win. although i think you got a really ugly scarf not long ago, yes?

]]> By: Scarlet Blue http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1796 Scarlet Blue Fri, 09 May 2008 22:20:32 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1796 There was a contest and presents and I missed it? DAMN REAL LIFE! There was a contest and presents and I missed it? DAMN REAL LIFE!

]]> By: missburrows http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1795 missburrows Fri, 09 May 2008 21:42:46 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1795 i object to holly winning anything. did you see how much blog stuff she got from her trip? she doesn't need more. i object to holly winning anything. did you see how much blog stuff she got from her trip? she doesn’t need more.

]]> By: Thalia's Child http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1793 Thalia's Child Fri, 09 May 2008 18:38:05 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1793 Also, I might do this type of contest for my 300th post (which is coming up with frightening speed) Also, I might do this type of contest for my 300th post (which is coming up with frightening speed)

]]> By: Thalia's Child http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1792 Thalia's Child Fri, 09 May 2008 18:36:58 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1792 Yay! Did you get my email yesterday - there was some funny business with my gmail not wanting to send to you... I can't wait for my hangman's noose! I'll have to figure out where to erm... hang.... it. (maybe in the bar!) Yay!

Did you get my email yesterday - there was some funny business with my gmail not wanting to send to you…

I can’t wait for my hangman’s noose! I’ll have to figure out where to erm… hang…. it. (maybe in the bar!)

]]> By: Memarie Lane http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1791 Memarie Lane Fri, 09 May 2008 17:32:06 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1791 Yay! Can't wait. Yay! Can’t wait.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1790 Jenn Fri, 09 May 2008 16:24:45 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1790 congrats to the winners!! /me waits for the next chocolate contest ;-) is the tooth feeling 100% cured now? How much is left on the house before renovations are done? And why don't you have a sink in the bathroom? Is that normal or due to renovations? /me snickers and remembers the night you couldn't think of anything to blog about and now I can just fill your message box with things :-) PS update the gnome travels???? the name??? etc.... congrats to the winners!! /me waits for the next chocolate contest ;-)

is the tooth feeling 100% cured now? How much is left on the house before renovations are done? And why don’t you have a sink in the bathroom? Is that normal or due to renovations?
/me snickers and remembers the night you couldn’t think of anything to blog about and now I can just fill your message box with things :-)

PS update the gnome travels???? the name??? etc….

]]> By: Carrie http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1789 Carrie Fri, 09 May 2008 13:25:07 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1789 I'm working on it.....:) I’m working on it…..:)

]]> By: Goofball http://www.lilacspecs.com/2008/05/09/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1788 Goofball Fri, 09 May 2008 12:15:06 +0000 http://www.lilacspecs.com/?p=335#comment-1788 About Stropke: the citizens were not hung by Charles V. But the city lost the privilege to have walls (pretty important in those times) => hence no more traces of city walls in Ghent unlike most other cities! Check it out if you walk around. Secondly a group of important rich citizens had to go through the humiliation of walking barefooted through the city in a white shirt with the rope around their neck, held by the person behind them. They were not hung though. Afterwards the citizens of Ghent were nicknamed "stroppendragers" (=those who wear a hangman's rope). They started to use this name with pride and the hangman's rope became their symbol. During the Gentse Feesten (the best city festival in the world....3rd week of July, Ghent is the place to be!!!!!!), they always have this parade. The 'stroppendragers' parade is a fairly parade starting at the fortress 't Gravensteen with a dozen citizens marching barefooted in a white gown and a hangman's rope around their neck...accompagnied with a solemn drumroll. During the festival , a lot of citizens will be wearing a "stropke" themselves. About Stropke: the citizens were not hung by Charles V. But the city lost the privilege to have walls (pretty important in those times) => hence no more traces of city walls in Ghent unlike most other cities! Check it out if you walk around.

Secondly a group of important rich citizens had to go through the humiliation of walking barefooted through the city in a white shirt with the rope around their neck, held by the person behind them. They were not hung though. Afterwards the citizens of Ghent were nicknamed “stroppendragers” (=those who wear a hangman’s rope). They started to use this name with pride and the hangman’s rope became their symbol.

During the Gentse Feesten (the best city festival in the world….3rd week of July, Ghent is the place to be!!!!!!), they always have this parade. The ’stroppendragers’ parade is a fairly parade starting at the fortress ‘t Gravensteen with a dozen citizens marching barefooted in a white gown and a hangman’s rope around their neck…accompagnied with a solemn drumroll.

During the festival , a lot of citizens will be wearing a “stropke” themselves.

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