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9. I have to laugh at the "Easter" symbols

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 12:05 PM

Apr 2017

In case anyone doesn't get the point: Rabbits and eggs.

Personally, I want the fun without the fertility!

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Happy Oestrus, Everyone! [View all] MineralMan Apr 2017 OP

Right cilla4progress Apr 2017 #1

Thanks for the reply. MineralMan Apr 2017 #2

Well, alright then. Act_of_Reparation Apr 2017 #3

Big pagan holiday cilla4progress Apr 2017 #4

Back atchya! 2naSalit Apr 2017 #5

Same here. Randy sparrows and bunnies MineralMan Apr 2017 #8

Yup... 2naSalit Apr 2017 #19

Our wild, mated pair of mallards just showed up this MineralMan Apr 2017 #20

That's so cool. 2naSalit Apr 2017 #23

Oestrus?! meow2u3 Apr 2017 #6

LOL... 2naSalit Apr 2017 #24

Indeed! longship Apr 2017 #7

I have to laugh at the "Easter" symbols NastyRiffraff Apr 2017 #9

That remains a joke played on the Church. MineralMan Apr 2017 #14

Lambs were more common in the tradition I was raised in Retrograde Apr 2017 #16

You forgot the chicks! Ilsa Apr 2017 #25

More rabbits Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #28

Spring! Hekate Apr 2017 #10

Well, there's a reason Easter comes when it does, and MineralMan Apr 2017 #11

In most languages, the word for Easter is derived from Passover Retrograde Apr 2017 #17

Yes. I knew that, actually. MineralMan Apr 2017 #18

And 'oestrus' seems to be just a coincidental pun, of course muriel_volestrangler Apr 2017 #30

Absolutely. The Maypole and the May Dance MineralMan Apr 2017 #15

Blessed Be! Coventina Apr 2017 #12

Indeed! And you as well. MineralMan Apr 2017 #13

Oestrus iz hawt jpak Apr 2017 #21

Indeed it is. MineralMan Apr 2017 #22

are people still saying "hawt"? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #27

Yep. I know what the bunnies really represent. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #26

The holiday is "Pascha" in Latin and similarly in Greek struggle4progress Apr 2017 #29