Biker, Happy Joan of Arc Day!

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Check post 1249.:)

Here goes, last one.

Thursday.
(ˈθɜrzdi/ or /ˈθɜrzdeɪ/) is the fourth or fifth day of the week, between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard adopted in most western countries, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries that use the Sunday-first convention, Thursday is defined as the fifth day of the week. It is the fifth day of the week in the Judeo-Christian calendar as well, and was defined so in the ancient Mesopotamian and biblical calendars. It falls between Wednesday and Friday. The name is derived from Old English Þūnresdæg and Middle English Thuresday, which means "Thor's day".
The contemporary name comes from the Old English Þunresdæg, "Thunor's Day"[1][2][3] (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse Þorsdagr, meaning "Thor's Day"). Thunor, Donar (German, Donnerstag) and Thor are derived from the Proto-Germanic god Thunraz, god of thunder.
In most Romance languages, the day is named after the Roman god Jupiter, who was the god of sky and thunder. In Latin, the day was known as Iovis Dies, "Jupiter's Day". In Latin, the genitive or possessive case of Jupiter was Iovis/Jovis and thus in most Romance languages it became the word for Thursday: Italian giovedì, Spanish jueves, French jeudi, Sardinian jòvia, Catalan dijous, and Romanian joi. This is also reflected in the p-Celtic Welsh dydd Iau.

In most of the languages of India, the word for Thursday is Guruvar – var meaning day and guru being the style for Bṛhaspati, guru to the gods and regent of the planet Jupiter. In Thai, the word is Wan Pharuehatsabodi – referring to the Hindu deity Bṛhaspati, also associated with Jupiter.

The astrological and astronomical sign of the planet Jupiter (♃Jupiter) is sometimes used to represent Thursday.
Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor (Norse Thor in northern Europe), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: Torsdag in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, Hósdagur/Tórsdagur in Faroese, Donnerstag in German or Donderdag in Dutch. Finnish and Northern Sami, both non-Germanic (Uralic) languages, uses the borrowing "Torstai" and "Duorastat". In the extinct Polabian Slavic language, it was perundan, Perun being the Slavic equivalent of Thor



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Goatboy

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Is it me or does the hook handed chap remind you of evil former Prime Minister and general "Scottish one eyed git" Gordon Brown. (I think we should be told)
 

Goatboy

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Sorry, which image of canny Scots would that be? First I've heard of this ;)
It's a polite way of saying mean, tight fisted, short arms/deep pockets, you know copper wire being invented by two Aberdonians fighting over a penny.:)
 

Huon

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Just naturally gifted I reckon:lmao:. Figured it out doing something else. (All innocent I assure you.)

That explains the old school picture of you posted earlier. Did you ever thank that Larsen guy?

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Goatboy

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That explains the old school picture of you posted earlier. Did you ever thank that Larsen guy?

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I did, for showing me from the back so that only my closest kith and kin would know me Bro. You were lucky getting the looks in the family... I only got the brains.
 

Huon

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I did, for showing me from the back so that only my closest kith and kin would know me Bro. You were lucky getting the looks in the family... I only got the brains.

All too true. Where did you hide those brains anyway? The jar is mine and I still want it back.

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Goatboy

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All too true. Where did you hide those brains anyway? The jar is mine and I still want it back.

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Aint telling, it's a big secret. You sure you want it back? Remember to wash it then with Fairy 'till it's squeaky clean as you don't want to catch bovine spongiform encephalopathy like Ma.
 

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