Comments on: Two Double Oh Six http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/ The Ramblings and 'Ritings of a Big-Dicked Country Boy Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:42:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: knottyboy http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2515 knottyboy Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:50:55 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2515 I will never forget that. A prosperous sausage. God the bounty that implies and the pillow biting. A little stretched and sticky is the perfect way to start the new year. kb I will never forget that. A prosperous sausage. God the bounty that implies and the pillow biting. A little stretched and sticky is the perfect way to start the new year.
kb

]]> By: BewilderedofLondon http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2479 BewilderedofLondon Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:56:58 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2479 Don't know why, but for some reason I seem to recall this as best being a chimney-sweep (hence the swarthiness and the lump of coal.) Can't move for them around here of course (GawdblessyaMaryPoppins!) Don’t know why, but for some reason I seem to recall this as best being a chimney-sweep (hence the swarthiness and the lump of coal.)
Can’t move for them around here of course (GawdblessyaMaryPoppins!)

]]> By: David Quinn http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2475 David Quinn Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:53:00 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2475 How fantastic. A dark haired man baring sausage entered my house yesterday. :) I'm so happpy now - though not quite as happy as when his sausage was ---nevermind. Anyway, Happy New Year. How fantastic. A dark haired man baring sausage entered my house yesterday. :) I’m so happpy now - though not quite as happy as when his sausage was —nevermind. Anyway, Happy New Year.

]]> By: Scotty http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2474 Scotty Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:14:57 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2474 I swear i have NEVER heard of this but I like it! I swear i have NEVER heard of this but I like it!

]]> By: martin http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2472 martin Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:24:33 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2472 This is an old Scottish tradition called "first-footing". Your first visitor after midnight symbolises the year ahead. A tall, dark, handsome man was best. He should bring a lump of coal and a piece of fruitcake (black bun). Redheads, women, doctors, ministers and grave-diggers would not have been especially welcome. Here are some links: http://www.visitscotland.com/library/hogmanaytraditions http://www.hogmanay.net/history/faq#firstfootin http://www.new-year.co.uk/firstfoot.html This is an old Scottish tradition called “first-footing”. Your first visitor after midnight symbolises the year ahead. A tall, dark, handsome man was best. He should bring a lump of coal and a piece of fruitcake (black bun). Redheads, women, doctors, ministers and grave-diggers would not have been especially welcome. Here are some links:

http://www.visitscotland.com/library/hogmanaytraditions
http://www.hogmanay.net/history/faq#firstfootin
http://www.new-year.co.uk/firstfoot.html

]]> By: Todd/Imnot2bzy http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2469 Todd/Imnot2bzy Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:11:01 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2469 You can bring the cake and the sausage :) You can bring the cake and the sausage :)

]]> By: higher powered http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2467 higher powered Sun, 01 Jan 2006 23:50:02 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2467 Oh dear! No one has come to my house today. What could that mean? Oh dear! No one has come to my house today. What could that mean?

]]> By: moby http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2462 moby Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:48:45 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2462 Can I be your first? Can I be your first?

]]> By: Curtis http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2461 Curtis Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:48:26 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2006/01/01/two-double-oh-six/#comment-2461 I had never heard of this. We could use some good luck this year, so please, come right over! Oh, and did I mention that we were fresh out of cake? I had never heard of this. We could use some good luck this year, so please, come right over! Oh, and did I mention that we were fresh out of cake?

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