[b]Tuesday the 16th of February 2010 is Pancake Day, the international celebration of pancakes[/b]
In Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia, pancakes are traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday, which is also known as "Pancake Day" and, particularly in Ireland, as "Pancake Tuesday". (Shrove Tuesday is better known in the United States, France and other countries as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.) Historically, pancakes were made on Shrove Tuesday so that the last of the fatty and rich foods could be used up before Lent.
In England, as part of community celebration, many towns held traditional Shrove Tuesday football ('Mob football') games, dating as far back as the 12th century. The practice mostly died out in the 19th century, after the passing of the Highway Act 1835, which banned playing football on public highways. A number of towns have maintained the tradition, including Alnwick in Northumberland, Ashbourne in Derbyshire (called the Royal Shrovetide Football Match), Atherstone (called the Ball Game) in Warwickshire, Sedgefield (called the Ball Game) in County Durham, and St Columb Major (called Hurling the Silver Ball) in Cornwall.
Shrove Tuesday was once known as a 'half-holiday' in England. It started at 11:00am with the signalling of a church bell. On Pancake Day, pancake races are held in villages and towns across the United Kingdom. The tradition is said to have originated when a housewife from Olney was so busy making pancakes that she forgot the time until she heard the church bells ringing for the service. She raced out of the house to church while still carrying her frying pan and pancake.
In 1634 William Fennor wrote in "Palinodia":
"And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they burne."
The tradition of pancake racing had started long before that. The most famous pancake race , at Olney in Buckinghamshire, has been held since 1445. The contestants, traditionally women, carry a frying pan and race to the finishing line while tossing the pancakes as they go. The winner is the first to cross the line having tossed the pancake a certain number of times.
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Since 1950 the people of Liberal, Kansas, and Olney have held the "International Pancake Day" race between the two towns. The two towns' competitors race along an agreed-upon measured course. The times of the two towns' competitors are compared, to determine a winner overall. After the 2000 race, Liberal was leading with 26 wins to Olney's 24.. A similar race is held in North Somercotes of Lincolnshire in eastern England.
Scarborough, North Yorkshire celebrates by closing off the foreshore road (beach) to traffic, closing schools early, and inviting all residents to skip in the road.
[img]http://blogs.southtownstar.com/money/ihop-free-pancake-day-2009.jpg[/img]
In some places it is called "Mardi Gras" or "Fat Tuesday" and is celebrated by having furries and jugglers parade through the streets. New Orleans is particulary famous for this:
[img]http://www.insidemardigras.com/images/2008/2008MardiGrasCalendarNov1.jpg[/img]
[img]http://mnijm.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mardi-gras_500.jpg[/img]
[B]HAPPY PANCAKE DAY FACEPUNCH[/B]
best holiday
I am more interested in the Mardi Gras chest cakes rather than the pancake girls.
UK
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USA
[img]http://mnijm.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mardi-gras_500.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;20238647]I am more interested in the Mardi Gras chest cakes rather than the pancake girls.
UK
[img]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00440/news-graphics-2008-_440381a.jpg[/img]
USA
[img]http://mnijm.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/mardi-gras_500.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
You can fap to that picture any day of the year. Shrove Tuesday is a special day reserved for pancakes only.
Screw the celebrations, I just want to eat some damn tasty pancakes!
I'm dressing my Rabbit up for this:
[img]http://theproject.whimsicalfilm.com/old/2006s1/teams/pancake.gif[/img]
Somebody make a facepunch pancake and post it
God damn pancake day is ballin'.
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All alone on valentine's day? Wait 2 days and flip some fucking batter.
[quote='[gmob] luke;20239150']i'm dressing my rabbit up for this:
[img]http://theproject.whimsicalfilm.com/old/2006s1/teams/pancake.gif[/img][/quote]
hilarious.
tomorrow im gonna be eating so many fucking pancakes im going to throw up on my bed then cook that
shit yeah
oh god im going to have so many fucking pancakes i'll be shitting them out for weeks
I made pancakes on saturday morning :3
I already had pancakes last Tuesday because we got confused :)
Man, haven't had pancakes for quite awhile.
Blueberry pancakes are the fucking best
Pancake.
Pancake, I like saying it. Paaaaaancaake. Pancake.
Fuck pancakes. I'm having waffles.
I haven't had any pancakes in ages, i made some killer pancakes today.
i had so many i don't think I'll have lunch, even if i do it'll be leftover pancakes.
paaaancakes.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;20238915]You can fap to that picture any day of the year. Shrove Tuesday is a special day reserved for pancakes only.[/QUOTE]
Masturbate with the pancakes
[QUOTE=Shadowspike;20240447]I made pancakes on saturday morning :3[/QUOTE]
Blutklinge?
In Sweden we eat semlor on fat tuesday
[img]http://www.swea.org/webarchive/data_foreningar/barcelona/Semla.jpg[/img]
:sweden:
i went to the lundi gras parades tonight....they were rockin'.
you can watch streaming video of mardi gras in new orleans at [url]www.nola.com[/url]
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