Happy Star Wars Day!

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Cath@VWXYNot?

May the fourth be with you.

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20 Responses to Happy Star Wars Day!

  1. Bob O'Hara says:
    May 4, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    There are some very sad people in this world.

  2. Richard P. Grant says:
    May 4, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    Oh damn! I forgot!
    Luckily I’m not in Australia any more…

  3. Cath Ennis says:
    May 4, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    @Bob: yes, and some miserable buggers too.
    @Richard: my time zone is not conducive to being the first to post such things. Maybe MT4 will fix this by having automatic pre-set post time stamps.

  4. Eva Amsen says:
    May 4, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Yeah, this holiday probably never really caught on in Holland. There’s another observance on May the 4th.

  5. Richard P. Grant says:
    May 4, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    giggle @Cath

  6. Mike Fowler says:
    May 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    It’s my sister in law’s birthday today. Felicidads, Cunyada! The May the 4th joke doesn’t work so well in Catalan.
    But quick as a flash, it’s my wee sister’s birthday tomorrow. I’m getting writers cramp from all the cards.

  7. Cath Ennis says:
    May 4, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    Eva, yes, I can see why a frivolous non-holiday would not catch on in those circumstances.
    I emceed a friend’s wedding on May 5th, 2007. I tried to get them to bring it forward a day so I could make the same geeky joke, but with no luck.

  8. Richard P. Grant says:
    May 4, 2009 at 4:37 pm

    emceed
    Is that canonical?
    ‘MCed’, shirley?

  10. Cath Ennis says:
    May 4, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    and don’t call me Shirley

  11. Richard P. Grant says:
    May 4, 2009 at 5:29 pm

    Bah. Citing dictionaries is an admission of desperation.

  12. Lee Turnpenny says:
    May 4, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    Darth Vader became Prime Minister thirty years ago today.

  13. Cath Ennis says:
    May 4, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    And my parents decamped to Germany 6 months later… coincidence? They say not…
    Apparently it’s also Greenery Day in Japan. I hope you had the time of your life. Oh, no, wait, that’s Green Day.
    I am ignoring Richard and his sour grapes 😉

  14. Cath Ennis says:
    May 5, 2009 at 12:10 am

    The fourth WAS with me today!

    I found out there’s an excellent chance that my contract will be renewed after the end of the original 2-year term (in November). Exact funding source (and therefore job description) TBD.

    There’s a cheque in the post, from my first proper freelancing gig. That only took 18 months from the end of the project!

  15. Matt Brown says:
    May 5, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Ah, that’s my third-favourite Star Wars joke.
    Number 2
    Q. What do you call a quivering Jedi?
    A. Panickin’ Skywalker
    Number 1
    VADER: “I know what you’re getting for Christmas, young Skywalker.”
    LUKE: “That’s impossible. How can you know?”
    VADER: “I have felt your presents”

  16. Richard P. Grant says:
    May 5, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    \o/ @ Cath!

  17. Cath Ennis says:
    May 5, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    I am no longer ignoring Richard (thank you!)
    I might have to ignore Matt for a bit though.

  18. Frank Norman says:
    May 5, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    I heard about this wedding on the news this morning. I didn’t really understand it for a few minutes. (Sorry – never seen the movie, but I have sung the soundtrack).

  19. Cath Ennis says:
    May 5, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    That’s awesome! The wee girl dressed as R2D2 is so cute!

  20. Åsa Karlström says:
    May 5, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    Cath> the ring seemed interesting. A part of a meteorite!
    Frank> never seen the movies? not even the first ones? (the new ones I completely understand if one has “missed”….)

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