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Eatman 03-06-2010 02:34 AM

Glowing Hearts Day
 
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/a...ating-olympics

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - An online petition is aiming to give B.C. a statutory holiday in February in honour of the 2010 winter Olympics.

Petition creator Kate Holmes is proposing the third Monday of every February be called 'Glowing Hearts Day'. "Having a day to help celebrate and remember our great Olympic experience, it sort of morphed into a provincial holiday, because I know lots of people in B.C. have been hoping for a February holiday anyway. So, we just thought we could capitalize on that and really make it our own."

B.C. doesn't have a February holiday even though other provinces celebrate Family Day, Louis Riel Day and Islander Day. The petition will be submitted to the Premier.


Cool! sign the petition guys, we need another stat holiday

SkinnyPupp 03-06-2010 02:51 AM

:facepalm:

Get on with your lives, people

Eatman 03-06-2010 03:13 AM

What......you don't want another stat holiday?
It's been talked about for a while now that we needed an extra stat holiday. Also compared to other provinces we have fewer.

SkinnyPupp 03-06-2010 04:00 AM

I hate stat holidays, all the working bums are off work, creating more traffic and making places busy :mad:

Ronin 03-06-2010 04:06 AM

Not sure how I feel about this. On one hand, anything honoring the 2010 Olympics has my support...on the other hand, this just seems like a rather stupid idea.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 6846303)
:facepalm:

Get on with your lives, people

Like Vietnam vets would say...

"You weren't there, man! You don't know!"

SkinnyPupp 03-06-2010 05:06 AM

Even more reason not to do it. They want to make a fucken statutory holiday so a few thousand people can remember the fun they had for a couple weeks in February?

I get that it was a good time and all. But seriously, people need to get over it!

MG1 03-06-2010 05:40 AM

We already have a holiday for this purpose. It's called Canada Day. July 1st.

SilverBlitz 03-06-2010 08:53 AM

we should have a stat for Chinese new years :thumbsup: better reason then the olympics

orange7 03-06-2010 09:47 AM

the games are over.. time to move on.

I don't mind having a holiday in Feb but not for that reason.



if that holiday does happen, then we should all have a holiday on Alex Burrows's B-day because he's a monster. :rolleyes:

CP.AR 03-06-2010 10:10 AM

the games were nice and all. It was a huge party and I understand that a lot of people enjoyed it.

But really? A stat holiday to CELEBRATE and COMMEMORATE?

WTFSAWCE

snowball 03-06-2010 10:38 AM

stat holiday would be nice, but there are many other better reasons for one

Durrann 03-06-2010 11:06 AM

i agree stats holiday for chinese new years

Blinky 03-06-2010 12:25 PM

Online petition = lulz.

It was great. WAS. Time to move on.

BTW, stat holidays do vary from province to province. Though, for instance, Family day is a stat in Alberta, there is no statutory August holiday (like BC day - their Heritage day is a civic holiday). As another example, remembrance day is not a stat in Ontario.

Iceman_2K 03-06-2010 12:27 PM

i'd be up for another stat.....another paid day to sleep in...lol

skyxx 03-06-2010 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 6846337)
Even more reason not to do it. They want to make a fucken statutory holiday so a few thousand people can remember the fun they had for a couple weeks in February?

I get that it was a good time and all. But seriously, people need to get over it!

I told people that the Olympics is like a really awesome Summer fling. When it's over you go in to "depression" mode and find ways of remember them. This is just "emo" and all that crap. Screw the Stat holiday. It's not really "worthy" of it.

twitchyzero 03-06-2010 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blinky (Post 6846611)
remembrance day is not a stat in Ontario.

Oh what seriously?
they should let us have yom kippur, lunar new year and vaisakhi as stat holidays:haha:

TOS'd 03-06-2010 12:54 PM

We should have Family Day here.

underscore 03-06-2010 01:39 PM

what a dumb idea. you don't need a holiday to remember the Olympics.

first the anthem, now this. what next?

JSALES 03-06-2010 01:43 PM

oh my..

Graeme S 03-06-2010 01:58 PM

The problem with this (not a bad idea, kind of) is that by defining ourselves as great by an event that's done and gone and will never come again just makes us more of a loser.

It's like your buddy's uncle who seems really cool at first cause of all the stories he tells but then you find out he's 50, living in his parents basement, and he's telling all the same stories from 30 years ago.


I'd be much more in favour of Canada Hockey Day, commemorating the day we whipped the yanks on home soil.
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underscore 03-06-2010 02:03 PM

^ and instead of a moment of silence, at whatever the exact time was when we won, everyone give a good loud "LUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

InvisibleSoul 03-06-2010 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eatman (Post 6846295)
Petition creator Kate Holmes is proposing the third Monday of every February be called 'Glowing Hearts Day'.

Maybe she might get a little more traction if she was Katie Holmes, but... don't even waste your five seconds with this.

It will never... NEEEEEEVER happen.

Greenstoner 03-07-2010 01:37 PM

i dont mind adding 1 more stat day

murd0c 03-07-2010 01:40 PM

as long as I get a day off in Feb I will be fricken happy. I honestly don't give a fuck what its called. The first 3 months always suck with out having a holiday and tossing one in there would be awesome.

q0192837465 03-08-2010 03:01 PM

we should have a stats day. think about it. After new year, the next stat is easter. That's a 3-3.5 months gap. Ppl need some time off


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