It's Friday!

[bondo_ba]

Not much to say today, other than to celebrate the fact that:

A) It's Friday.
B) Monday is a Holiday in Argentina.

I know there's a four-day weekend coming up in the US, so going neener-neener will only boomerang on me, but I must admit it's tempting.  maybe I'll neener-neerner the Europeans reading this :P

Anyhow, have a great weekend, all!

Comments

[msstacy13]

I had to look that holiday up.
Funny how the Monroe Doctrine only comes into play
when a European power acts contrary to US interests...
:)

[bondo_ba]

I have no idea what the holiday is. Just happy not to have to get up early!

[msstacy13]

If wikipedia is to be believed,
France and Britain were essentially blockade-running
to avoid customs duties on their products sold in Argentina.
The Argentines stood up to them, and put a stop to it.
Under the Monroe Doctrine, the US should have been suporting Argentina,
but didn't care to pay customs duties, either, and thus would have preferred that Argentina lost.
Also, the US was occupied at that time with arranging the eventual annexation of Northern Mexico,
and was not sufficiently adroit to uphold the sovereignty of one nation
while dismantlng the sovereignty of another.

[bondo_ba]

Interesting.

I actually think they've probably just invented it to make the masses happy. Argentina is the country with most holidays on the planet...

[msstacy13]

It looks like they repackaged an old holiday for popular consumption.

[bondo_ba]

Likely. Very Likely.

[msstacy13]

You know, if were a typical Argentine,
I'd have to suppose your country had earned the most holidays.
As you seem to be exceptional,
I'd guess the present administration
can't afford bread and circuses,
and so simply gives occasions for bread and circuses...
:)

[bondo_ba]

:)

Argentines are just like any other nationality, some good, some bad, a huge number unexeptional. Other than the fact that we invented tango, there's nothing particularly special about us. So the fact that we have so many holidays is more a question of bread and circuses. The government can afford the circuses (Argentina's soy production feeds places like India and China), but adding to it with more opportunities is never thought amiss!