DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '26 I => Current Talk '03 I => Topic started by: Gothick on February 12, 2003, 02:39:25 AM
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Greetings, although I erroneously believed it to fall in January, a calendar that has come to my attention states that this February 15 is Lupercalia, the official Roman holiday for werewolves everywhere!
The werewolf priests of Lupercus (a tutelary god of Rome) used to rush through the streets howling, slavering, cracking whips and making mayhem. Women who were having difficulty conceiving, and men in search of a kinky good time, would offer their backsides to the lash of the sacred whip for fertility and/or fun.
I now think of a certain holiday celebrated by a chocoholic feeding frenzy on Feb. 14 as Lupercalia Eve. Ah, I hear the wolves howling amorously in the distance...
Wolvishly,
Steve
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Steve,
This Roman festival/holy day sounds like the plot of that Malcolm McDowell/Helen Mirren/Sir John Gielgud flick, "Caligula," whose director/producer Bob Guccione enthusiastically (and shamelessly) declared to be a "cinematic classic."
If that kitschy crap is truly considered to be a "cinematic classic," then I guess that the so-called "Porky's Trilogy" could be considered a comedy classic in the same class as "Some Like It Hot" or "Tootsie." Beam me up, Scotty!
Bob the Bartender, who likes to think that "What About Bob?" is the early life story of Blue Whale bartender Bob Rooney.
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love your title steve of course thought of Chris J
when i saw it!
jennifer
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More on this can be found at :
http://www.ku.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Lupercalia.html
Note: site maintained by Bill Thayer
Stange?
Ldyanne