FabSwingers.com forum: Should Atheists Even be Allowed Bank Holidays?

By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

Mr ddc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They'll be annoyed if Christmas is banned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bank holiday apartheid.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lots of people have to work Bank Holidays these days..... Christians too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Much better to be given time off in lieu of religious holidays that don't fall in the expensive seasons.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

A BANK holiday isn't a religious holiday.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought whit was the first may holiday?.

Victorian conservatives!!, they were more socialist than one would imagine

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By *est Wales WifeCouple
over a year ago

Near Carmarthen

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

It hasn't been a bank holiday since 1971. Whit Monday used to be a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. However, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, moved this bank holiday to the last Monday in May.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I dont care what it is I am just grateful to have a day off work

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"Lots of people have to work Bank Holidays these days..... Christians too!

Oddly some of the banks are even open. You'd be gutted if you went into banking only for the extra holidays, then found you had to work!

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By *.nottsbloke..Man
over a year ago

the vale

when I joined the army years ago I was warned by my recruiter not to put atheist as religion as I would have to work every single 1 while I was in. I rapidly changed my mind

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"I thought whit was the first may holiday?.

Good Lord no, wash your mouth out with soap!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I thought whit was the first may holiday?.

Good Lord no, wash your mouth out with soap!"
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Lol. I dunno I'm just going off my may pole dancing from school days lol

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

You can't try to tell me that it's just a 'coincidence' that every now and then they fall on the same day.

God truly does move in a mysterious way

(Or was that Captain Scarlett?)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

You can't try to tell me that it's just a 'coincidence' that every now and then they fall on the same day.

God truly does move in a mysterious way

(Or was that Captain Scarlett?)"
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Have you got a little green circle hovering over your head by chance!

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

You can't try to tell me that it's just a 'coincidence' that every now and then they fall on the same day.

God truly does move in a mysterious way

(Or was that Captain Scarlett?).

Have you got a little green circle hovering over your head by chance!"

Eeek!

I know the tip of my knob can do a passable impression of 'The Hood'

(But don't use permanent marker to draw the face

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By *andS66Couple
over a year ago

Derby

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

Mr ddc"

Bank holidays came about because they were traditionally the days that all banks closed, so were put into law across the country.

1st Jan, May day, spring bank, August, and boxing day have nothing to do with religion, good Friday and Easter Monday do, as does Christmas day, although that was originally a pagan celebration.

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

Mr ddc

Bank holidays came about because they were traditionally the days that all banks closed, so were put into law across the country."

Next you'll be trying to convince us that just by changing the spelling, holy-days were never religious....

Maybe, to even things up, every religion should get to pick their own official bank holiday.

Obviously the first Monday in May works for Star Wars fans already...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They'll be annoyed if Christmas is banned. "

Be fine with me. Let me choose my own holiday rather than fotce it on me for religious ceremonies that I have zero interest in celebrating

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

Mr ddc

Bank holidays came about because they were traditionally the days that all banks closed, so were put into law across the country.

1st Jan, May day, spring bank, August, and boxing day have nothing to do with religion, good Friday and Easter Monday do, as does Christmas day, although that was originally a pagan celebration."

Did they have banks in the pagan days ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They'll be annoyed if Christmas is banned.

Be fine with me. Let me choose my own holiday rather than fotce it on me for religious ceremonies that I have zero interest in celebrating"

Don't tells you don't like Easter eggs as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Obviously the first Monday in May works for Star Wars fans already..."

It's not always on the 4th

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Obviously the first Monday in May works for Star Wars fans already...

It's not always on the 4th

Surely they could 'force' it to be?

(Sorry

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They'll be annoyed if Christmas is banned.

Be fine with me. Let me choose my own holiday rather than fotce it on me for religious ceremonies that I have zero interest in celebrating"

Miserable git lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What's a bank holiday...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They'll be annoyed if Christmas is banned.

Be fine with me. Let me choose my own holiday rather than fotce it on me for religious ceremonies that I have zero interest in celebrating

Don't tells you don't like Easter eggs as well. "

If someone buys me chocolate I'll eat it, I may be principled but I'm not stupid!

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By *uietlyBohemianCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

I know of a company that always gave an extra days holiday to every employee on their birthday, (or the Friday before if it landed on a weekend), with the usual proviso they brought cakes in on the day beforehand.

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"What's a bank holiday...

Being self-employed, it used to be a day when you could catch up on your work, knowing the phone won't ring.

Now it just means 'a day you don't feel quite so guilty being in the forums'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Obviously the first Monday in May works for Star Wars fans already...

It's not always on the 4th

Surely they could 'force' it to be?

(Sorry

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Atheists should get more bank holidays as their tax money is funding religious establishments.

Gay people should get a tax refund, as religious buildings arent open to same sex marriage - or non taxable benefits churches etv get should be reduced by 10%.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Atheists should get more bank holidays as their tax money is funding religious establishments.

Gay people should get a tax refund, as religious buildings arent open to same sex marriage - or non taxable benefits churches etv get should be reduced by 10%."

This.

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By *arry247Couple
over a year ago

Wakefield

Why not most of the Christian festivals are held on the day Heathen festivals were held previously

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

A friend works for a company where all the Jewish people get those holidays too. I don't know what they do for other religions but when the holy-days align she can have a run of four day weeks.

Mr DDC, get your May pole out and have a dance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A friend works for a company where all the Jewish people get those holidays too. I don't know what they do for other religions but when the holy-days align she can have a run of four day weeks.

Mr DDC, get your May pole out and have a dance.

Double entendre?

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

Mr DDC, get your May pole out and have a dance.

Do you know how hard it is to find enough virgins in Chesterfield to dance around a maypole?

I'm tempted to mock something up using ribbons and Lego mini-figures...

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By *L RogueMan
over a year ago

London

"What's a bank holiday...

Being self-employed, it used to be a day when you could catch up on your work, knowing the phone won't ring.

Now it just means 'a day you don't feel quite so guilty being in the forums'

This.

You don't really get bank holidays

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"They'll be annoyed if Christmas is banned. "

Er, no actually.

As an atheist I don't celebrate it personally.

That said, I do try to give my kids a 'normal' christmas experience as I don't think it would be fair for them to miss out - although they are very understanding on my views on it, which is pretty impressive as they are only 9 & 7.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A BANK holiday isn't a religious holiday."

Indeed. The clue is in the name

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By *erbyDalesCpl OP Couple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

"A BANK holiday isn't a religious holiday.

Indeed. The clue is in the name

But you have to titter at the oxymoron of a non-religious 'holy'-day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I mean, they *say* 'Late Spring', but we know it's Whit Monday really, right?

Mr ddc"

If you had asked this question 200 years ago the answer would be different. Now we don't need religion to answer first school level questions on how everything works.religion is redundant to people with a logical mind.

So yeah atheists can have bank holidays off work.

Praise the lord

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By *layfull pairingCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Just supposing i were to join up with the buddists...and the sikhs....and the allah crowd...and the brethren....the jehovas witnesses .. .and any other religeous group i can find.... Does that mean i get loads n loads of religeous holidays ? Im guessing there must always be a bank holiday type day going on with one mob or another..... praise be to god...i mean buddah....ummmm allah.....errrrr whoever....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A BANK holiday isn't a religious holiday."

Ditto

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What's a bank holiday...

It's something the corporate world gets to enjoy while the rest of us go to work to keep their country running for them

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

Given most Christian festivals are rip offs of earlier pagan ones I think it's the Christians who should be denied them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just supposing i were to join up with the buddists...and the sikhs....and the allah crowd...and the brethren....the jehovas witnesses .. .and any other religeous group i can find.... Does that mean i get loads n loads of religeous holidays ? Im guessing there must always be a bank holiday type day going on with one mob or another..... praise be to god...i mean buddah....ummmm allah.....errrrr whoever.... "

Did somebody say jehova?

There's no women here are there......?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Did somebody say jehova?

There's no women here are there......?"

She did,she did.... I mean he did...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You need an ellipses intervention

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By *icky999Man
over a year ago

warrington

if we can get bummed by there vicars we should get there holidays to. only fair

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