The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #68660   Message #1158121
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
09-Apr-04 - 04:18 PM
Thread Name: Its Good Friday
Subject: RE: Its Good Friday
It's a "Bank Holiday" here, and so is Easter Monday. That means that everyone is entitled to a holiday in principle, though these days a lot of shops and such open up. No question of stuff like "The governor routinely gives a 'surprise' half-day holiday"

I mention this, because it's only just occurred to me that that doesn't happen everywhere, and to wonder where it does. That's the kind of stuff you can find out through the Mudcat. (Well, you can hunt around and find it on the net I suppose, but not so interestingly.)

I think, after all these centuries in charge, so to speak, maybe it's not a bad thing for Christians to come up against a bit of derision, since it's always a good thing to practice turning the other cheek. (Not easy at times, but then if it was easy...)

I've always understood "Good" here means "God", spelt the other way.