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Question about "Proclaimed days"

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:56 pm
by CB123
Obviously everyone here knows that after the Lions won the Grey Cup Sam Sullivan proclaimed Tuesday November 21st 2006 BC Lions Day.

Then just this week he proclaimed Tuesday May 29th Vancouver Giants Day (for winning the Memorial Cup).

Now when Lions day was announced every where I read about it, it had the year on the end so "Tuesday November 21st 2006" was BC Lions day. Does that mean that JUST that one day was Lions day? Or is it every November 21st?

Because now when ever I read about the Giants day, all it says is "Tuesday May 29th"? No date attached?

Even from the Giants website headline ... "VANCOUVER MAYOR SAM SULLIVAN & CITY COUNCIL PROCLAIMED TUESDAY MAY 29 AS
VANCOUVER GIANTS DAY"

So what, did the Lions get shafted? or is it the Giants/Media are just screwing up what they are writing?

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:59 pm
by Rammer
Remember isolating as "Tuesday, May 29th" only qualifies it every 8 years or so....

Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:21 pm
by CB123
only qualifies it every 8 years or so....
yeah i guess ur right. but that still comes around more often than November 21st 2006.

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:39 am
by Robbie
Not only has the mayor declared the day to honour the Giants, he has decided to use the team to represent the entire city. Look who the mayor and the premier presented a Giants jersey to. But of course, I think the governor would rather wear a certain hockey jersey from a certain team in his state right now.

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Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:21 am
by sj-roc
Makes me wonder how many people were specifically tasked with ensuring the name was spelled correctly. What a PR disaster it would be to have a "proofreading malfunction" at a time like this, eh? He's even pointing at it as if to give kudos for getting it right!

Re: Question about "Proclaimed days"

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:20 pm
by TheLionKing
CB123 wrote:Now when Lions day was announced every where I read about it, it had the year on the end so "Tuesday November 21st 2006" was BC Lions day. Does that mean that JUST that one day was Lions day? Or is it every November 21st?
Only on that day. Unless of course the Lions repeat this year.

Re: Question about "Proclaimed days"

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:41 pm
by Robbie
CB123 wrote:Obviously everyone here knows that after the Lions won the Grey Cup Sam Sullivan proclaimed Tuesday November 21st 2006 BC Lions Day.

Now when Lions day was announced every where I read about it, it had the year on the end so "Tuesday November 21st 2006" was BC Lions day. Does that mean that JUST that one day was Lions day? Or is it every November 21st?
With the latest proclamation by Sam Sullivan, it looks like JUST November 21, 2006 was BC Lions Day. And JUST November 18, 2007 will be BC Lions Day again.

I know, it gets hard to track.

So why not....

1) Declare EVERY third week of November as BC Lions week? :yes:

If that doesn't cover enough of a range if the Lions play in additional playoff series, then

2) Declare EVERY November as BC Lions month! :wink: