November 15, 2007: Caganer - the defecator in the Catalan Nativity scene

Undertoad · 11-14-2007, 09:59 PM

I believe in that standard, and I use it often, but here the date used in a more human way, the way one actually consumes months and days.

People are not sort-friendly, nor should they ever be.

Elspode · 11-14-2007, 11:18 PM

Okay, so the Wikipedia explains *what* the caganer is, but...*why* is this character present? Is it just for a little added humor, or is there some more serious shit involved?

Gravdigr · 11-23-2007, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Okay, so the Wikipedia explains *what* the caganer is, but...*why* is this character present? Is it just for a little added humor, or is there some more serious shit involved?

In a month you too will wish that you could just take a shit and be done w/Xmas.

ZenGum · 12-08-2007, 11:22 AM

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Mud figures, of President George W. Bush, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, known as "caganer" (defecator in Catalan language) are sold at the Santa Llucia Christmas market in central Barcelona December 4, 2007. Catalans create Christmas Nativity scenes using models and hide the figures, known as "caganer" or defecator in Catalan, in them before inviting friends to find the figures. Catalans believe the "caganer", by creating faeces, fertilises the earth and brings prosperity and luck for the coming year.

Spexxvet · 11-15-2007, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

... the way one actually consumes months and days...

Interesting concept. I never considered it tht way....

11-14-2007, 11:18 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Okay, so the Wikipedia explains what the caganer is, but...why is this character present? Is it just for a little added humor, or is there some more serious shit involved? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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