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Getting Screeched
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If you are not fortunate enough to come from Newfoundland but are fortunate enough to visit Newfoundland you will probably be invited to become an honorary Newfoundlander, or Newfie.
This involves being "Screeched in".
Screech is a type of rum once smuggled in from Jamaica. Now sold at 40% alcohol per volume, it was at one time available at 80% or stronger.
The ritual for being "Screeched in" involves a Newfoundlander leading you through the ceremony which includes dressing in sou'wester rain gear, eating a piece of "Newfie Steak" (aka baloney), kissing a cod (usually a dead one) and taking a shot of Screech after reciting the following:
"From the waters of the Avalon, to the shores of Labrador,
We've always stuck together, with a Rant and with a Roar.
To those who've never been, soon they'll understand,
From coast to coast, we raise a toast, We love thee Newfoundland!"
The Master of Ceremonies will then ask -"Is ye a screecher?"
To which you should answer - "Deed I is, me ol' cock! And long may yer big jib draw!"
You are thereupon an honorary Newfie and can be issued the certificate you see here. You are then entitled to leave the province in search of work, draw pogey after fishing season closes and long to be "down home" on a Saturday night in whatever industrial or oil town you end up working in. You will also find yourself becoming more open, honest, hospitable and humorous than ever before.
So raise a glass (of Screech) to 'em - God bless Newfoundland.
This involves being "Screeched in".
Screech is a type of rum once smuggled in from Jamaica. Now sold at 40% alcohol per volume, it was at one time available at 80% or stronger.
The ritual for being "Screeched in" involves a Newfoundlander leading you through the ceremony which includes dressing in sou'wester rain gear, eating a piece of "Newfie Steak" (aka baloney), kissing a cod (usually a dead one) and taking a shot of Screech after reciting the following:
"From the waters of the Avalon, to the shores of Labrador,
We've always stuck together, with a Rant and with a Roar.
To those who've never been, soon they'll understand,
From coast to coast, we raise a toast, We love thee Newfoundland!"
The Master of Ceremonies will then ask -"Is ye a screecher?"
To which you should answer - "Deed I is, me ol' cock! And long may yer big jib draw!"
You are thereupon an honorary Newfie and can be issued the certificate you see here. You are then entitled to leave the province in search of work, draw pogey after fishing season closes and long to be "down home" on a Saturday night in whatever industrial or oil town you end up working in. You will also find yourself becoming more open, honest, hospitable and humorous than ever before.
So raise a glass (of Screech) to 'em - God bless Newfoundland.
11 years ago
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Along those lines, I was made a 'Tennessee Squire' which is the inner circle of Jack Daniel's drinkers. Among other things, you get a deed to a plot of land in Lynchburg. The only way to BE a squire is to be brought in by a existing squire. My father nominated me, and I nominated my son, who became a Squire while serving in Iraq.
Luckily, no fish kissing was involved ;-)
We were in Florida, West Palm Beach at a car show. Rita laid down to clean the underside, and discovered a nest of fire ants. It wasn't pretty.
BTW, got a tentative schedule from FAU; looks like we're Saturday 12-1:30
Saturday noon is good. The headache should be gone by then.
Just came up from doing a Miata oil change. I have the British cars done, but I take care of the Mazda at least in nice weather. It gets noisey (lifters) toward change time, so I thought nothing of a little noise. Checked the dipstick- ZERO oil! I guess I shouls check more often on a car approaching 300,000 miles. I save 'Pravda'; I let the car leak on 'The Wall Street Journal'.
Having said that, a Jaguar can be sublime. It's like dating a beautiful woman who is the perfect lover, except that sometimes you wake up and she has a butcher's knife to your throat.
The MINI is different. It says "I drive a small car because I CHOOSE to. People know that, because it is neither cheap, nor economical. I think of it as a BMW 750 iL in a small package, without the elegance or comfort.
"Vhy vould they put the oil filter there? Es macht kinen sense!.. Ach, mein gehri!"