Why do they call it Oktoberfest...

ElFenix

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its more than 2 weeks long. it goes into october about a week.
 

guyver01

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cuz when you're drunk, you dont care what month it is..

Once upon a time, long long ago in a far away land known as Bavaria, a Crown Prince - who later became King Ludwig I - married the beautiful Princess Therese von Sachesen-Hildenburghausen. The loyal soldiers in the Prince's National Guard thought that the horse races would be a most fitting way to celebrate the happy event. King Max, proud father of the Prince, gave his consent to the races and so they became the finale of five days of wedding festivities on October 17, 1810. This was the unlikely beginning of Oktoberfest.

 

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Originally posted by: guyver01
cuz when you're drunk, you dont care what month it is..

Once upon a time, long long ago in a far away land known as Bavaria, a Crown Prince - who later became King Ludwig I - married the beautiful Princess Therese von Sachesen-Hildenburghausen. The loyal soldiers in the Prince's National Guard thought that the horse races would be a most fitting way to celebrate the happy event. King Max, proud father of the Prince, gave his consent to the races and so they became the finale of five days of wedding festivities on October 17, 1810. This was the unlikely beginning of Oktoberfest.

It's more like: when you're selling beer and sausage to people who want an excuse to get drunk, you don't care what month it is... ;)
 

kami

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My hometown (Kitchener, Ontario) has the world's second largest Oktoberfest (the biggest is in germany). We get tons and tons of tourists...oh, and it's always in October :) link
 

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Originally posted by: kami
My hometown (Kitchener, Ontario) has the world's second largest Oktoberfest (the biggest is in germany). We get tons and tons of tourists...oh, and it's always in October :) link


CRAP CRAP CRAP! I'm heading up to Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (from NYC) the week before your Oktoberfest.
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: kami
My hometown (Kitchener, Ontario) has the world's second largest Oktoberfest (the biggest is in germany). We get tons and tons of tourists...oh, and it's always in October :) link

i might go to oktoberfest down in new braunfels... would be fun... not that big though...
 

burnedout

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I went back in '87. Got sooooooooo wasted.

Good party. Great beer. But then again, the worst German beer I ever drank was wonderful.
 

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Originally posted by: kami
My hometown (Kitchener, Ontario) has the world's second largest Oktoberfest (the biggest is in germany). We get tons and tons of tourists...oh, and it's always in October :) link

Say..
Maybe we should have a AT Oktoberfest night this year?

~JayHu
 

eakers

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Originally posted by: kami
My hometown (Kitchener, Ontario) has the world's second largest Oktoberfest (the biggest is in germany). We get tons and tons of tourists...oh, and it's always in October :) link
zuh?
you live in kitchener?


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