tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3721356799519884965..comments2024-03-29T12:23:31.959+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Letter from AmeriKatVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26597041974551139212009-11-30T09:57:54.611+00:002009-11-30T09:57:54.611+00:00Hector - Indeed, it is the American way to declare...Hector - Indeed, it is the American way to declare victory before we have won the war! <br /><br />Regarding the actual celebration, my 3rd grade Social Studies class seemed to swirl the celebration into a two-fold holiday: giving thanks for surviving the previous winter and thanks for the harvest.Annsley Merelle Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184706067469338128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-45812784604744052622009-11-30T09:38:18.447+00:002009-11-30T09:38:18.447+00:00"Because really, reading a case about beer is..."Because really, reading a case about beer is far more exciting than reading a case about share acquisitions, isn’t it?!"<br /><br />Well said, Amerikat! Unless, of course, the acquisition includes IP rights of some kind! :-)<br /><br />Interesting info re US Thanksgiving. We have much more low key "Erntedankfest" in Germany too but it is more about celebrating the harvest that has been brought in than thinking about the winter to come.Birgit Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02822674465997696890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-69054568381587374192009-11-29T23:39:38.028+00:002009-11-29T23:39:38.028+00:00I thought it was thanksgiving for the harvest safe...I thought it was thanksgiving for the harvest safely gathered in. Seems a little bid odd, not to say presumptuous, to give thanks for surviving the brutal winter before it's begun?Hector MacQueennoreply@blogger.com