Saint Incand's Day - July 12, 2009

[LuxLuthor]

"This day is called the feast of Incands:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Incand.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Incand:'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his lights.
And say 'These bulbs I had on Incand's day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Lux the Luthor, Icebreak and lctorana,
KiwiMark and Sylathnie, Outdoors Fanatic and RichS,
Be in their flowing lights freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And warm incan lumens shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that shines his light with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And jockeys of LED's now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their torch's cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Incand's day"​

 

[sylathnie]

:thumbsup:

I'm adding the day to my calender now!

"Once more unto the dark, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our blown and melted bulbs!"

 

[RyanA]

LOL, classic!

 

[kelmo]

This would explain why the Brits call flashlights torches. In Henry the 5ths time the only illumination device available was a torch.

Lux, your a Freak'n Genius!!!

BTW shouldn't the day be October 25?

 

[lctorana]

Patron saints:

St Joseph
St Thomas
St Franjo
St George

 

[Outdoors Fanatic]

That was outstanding!

Thanks a lot! I feel honored...

 

[lctorana]

Patron saints:

St Joseph
St Thomas
St Franjo
St George

Anyone want to have a stab at what these four saints were canonized for?

 

[RyanA]

Anyone want to have a stab at what these four saints were canonized for?

Burning tungsten like it was going out of style?:thinking:

 

[lctorana]

Burning tungsten like it was going out of style?:thinking:

Please be more specific. I'll think of a suitable prize for the best entry.

 

[jtr1962]

Anyone want to have a stab at what these four saints were canonized for?

Burning the candle at both ends?

 

[lctorana]

I want four answers, one for each of the Patron saints of Incandescence.

5 UK pounds via PayPal awaits the first to post all four correct answers in a single post.

 

[LuxLuthor]

I don't think St Joseph (father) was ever canonized. I don't see Franjo on the master list

Which St. Thomas?

Which George?

 

[lctorana]

I don't think St Joseph (father) was ever canonized. I don't see Franjo on the master list

Which St. Thomas?

Which George?

At the risk of giving too big a hint, I am not talking about the Catholic church. I am talking about the Patron Saints of Incandescence.

You will only get two chances before I rule you out as ineligible.
LuxLuthor, RyanA and JTR1962, you've just burned one of them.

 

[lctorana]

Competition ends Sunday night 19th July, 11:59pm G.M.T.

If no winner, then it jackpots until my next competition.

And, as a special offer, I'll even read entries from people on my Ignore list.

 

[RobertM]

Here is my stab at it:

Thomas Edison
Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb on December 31, 1879, in Menlo Park.

Joseph Swan
A British inventor, obtained the first patent for the same light bulb in Britain one year prior to Edison's patent date.

Franjo Hanaman
Gained world recognition for inventing the world's first applied electric light-bulb with a metal filament (tungsten).

George Westinghouse
Alternating current we use today for lighting among other things. In 1911, he received the AIEE's Edison Medal 'For meritorious achievement in connection with the development of the alternating current system light.

:candle:

 

[LuxLuthor]

You can see where my head went....growing up Catholic.

 

[lctorana]

Here is my stab at it:

Thomas Edison
Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb on December 31, 1879, in Menlo Park.

Joseph Swan
A British inventor, obtained the first patent for the same light bulb in Britain one year prior to Edison's patent date.

Franjo Hanaman
Gained world recognition for inventing the world's first applied electric light-bulb with a metal filament (tungsten).

George Westinghouse
Alternating current we use today for lighting among other things. In 1911, he received the AIEE's Edison Medal 'For meritorious achievement in connection with the development of the alternating current system light.

:candle:

And we have a winner!
Four out of Four.

PM me your PayPal address.

 

[RobertM]

And we have a winner!
Four out of Four.

PM me your PayPal address.

Sweet!!
PM sent.
Happy Incand's day!

-Robert

 

[lctorana]

Prize awarded.

And the companies represented or set up by these gentlemen were, of course, EdiSwan, Tungsram and General Electric respectively.

Thanks to all who participated, including those who scratched their heads and didn't post.

 

[RichS]

Lux - that was awesome!! I have a great new holiday to celebrate each year now - I wonder if I can convince the boss to close down shop in honor of this day??

I must say I am truly humbled to be mentioned in such an inspiring piece!