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EP: 82 Valentine’s Day Origins and the Tragic Mistake of the 1945 Prague Bombing
What if the origins of Valentine's Day were more fascinating and complex than you ever imagined? Join us on this episode of the Double A Club as we uncover the compelling narrative behind Emperor Claudius II's ban on marriages and the clandestine acts of St. Valentine, who defied him to unite lovers in secret. Discover the blood-soaked rituals of Luperci and their fertility-boosting practices, and contrast these with Alexander the Great's camaraderie-building philosophies. As we shift our focus to Christmas, prepare to be intrigued by the obscure tradition of sharing ghost stories and the whimsical medieval game of "granting a lord of misrule."
Our journey takes a somber turn as we recount the tragic mistaken bombing of Prague in 1945. Due to a radar malfunction, American B-17 planes dropped 152 tons of bombs on Prague instead of Dresden, leading to a catastrophic loss of life and highlighting the severe consequences of technological failures in wartime. This heart-wrenching event serves as a poignant reminder of the unintended devastations of war. Join us as we reflect on these historical events and their lasting impacts, and be sure to tune in next episode for more thought-provoking discussions. Share your thoughts and questions with us at doubleaclubpodcast@gmail.com.
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Speaker 2:So well, I'm going to date back to the 3rd century and this is like the creation of Valentine's Day. It could be before this, but this is the earliest recollection I could find. So the third century, the Rome Emperor, claudius the second, believes that single men make better soldiers than married men. So he outlawed marriages. And you know, yeah, and to be honest, you you thinking about that, you know, even Alexander the Great did something very similar. He believed that the men who went to war should have been single because eventually they were going to have a little homophobic, eventually they were gonna have a little homophobic and that homophobic, but a little, a little bit of gay tendencies together To build camaraderie, so they could fight harder for each other.
Speaker 2:Oh, wow, so you actually believe a lot of, yeah, so a lot of Alexander's Soldiers. They did, they did in dad didn't think sex also, oh, okay, and and if you, even if you go into the story of the Spartans, the 300, right, mm-hmm it was it was told that before they died, in that 300 battle, they, all those guys, they oil themselves up and pleasure themselves and each other and everything, and before that day that they were going to die because they knew that was the final day. So and, and that just builds technically, I mean, that builds camaraderie and and if you think about it, you know, and this is not, this is not, you know, saying hey, I, I'm gay, you're gay or anything. But if you think about it, right, if you love this person so much, like you think about it, like this person is your partner, whether it's male or female or it does not matter, it's a partner. Let's just say partner, okay, you love this partner and they're fighting with you In a war. Yeah, you'll do anything you have to do to make sure that that person stays alive.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so alexander the great had that same philosophy and claudius, second, I guess he was trying to do a similar philosophy, so he wanted single men, no, married men, nothing. Yeah, I mean, that makes sense. Hmm, crazy, but it makes so. Yeah, yes, so there was a thing called st Valentine and what he would do is he would continue to sanctions couples loves' love by having weddings in secrecy. So he would marry these couples in secret, nobody knew. He was eventually put to death when Emperor Claudius found out about his duels. Yeah, before St Valentine died, he would write letters to these couples who were waiting to get married, and his signature was from your Valentine. Wow, that is one of the theories on how Valentine was created. Yeah, and if you see, I didn't mention anything about gifts or roses. None of that shit. It was pure love at the time. Another theory shit, so it was just, it was pure luck at the year.
Speaker 2:Another theory was that there was a festival called the festival of Luperci went from February 13th to the 15th. Luperci was a she-wolf, the mother of the founders of Rome, who was Romulus and Remus. Yeah, and a priest would sacrifice a goat and a dog. They would strip the hide from the goat and dip it in the blood. The men would walk around the goats and dip it in the blood. The men would walk around the streets and whip women and crops with the blood. Goats were stripped of their hide. This practice is believed to give fertility to women and grow a harvest. Then young men would pick names inside an urn with women's names and they would be paired together. For the crops Gotcha, huh. For the main companies, that's what they say Yep, and you'd whip that booty too.
Speaker 2:Don't forget that. What, what? You'd whip that booty too. Oh, yeah, you get to whip that booty. Yeah, sure, all right. So what else? Okay, so now I'm going to go to what? That's pretty nuts, right there. Yeah, that is. It's very interesting how it came up. You know All that stuff and then just keep them desperate. And here's a guy, there you go. Yeah, well, let's go into Christmas. So Christmas traditions, right? Yeah, some of the Christmas traditions was before. We would share ghost stories. To be honest with you, I've never heard of a ghost story and don't know one, so that's something that I'm unfamiliar with. Oh, wow, granton. Yeah, go ahead, it's a made-up ghost story. I mean, that's all they are. They're made up, but I've heard of them. You're telling me that's how Christmas was pretty much introduced. There was a bunch of ghost stories.
Speaker 2:No, I'm just saying that that's some of the traditions of Christmas back then that we don't have anymore, just traditions. I'm just talking about traditions, with that, all right, and that was just one of the traditions ghost stories I would think that that would be a Halloween tradition, but it was really a Christmas tradition. Oh, that's interesting. Now, another thing that they used to do back then for Christmas was play a game and it was called granting a lord of misrule. So they would give granting a lord of misrule, granting a lord of misery, misrule, rule, misrule, misrule. Okay, yes, misrule. So they would give this person a strange rule that they would have to obey for the rest of the day.
Speaker 2:So an example would be traditions come from medieval court, when jesters were appointed the mayor of the city in Christmas time. So like, for example, like if you appointed the mayor of the city in Christmas time, so like, for example, like if you got the thing of the misrule, they would give you like some stupid shit to do. Like, hey, every time you hear the bell ring, you'd hop, continue hopping until you hear the bell ring again. So throughout the whole day this motherfucker would be hopping and you'd be ringing the bell. Yeah, I got you.
Speaker 2:You know what I'm saying, and I guess because of this game, is how they got the court jester from medieval times, because that motherfucker was just a fool. Alright, okay, okay. So what? Another tradition, another tradition from? That's Christmas. That's Christmas. So that's how Christmas. That's one of the stories On how Christmas was created. No, that is one of the traditions that we used to do in Christmas. Oh, for Christmas time. Okay, I got you. Yes, yeah, I'm talking about tradition. I will get to the story of Christmas in a bit. Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 2:So another tradition that we don't celebrate anymore is the tradition of Krampus. Krampus used to play a huge part in Christmas and now he's non-existent. Krampus was a half goat and demon that would punish kids who misbehave and he would technically travel with Santa Claus and they would figure out if the kid is naughty or nice. If he was nice and they give him a gift. It feels naughty, krampus will get this little broomstick and beat the living snot out of this kid. I thought Krampus was like a charming thing, I thought. But remember, we were. We were Europeans before we became Americans.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I gotcha, it's fine. I remember. I mean, I Thought that Krampus was just like another Santa Claus and he was just a bad one. Like you were bad. Yeah, well, he kind of was he kind of was a bad Santa, but he, you were bad. Yeah, well, he kind of was. He kind of was a bad Santa, but he didn't look like Santa, he was half, he looked like a human goat. Yeah, yeah, he did look kind of like a human goat. And then here's the weird thing Christmas would be celebrated on the 5th of December, not the 25th. Yeah, that was changed a couple of times. That was changed because of America. But yeah, yeah, like I said, krampus was showing up with St Nick.
Speaker 2:And if the kid was naughty, he beat the kid with branches and sticks and St Nick would have presents that would be opened on 12-6. Gotcha would have presents that would be opened on 12-6. And yes, it was. It was Austria. It was a tradition mostly kept up in Austria and Germany, and even till now, those two areas still follow the tradition of Krampus. They actually do Krampus festivals, yeah, but they they also.
Speaker 2:I think the tree was an American thing, though, and they took it also. Well, here's the thing the Catholic Church did. A couple probably did some of the changes with Christmas. They definitely banned the practice of Krampus, so they eliminated it. So it was really the Catholic Church that had to take that story out. And I don't know, I don't know. I think, seeing how America is going, we need some more Krampus stories, because it needs to get a shit out. He said I'm doing bad things. Yeah, I really Fucking. Kids are just. They think that they did. They're all right, good, nothing can happen to them. I'm a fucking. You have no idea what reality can do. Yeah, absolutely right. I have no idea what reality can do to me, you're absolutely right, so alright.
Speaker 2:So now let me get into the story of Christmas, the history of Christmas. Okay, not tradition. The story of Christmas Okay. So the real Saint Nick was born 280 AD and he was born in Turkey, 280 AD. Wow, and he was born in Turkey, in Turkey, okay, yes, he was Turkish, it was Turkish, so he was. What he used to do is that he used to travel, and everywhere he traveled, he would give away his belongings to people. Oh, so, if he sees somebody homeless or somebody having a hard time, whatever the reason is, he'd give him something and he'd do that everywhere he traveled. Okay, so that is the real Saint Nick. Now the story Is One story has him saving three poor sisters from being sold into slavery and prostitution by their parents. Their parents sold these kids right, so Saint Nick provided them a dowry so they can be married. Okay, a diary so they can be married okay, he died. Saint Nick eventually died on the 5th of December. That's why he sells, that's why they celebrate Christmas on the 5th. And his name changed to Santa Claus because people heard Dutch people who migrated to America say center clause. So since her clause turned into Santa Claus and it was just probably trying to say the guy yeah, I'm in Saint Nikola, saint Nikola. Okay, you alright there, buddy. Yeah, I'm good, okay, so smoke a token. So that's Christmas.
Speaker 2:Now I'm going to talk about some historic events that happened in some of these holidays. Okay, all right. So in 1929, in Chicago, the famous Valentine's Day murder, al Capone sent a hit on Bugs Moran, established his establishment. Capone's men dressed as police and raided Bugs Moran establishment of illegal alcohol. At the time, 1929, remember, we're talking about 1929, bugs Moran, bugs Moran's men were lined up on the wall waiting to be handcuffed by these so-called police officers. Capone's men opened fire and killed every one of them. Nice, how's Capone for you? I was capone for you, yep, and that's why that is called the Valentine's Day Massacre, because that happened on Valentine's Day, nice, nice.
Speaker 2:Now, yes, I got more, we have, okay, so I'm going to bring up in Prague, 1945, we had bombing, a bombing, a bombing. This, yeah, it's a bombing, not a bomb, a bombing, okay, in Prague 1945. And you're going to find this as stupid as fucking possible. But okay, this bombing happened because it was a mistaken calculation, that was done manually, because the the planes planes at the time had a radar and the radar for this plane that they were using, the bomb was not working. The attack was supposed to be at the town called Dresden, but instead they were 75 miles off of the target and bombed Prague. Wow, that's a big one. 40. Yes, 40. B-17 dropped 152 tons of bombs, killing 701 and injuring 1184. Wow, jesus Christ, that's insane.
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