Aug 04
It’s Saturday night and I’m sitting home alone…….. Loser! lol!
Vic’s in Ipswich for a hen’s night and I miss her 🙁 It’s quite strange – ever since we found out about her being pregnant I worry about her a lot more.
It’s been an interesting day – we had the super six around for breakfast this morning to watch the tri-nations match between NZ and Australia. The All Blacks had another heart-breaking loss in the last minute. MacDonald gave away a penalty with time up on the clock and it was slotted away to give Australia the win :glum: Buggery bollocks!! This was only partially relieved by Nigel Avery winning double gold in the 105kg+ weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games……………
And it’s raining 🙁
Again
August 5th, 2002 at 9:29 pm
What’s a “hen’s night”?
August 6th, 2002 at 1:41 am
I’m sure you call them something else in the US – a hens night is the female equivalent of a stag party.
August 6th, 2002 at 8:07 am
I don’t think there’s anything like that in the US. Only because it happens every time a group of women get together. Maybe a “girl’s night out”?
A hen’s night. That sounds like a measurement of time.
“Seem’s like Doug has been in the big city for a year, but it’s only been two weeks since he left the farm.”
“I know, it seems like a hen’s night, doesn’t it?”
August 6th, 2002 at 8:13 am
No it’s more than that (I think)
They did silly things like dress the bride to be up with a veil, handcuffs, learner plates (like on a car), rabbit ears! etc and then get her to do “tasks” These were written on cards and consisted of thing such as “kiss the tallest man in the room”, “get a man to give you his underwear” and so on……..
Mind you if this happens every time a group of women get together in your town the so be it
lol!
August 6th, 2002 at 8:19 am
Ummmmm. Other than a bachlorette party, I’ve never heard of anyone doing this in the U.S. on a regular basis. I mean, enough to warrant a name for it.
I’m sure there are some fetish groups that get together like this, but I’d think men would be included there…
I know groups of 12 year old girls do stuff like this nearly every time they get together, but other than that.. no…
If I ever go to England, I’ll need to remember NOT to go to a “hen’s night” should someone invite me.
August 6th, 2002 at 8:28 am
Hmm – I think I need to explain slightly more
This is a party held by a group female friends and relatives before one of them gets married. It’s not done on a regular basis (unless you have lot’s of friends getting married at the same time!
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Guys have done this for years and recently women have started doing it…. there’s nothing fetishist about it – it’s just celebrating the brides last days as a single woman.
Is this the description of a bachlorette party?
August 6th, 2002 at 8:30 am
Ahh. Yes. That makes much more sense then.
A bachlorette party.
Whew! I was beginning to think y’all were a bunch of freaky English people!
August 6th, 2002 at 8:32 am
Phew – I’m glad we got there in the end :zoink:
August 6th, 2002 at 8:33 am
By the way, just to show you how 1 track my mind is, you said Vic was in Ipswich and my mind immediately read that as Ipswitch
::shakes head::
August 6th, 2002 at 8:37 am
sad……… lol!
yeah – Vic’s a software developer! heh heh :vbg:
August 6th, 2002 at 9:30 am
Oh.
Bachlorette party = hen’s night.
Where in the hell did that name come from?
What do you guys call Bachlor parties?
August 6th, 2002 at 9:33 am
I’m guessing they call them “stag” parties.
August 6th, 2002 at 9:35 am
And you’d be right
I’m sure I’ve seen them called stag parties in US movies?
August 6th, 2002 at 9:37 am
Not usually.
We even have a movie called Bachelor Party with Tom Hanks.
Maybe they change the name for British releases like they changed the name in the US for Harry Potter…
August 6th, 2002 at 9:44 am
After searching google it does indeed seem to be a UK (and sometimes Canadian) name.
There are a couple of sites in the US that use the terms interchangably such as this one although it seems to refer to it in a more historical sense.
PS: It stayed as Bachelor Party over here.
August 6th, 2002 at 9:46 am
Canada’s tripping. They’ll swear to the high heavens that they’re all British. I’m surprised they don’t drive on the left side of the road.
August 6th, 2002 at 9:49 am
lol! They’ll swear to the high heavens that they’re all British – unless of course they think they’re French! 😮
August 6th, 2002 at 9:49 am
By the way, the only time I hear the word “stag” used around here is used in the context of a guy going somewhere without a date.
“He’s going stag to the party.”
Either way, I suppose it means a guy who is unattached.
Odd way we use words, isn’t it?