# It's that time again, Happy Bloomsday to you all! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994 "2006-06-16T21:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/1 "2006-06-16T21:09:16Z")
The 16th rolls around, we raise our pints of Guinness and toast to the Day! Best wishes to all, and may every moment be as meaningful as the Day which led to the Dream that is _Finnegans Wake_. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/2 "2006-06-16T21:19:08Z")
**P** oets oft have sung in rhyme **O** f music sweet their praise divine. **L** et them hymn it nine times nine. **D** earer far than songs or wine. **Y** ou are mine. The world is mine. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/3 "2006-06-16T22:14:27Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > **P** oets oft have sung in rhyme > **O** f music sweet their praise divine. > **L** et them hymn it nine times nine. > **D** earer far than songs or wine. > **Y** ou are mine. The world is mine. **L** ove’s **O** ld **S** weet **S** ong ---
**Author:** ![Sofaspud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Sofaspud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofaspud)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/4 "2006-06-17T00:55:34Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > … Happy Bloomsday to you all! Ok, this threw me. I live in a city that celebrates an annual event, called Bloomsday (a 7mi foot race, 40k-odd participants). I participated in it this year. As soon as I saw the thread title, my brain went, “Didn’t we already do that?” ## –sofaspud ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/5 "2006-06-17T01:01:18Z")
> [@Sofaspud](#): > > Ok, this threw me. I live in a city that celebrates an annual event, called Bloomsday (a 7mi foot race, 40k-odd participants). I participated in it this year. > > As soon as I saw the thread title, my brain went, “Didn’t we already do that?” Intersting! What city, and what’s the date of the race? Does it have anything to do with Joyce, or was there someone named Bloom who started it? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/6 "2006-06-17T04:09:43Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Intersting! What city, and what’s the date of the race? Does it have anything to do with Joyce, or was there someone named Bloom who started it? The [Bloomsday Run](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac_Bloomsday_Run) happens in Spokane, Washington every May and was inspired by Joyce’s _Ulysses_. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/7 "2006-06-17T04:20:07Z")
Just don’t mention it around [Stephen Joyce](http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060619fa_fact). God what a prick. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/8 "2006-06-17T05:17:38Z")
**"Seussly": A Bloomsday poem by jackelope (after a Guinness or four)** We yearly recall a holy novel this day; June 16th is the time We’re all Irish, they say. (That applies to us book-nerds Who don’t worship St. Patrick Or his porcelain acolyte; Or the Catholic hat trick.) So hoist a few Guinni, And have drinkery funnery; And let old Aloysius Make his readery punnery. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/9 "2006-06-17T05:29:22Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > The [Bloomsday Run](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac_Bloomsday_Run) happens in Spokane, Washington every May and was inspired by Joyce’s _Ulysses_. Ahhh, thank you for clearing up my ignorance. > [@saoirse](#): > > Just don’t mention it around [Stephen Joyce](http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060619fa_fact). God what a prick. I think I have hatemail to write… 😉 **jackelope** : that was quite well done! And, on that note, I figure that it’s about time, as it’s past midnight, to wish y’all a very happy end to Bloomsday. Until next year! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/10 "2006-06-17T07:16:05Z")
Glad you liked it, **FinnAgain**! As for declaring an end to Bloomsday 2006, I think you’re premature; _Ulysses_ goes on until 4 or 5 a.m. on June 17. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/11 "2006-06-17T07:18:01Z")
I stand corrected. I’d always thought that Bloomsday just included the calendar day. So, if Bloomsday is still on, I shouldn’t be leaving a single Guinness in the fridge. Ahhh… the sacrifices I make. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/12 "2012-06-16T12:11:10Z")
It’s on us again! May you all feel stately and plump for a day! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/13 "2012-06-16T15:16:38Z")
Cathy Berberian reads the opening of “Sirens”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/c3IS5Cj_l7w/hqdefault.jpg "Recording of Sirens from Ulysses") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IS5Cj_l7w) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/14 "2012-06-16T23:07:24Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > stately and plump Way ahead of you 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/15 "2012-06-17T06:37:10Z")
[mental floss’ tribute](http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/130421) Anyone ever do the Bloomsday walk in Dublin? It’s been on what would now be called my “bucket list” since I first heard about it. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/16 "2013-03-02T02:45:04Z")
Found this thread by accident. Just saying hi. Leo ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/17 "2014-06-16T11:48:04Z")
It’s time to hoist a pint of Guinness and ramble around the city thinking about as much sacred and profane stuff as you can. Happy Bloomsday! ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/18 "2014-06-16T18:41:45Z")
And back at you. 😃 Just re-devoured Episode 1 in The Little Review. Ah for a Guinness or even a nice cuppa to wash it down! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-again-happy-bloomsday-to-you-all/360994/19 "2014-06-17T18:39:50Z")
Well, thanks to my lucky potato, I made it through the day.