Today is a New Holiday
I'm sure few of you know, but today (January 29th) is an holiday in the Ancient Carthaginian Calendar. It was marked to celebrate a defining moment in Hannibal's crossing of the Alps to sack Rome. It seems that as Hannibal's troops approached the higher reaches, they found themselves overcome with the intense cold. One of Hannibal's Generals, a man named Jenni (pronounced Yenny) had been a Raccoon trapper in his quieter home life, and devised a clever plan to save the army. He set up hundreds of traps and caught thousands of raccoons, skinning them and drying their furs around huge bonfires. He then gave the dried furs to his troops to protect them from the elements, helping them to conserve their strength for the coming battle. After the Carthaginians sacked Rome, Jenni was heralded as a hero... the man who brought the army safely over the Alps ready to take on the Romans. They proclaimed his birthday as Jenni's Fur Coon day, and it was celebrated with strong drink, great feasts and all manner of sexual excess.
So, I wish you all a Happy Birthday Jenni Fur Coon.