Why do they say *RING* in the New Year?

[UrbScotty]

Why not Beep in the New Year?

Buzz in the New Year?

Shout in the New Year?

Fart in the New Year?

[libnnc]

1. for old fashioned dopes like me

who actually have an old bell with which to *ring* in the new year.

I sling around my grandmother's old brass school marm bell every new year.
It's a hoot.

[Nicole]

2. Church bells ring on the hour

So when the bell rings at midnight, it rings in the New year.

That's my guess as how it started. :shrug:

[Heidi]

3. They ring every 15 minutes here.

We can hear church bells ringing in three surrounding villages. After a while, it becomes like living near the railroad tracks: ya barely hear it anymore. :shrug:

:hi: Nicole! Happy New Year! :hug:

[Nicole]

5. Every 15 minutes?

I bet that took some getting used to!
I don't live close to a church now so I seldom hear church bells. I kind of miss them sometimes, they were a constant in the ever changing world I grew up in.

:hi: Happy New Year Heidi :hug:

[originalpckelly]

4. Well, of late, they're trying to blow up the new year...

:P Or at least that's what it sounds like. I have it on the very best authority that '07 is deathly afraid of fireworks, and isn't fond of humanity at all. Some way to greet the poor damn year.

[ashling]

6. why not?

when my kids were in the "why" stage, and asked
why do they call it x and not <[b>y
my answer was:
because then you would have to ask why to they call it y and not x

[Jamastiene]

7. Because normally respectful people get such a strong urge

to call friends and relatives all hours of the fucking night wishing them Happy New Year sometimes 4 or 5 times every hour on the hour as the time approaches in each part of America. That's probably why.

Well, that answers that question. :rofl: