HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We're 109 years old today...

[holy]

Habby Birthday to the team that makes us soil ourselves in happiness and rage.

No wonder I've been feeling so old, part of my soul is 109. That's like, old old. Time to use the walking stick to beat the Sens on the backside tonight.

Here's to 25/109! Now let's party like it's 1909, baby.

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[Mrb1p]

Posting straight from jail 69.

 

[holy]

Posting straight from jail 69.

Gotta keep myself entertained somehow.

 

[Chili]

The Habs had a 38 goal scorer that first year.

What do they look like anyway?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

In before someone says it's our 110th birthday, not our 109th!

 

[Le Tricolore]

In before someone says it's our 110th birthday, not our 109th!

It's an old meme, but a welcome one.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

It's an old meme, but a welcome one.

The joke that'll keep coming back every 10 years

 

[Seb]

Where's Daniel Bigras when you need him?

 

[Le Tricolore]

Where's Daniel Bigras when you need him?

Getting a tattoo, I think.

 

[groovejuice]

In before someone says it's our 110th birthday, not our 109th!

Why do the last 7 years seem so much longer than the previous 102? It's a temporal paradox.

 

[holy]

I urge you all.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Still looking younger than 69

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Getting a tattoo, I think.

I'd have to guess the tattoo is "101st"?

 

[Bacchus1]

 

[peate]

Why do the last 7 years seem so much longer than the previous 102? It's a temporal paradox.

I'd say the last 25 in my case.

 

[Bacchus1]

So over 100 years ago, the hocky season used to start in December?

 

[Runner77]

For shits and giggles, here's a sentence that's older than the Habs: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” It's from the late 1800s.

And since Google has killed any possibility of making riddles: it's known as a pangram, or holoalphabetic sentence.

A pangram or holoalphabetic sentence, is a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet at least once. The above is the most famous example.

And it dates from the late 1800s because it was used to test typing equipment:

It was commonly used to test the letter quality of used typewriters, back when these machines were considered office equipment rather than collectibles.

If you're really bored, how about a pangram using the term "Habs"? The shortest sentence, wins. Wins what? Nothing. OK, forget about it.

My roundabout way of putting the Habs's 109 years in perspective.

Happy B-Day, Habs.

 

[Montrealer]

So over 100 years ago, the hocky season used to start in December?

Yes, December til March. Only 22 games.

It started in mid-November and went to April in the mid 1920s after the league expanded to the US and to 44 games. By the end of the 30s it was starting in early November and was 48 games. In the 1940s it went to 60 games and started in mid October. Then early October through April by the 1950s with 70 games, then slowly evolved to where it is today with 82 games.

 

[Bacchus1]

Yes, December til March. Only 22 games.

It started in mid-November and went to April in the mid 1920s after the league expanded to the US and to 44 games. By the end of the 30s it was starting in early November and was 48 games. In the 1940s it went to 60 games and started in mid October. Then early October through April by the 1950s with 70 games, then slowly evolved to where it is today with 82 games.

No wonder the players got significant raises ;-)

 

[Koivu11]

Feels like yesterday it was the 100th.

 

[HuGo Sham]

this team has made me feel like 100 years old for the last 3 years

 

[the]

Just a painfull memory, I was sure we were gunning for the Cup in 2009 until everything crumbled after the All-Star Game

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Happy B-day Habs!!! Here's a chance to start a new and have better years to come.

 

[mitchmagic]

no im 27

 

[cphabs]

Why do the last 7 years seem so much longer than the previous 102? It's a temporal paradox.

I have been suffering from this little regarded condition for 25 years. It is it loosely known as “Habsfancerebralitis”. Symptoms are not exclusive to time dialation, but also may include increased sensitivities to the following. The French language, draft picks by any team including the Habs, small players in the NHL, Russians, line selections from 10 years ago, and probably sunlight. Love you guys/ gals and thanks for having me.