Please don’t add a Comment to this Blog Posting telling me you can’t believe I took the time to waste my time to put this Silliness out.
Actually I am a little bit ashamed to let it be known that I actually took the time to make up this list of some of the Commemorative Days we are silly enough to “celebrate” in the Good Ole USofA.
However, because I did waste my time in this manner, I now know (and you are about to know) that almost every day of the year appears to be designated as a day to Commemorate Something Or Other. Almost all days commemorate more than one thing and many days go into double digits listings of the things that that particular day “Celebrates”.
I wasted a lot of time figuring all this out and making up the list below. If you want to waste your time go to: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/2017/01/
Creampuff Day
Drinking Straw Day
Clean Your Floors Day…
Lazy Day
World Lion Day
Ice Cream Sandwich Day…
Underwear Day
Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Rice Pudding Day
Work Like A Dog Day
Lumpy Rug Day
Shortbread Day
Root Beer Float Day
Lost Sock Day
Have a Bad Day Day
International Childfree Day (Are you wondering what this one is? It’s the celebration by people who chose not to have any children of the fact that they chose not to have children.)
Chicken Dance Day
Paper Airplane Day
World Toilet Day
Buy Nothing Day
Put A Pillow On Your Fridge Day
Leave the Office Earlier Day
Onion Rings Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day
S’mores Day
Emma M Nutt Day (Are you wondering again? She was the world's first female telephone operator.)
Tin Can Day
Crème Brulee Day
Talk In An Elevator Day
Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
Get Over It Day
Goof Off Day
Weed Appreciation Day
Turkey Vulture Day
Pet Rock Day
Cheese Pizza Day
Procrastination Day
Fight Procrastination Day
Salami Day
Beer Lovers Day
Iguana Awareness Day
Wonderful Weirdos Day
Swap Ideas Day
Make Your Bed Day
International Red Panda Day
Corned Beef Hash Day
Imagine if you were on the committee that Designates Commemorative Days. You are at the water cooler talking with a fellow Commemorative Day Designation Associate…
Guy #1… “I can’t believe that we are paid to come up with these Silly Designations.”
Guy #2… “I must admit that I continue to be amazed at this whole process.”
Guy #1… “I’m beginning to get a very uneasy feeling that the public will stop paying attention to our designations.”
Guy #2… “What have you been smoking? Do you actually believe that anyone pays any attention to what we do? I would be willing to bet that we could designate a day honoring Specks of Dust and call it Speck of Dust Awareness Day and no one would ever know that we had declared such a day.”
Guy #1… “You forgot that we did declare such a day last year and, you are right, no one noticed our handiwork.”
Guy #2… “I can’t believe that we are paid to come up with these Silly Designations.”
Guy #1… “I must admit that I continue to be amazed at this whole process.”
Using January 2017 as a start I estimated that there are more than 1,300 Designated Celebration Days every year. (I counted up the number of days in January and multiplied by 12.) No, I did not take the time to count up the entire year. I was afraid you would think I was being silly.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
Lagniappe: The next thing I will have to waste my time on is Official Days. If you are like me, you have said to yourself, “Did my television just tell me that that toothpaste was the Official Toothpaste of the National Football League?”
