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Well, you all knew it…Americans are truly weird. We have some of the most outrageous holidays for each day of the year! I chose the current month of March to start with and picked only one holiday per day as some days had 2 or 3! So here (for you all to poke fun at) is March’s Holidays in all their glory, in order of date.
March 1 – Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
Just when you thought it was safe to eat the peanut butter. What a sticky subject. Is your PP&J safe? Millions of American children are currently without their favorite sandwich due to the recent peanut scare in which peanuts have been found to contain salmonella. Of course that is not stopping some companies to start advertising based on that. Some are even saying that “their” peanut butter is safe to eat. You can see more on that here. Americans on average eat about 3 pounds of peanut butter per person per day.
Joke of the day: What do you get when you cross peanut butter with an elephant? – Peanut butter that never forgets or an elephant that sticks to the roof of your mouth.
March 2 – Old Stuff Day
The most boring day of the year. True! When asked, “What’s up?” or “What’s new?” most of us respond with “Nothing much, same old, same old”. So in response to this, we made a holiday out of it. This is not a day to do the “same old” stuff… it is more a time to reflect on what has made life so boring that you can’t answer the question “What’s new?”.
March 3 – If Pets had Thumbs Day
Don’t you ever wonder what the world would be like if your dog or cat had thumbs? At least I wouldn’t have to get up at 5am in the morning to feed them! This is the day to let your imagination run wild.
March 4 – Holy Experiment Day
Nope, not a day for you to switch religions or vote if Creationism should be taught in schools… . (cough) It’s actually a day to try being more religious than you currently are. Pray for something different than you have before.
March 5 – Multiple Personalities Day
My favorite, and mine and mine and the rest of us too! This is a day to get in touch with our inner self (selves).
March 6 – Frozen Food Day
JFrater’s worst day… as it involves the microwave! This is a day to treasure those oh so yummy snacks that get shoved into our freezers to take out and have at a moments notice. ZAP! Instant food! (that is soggy and has the taste of the cardboard box it came in) but… oh so good!
March 7 – Crown Roast of Pork Day
Not much on this day other than it’s a day to celebrate pork… especially Crown Roast of Pork!
March 8 – Be Nasty Day
Boy was this true on the list universe! Nice day to go over signs of a tyranny. Just a day to be grumpy without being cruel.
March 9 – Panic Day
Now… everyone remain calm, except today. This is the only official day to panic.
March 10 – Festival of Life in the Cracks Day
Did your life slip through the cracks? Not today it didn’t! Celebrate a day of life in the cracks (no plumbers, please)
March 11 – Worship of Tools Day
Song choice: If I had a Hammer
Men can relate to this one! This is the perfect day to spend in the garage staring at those gadgets and gizmos that you just had to have… so when will the fence get fixed?
March 12 – Alfred Hitchcock Day
Ok… so not so wacky but how cool is it to have a day devoted to this famous filmmaker!
March 13 – Ear Muff Day
When the next time you put on a pair of these, you can thank the big-eared Chester Greenwood for creating them in 1877. Of course, he called them the Champion Ear Protectors. Thankfully the name was shorted to the ear muff.
March 14 – Potato Chip Day
So many overweight Americans can now proudly celebrate the best day of the year! Potato chips are the number one snack food in America. So to show your appreciation on this day of the deep fried chip, sit back on that couch, grab your remote and a tasty bowl of crispy spuds!
March 15 – Everything You Think Is Wrong Day
Story of my life. This is the day to blame it on the day! Nothing goes right today and now we celebrate it. Go figure.
March 16 – Everything You Do Is Right Day
(Did you see yesterday?) But today… no matter what you do it’s the right thing on this day. (of course that excludes illegal stuff) So, today is your day!
March 17 – Submarine Day
Song choice: Yellow Submarine
This is the day to celebrate the submarine (boat not sandwich). A suggestion is to watch “The Hunt for the Red October” on this day.
As a side note: For any of you who might have enjoyed the thread on 10 Great Atlantic Ocean Liners, you might know that I suffer from Megalophobia-fear of large objects. So I didn’t go out searching for any pictures of subs for this list.
March 18 – Supreme Sacrifice Day
Ok… so not a wacky one, but nice to have. This should be a better celebrated holiday. This day is to recognize those who have given up the most for others. This includes: fireman, policeman, soldiers and of course Jesus.
March 19 – Poultry Day
Most famous chicken: Foghorn Leghorn
A day to celebrate your favorite bird! (no, not your finger) Turkey, quail, duck and chicken. This is the day to eat your fill and try to answer the age old question: What came first? The chicken or the egg?
March 20 – Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
So I had to do a lot of probing on this one… Only in America would we have a day to celebrate something like this. So keep your eye on the sky and don’t forget to grab a towel!
March 21 – Fragrance Day
Armani, Dior, Boss, Claiborne, Liz … .put on your favorite this day. Just remember this one tip: Don’t marinate in it.
March 22 – Goof-off Day
Sweet! I actually have an excuse. (Don’t think it will fly with the boss however) So who will be the first one to call off on this day? This is the day for you to relax and to make sure you don’t do what you are supposed to do.
March 23 – Chip and Dip Day
So you had your potato chip day. Now what could be better? Something to dip it in… ranch, cheese, salsa… just to name a few. My favorite is bean dip!
March 24 – Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
A great combination of fruit and chocolate. If you are watching your weight, this isn’t the day for you. Celebrate this day by having a handful of this tasty treat!
March 25 – Waffle Day
“Lego my Eggo” No waffling on this holiday. It’s not only celebrated in America but also in Sweden. It originated in Sweden as Våffeldagen. The holiday coincides with the Feast of the Annunciation and it is considered to be the start of spring for both Sweden and France.
March 26 – Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Try searching for an unrecognized trait, topic or event that hasn’t been touched upon to celebrate! Then enjoy! (I don’t think cable TV has been taken yet)
March 27 – National “Joe” Day
Nothing to do with coffee! This is the first holiday to celebrate you … as someone else. Today you are “Joe”. What would “Joe” do today? This is the day to be who you want for the day under the name of “Joe” and then you can blame it later on “Joe”.
March 28 – Something on a Stick Day
This day is celebrated by Jose Jalapeño on a Steeeck (pictured above). Actually it’s a holiday to celebrate anything on a stick. Popsicles, corndogs or jalapenos… this is the day for you!
March 29 – Festival of Smoke and Mirrors Day
David Copperfield day…just kidding. This is the day of illusion and mystery. This is a great day for a masked ball or magic show. (no creepy clowns, please)
March 30 – I Am in Control Day
Oh really. Sounds like one of the 5 Signs That You Are Turning Into a Dictator. Actually, this started when Secretary of State Alexander Haig was quoted to have said “I am in control here” on the day that President Ronald Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt. This led to Haig eventual resignation. This also a great day to celebrate after Panic Day!
March 31 – Clams On the Half Shell Day
This is a day to celebrate those rubbery friends of ours… the clams! So tonight dine at your favorite seafood restaurant, or if you are lucky to get them yourself, enjoy them at home! But, make sure they are on the half-shell!
Contributor: oouchan
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March 10th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
what happened to the list with the extraordinary people? with the guy who hasn’t slept for 30 years?!?!?!
March 10th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
This was different…
March 10th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
say whaaaaa?
March 10th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
This morning the other list wasn’t working… did I miss out?
This list is useless… holidays are usually something people celebrate. No one cares about these crappy days.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Okay, I know that americans are known for being fat, but 3 pounds of peanut butter per person per day?!?!?
March 10th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Umm guys – it is in the humor category……..
The list from this morning was removed when someone informed me that it was not original.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
aww thats a bummer it was a sweet list
March 10th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Funny list oouchan! I love that my birthday falls on Poultry day!! Best holiday ever! ima eat me some chicken nuggets…
March 10th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I thought 13th March said “Eat Muff” day. Now that would be a holiday to look forward to.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Isn’t 14 march the “π(Pi)Day” too? ~ 3.14 at 15 o’clock…
Funny list, love the panic and potato chips day
March 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
jfrater – can we read the other list anyway if you credit it to the original author? this is an interesting list otherwise, who knew there were so many holidays in march? i like march 22, too bad it falls on a sunday this year!!
March 10th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
In honor of today’s holiday, I will show my crack all day while shooting up crack while standing on a crack in the sidewalk!
March 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
no coffee drinking day?
March 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I would also like the other list back, or at least a link to it, I planned on looking some of those guys up
March 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
9. Handrejka…ha! You can celbrate that one on March 26 – Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.
8. gabi319…Thanks! I heard that lo’s b-day is on the 15th. She can celebrate Everything You Think Is Wrong Day! (or maybe not)
12. yennifer…Funny, sis! (my sister)
March 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Oooo….tomorrow is “Worship Tools Day”. Hmmm….such a tough choice……Should I worship David Hasslehoff or Yanni?
March 10th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Worship of Tools Day has so many interpretations!
I’m not sure that these are “holidays” according to any definition I know eg a national or state day off work.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
13. 6twistedbiscuits: Thats on May 16th. It the National Coffee Day.
17. astraya…so true about the tools! also about the holidays…only in America. sigh.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I can’t really bring the other list back – even with credit, as permission was not sought. However, you can read the original list that was stolen here.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
haha I thought the same thing about worship of tools day.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Am I the ONLY person who got the “don’t forget to grab a towel!” towel reference??
March 10th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
And I always thought March 17 was St Patrick’s Day
March 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
21. Anonymous … I was hoping someone might have read that book. It’s one of my favorites.
March 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
A couple of months ago on (I think it was) Project Runway a (female) designer was distraught because she had left her “tool” at the fabric shop. I thought “What tool? Can’t she be a little bit more specific?” Then I realised she was talking about her tulle. In very occasional readings of the word, I had never heard it pronounced, and had never known how it was spelled/spelt. Worship of fabric used on ballet tutus day!
Those of us in early time zones are into tools already. Cracks are soooo yesterday. (Like “extraordinary people”.)
I have done my LU-patriotic duty by clicking on the Google ads. They were all decidedly non-whacky today – holidays in Lisbon, Tuscany and (deep breath) Sas- Saskat- Saskatchew- Canada.
(Like the tourists who were driving across Canada and got lost. They asked a passer-by where they were and he replied “Saskatoon, Saskatchewan”. The driver turned to the passenger and said “Just our luck. He doesn’t speak English”. (I once met someone from Sas- Saskat- Saskatchew there and he thought that joke was funny.)
March 10th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Taller Than You (5) That is funny: 5 lbs per day. It must be per year.
March 10th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Be nasty day should be switched with Panic day. My fiance is super grumpy, and his birthday is march 9th. His grumpiest day of the year(don’t ask why, i don’t know). So they should make be nasty day on March 9th. On the other hand….i do go into a little panic on his Bday due to his extreme grumpiness…maybe they got it right after all?
March 10th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Disclaimer: I don’t watch reality tv of my own accord; I watch it with my (English as a second language speaking) wife, to facilitate her exposure to “real” English. (That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!)
When I got back to school this year, the area opposite the main staff room had been remodelled as “The Wee Class”. There are at least three possibilities for that: the Scottish one, the slightly juvenile most-of-the-English-speaking-world one and the one that was intended. I don’t know what was intended, but I hope they don’t put that on their CV when they apply for study in an English-speaking country: “I was a member of the Wee Class at [name] High School, Korea. I got top marks for Wee.”
March 10th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
@19 jamie: Thank you!
oouchan: Interesting list…
I was always partial to March 14th ‘National Pi Day’ (3.14 = Pi, for those non-math readers). As a side note, Einstein was also born on 3/14).
You know, we can do this as a regular item … Shall I do April?
March 10th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
just plain weird and wacky..and weird…and wacky…
March 10th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Whoa America! 3 pounds of Peanut Butter per Day! No wonder you guys are such big fatties!
March 10th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
3 pounds of peanut butter
come on this is just plain silly
who the hell would eat 3 pounds of peanut butter a day
you be dead in a month
March 10th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
..okay humor category, yes but .. “Americans on average eat about 3 pounds of peanut butter per person per day”? .. not reallly finding that funny regardless. Just funny that some may believe it because it’s written
March 10th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
just about this whole list is full of shit
I googled some of them and none come up true
March 10th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
March 27th is my birthday! NOT Joe day!
March 10th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Bill(s)…that was great!
March 10th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
so did you just make this up?
and I thought March 13th said Eat Muff day.
now that would be more interesting.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
i actually understood your joke in march 20! i’m like proud or something…
March 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I find it sad that today is my birthday and is also “life in the cracks” day. Also I spent my birthday today studying for a final I have tomorrow morning…at this time I feel like my life is in the cracks.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
38. RandomPrecision: Nope. Found all of these as legit holidays. They are more like traditions that have been recognized. Just for pure fun.
39. duva: I was hoping more would get that one.
40. Rocky: Happy Birthday! (sorry that it fell through the cracks)
March 10th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
March 4 is the only day of the year that is a command (March forth).
March 10th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Yo guys the Death Metal list is complete and has been submitted. You can all sleep easier now
March 10th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
41. General Tits Von Chodehoffen : I swear to God if you put Slayer on there….
March 10th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Potato chips should be a food group unto themselves LOL
March 10th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
@ March 20th I enjoyed the towel reference but thought that there would be a national Don’t Panic day to counter the Panic Day. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ftw
March 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
I don’t know where you get your facts from, but 3 pounds of peanut butter per person per day?? I don’t think that you put the correct info there. I’m not saying that it isn’t possible for some people… just not probable for anyone. Might want to double check your facts, bud.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Loved the elephant joke. Maybe that’s where all the peanut butter went. You know, we could use the peanut butter as a sealant for those who mouths runneth over negatively.
March 10th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Today is no smoking day in the UK. Held on the 2nd Wednesday every March. I will stop, honest. Oh go on, I’ll just finish this pack….
March 11th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Most boring list yet
March 11th, 2009 at 12:17 am
I got my towel ready!!
March 11th, 2009 at 1:08 am
This list is TOO AMERICANIZED!
just kidding, great list!
March 11th, 2009 at 1:14 am
oh and on the other list that was here before with the unusual people, “Yokoi: spent 28 years hidden after WWII” lived in Guam, I used to live there. There was like a little tourist attraction place there were you can see like his cave and all the stuff he used.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Americans…….
March 11th, 2009 at 1:44 am
53. atulajith : Wow, finally India wins… Oh wait, it was just NZ… Are you seriously proud of that? Australia just SMASHED SA in two tests. Third one coming up soon. It’s so embarrasing after what the South Africans did to us at home, but all is forgiven now
March 11th, 2009 at 1:49 am
@Mark: India didnt just defeat NZ, we whitewashed them. We lead the series 3-0 now.
And u aussies arent so tough. We have already proved that to u in ur own backyard. 
March 11th, 2009 at 1:54 am
55. atulajith : So have SA, but we’re on the road to whitewashing them – at home and everything – so we well and truly have the #1 ranking under our belts now. Not much point even arguing about India and Australia – cricket wise – because at the moment there are only 3 respectable test teams around. So while we’re busy with the third, you get stuck playing ODI’s against NZ, lol. Once we have retained the Ashes and thrashed SA I’ll be nice and comfy here claiming that Australia’s the best, you won’t have that luxury. Not to mention that your batting order is on the way out, how are your youngsters looking? That’s what won us those tests, all our young ‘uns, I don’t know what India has in the tank though
March 11th, 2009 at 2:28 am
thats impossible…..thats ridiculous. I dnot believe it. 3 pounds of peanut butter a day? that must be a typo? who eats three pounds of peanut butter. th ats like eating two jars. I doubt the average american even eats one peanut butter sandwich a day…
March 11th, 2009 at 2:31 am
57. don : Especially the allergic variety… It does seem a bit too far out there for me to believe… Sure you got that right
March 11th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Happy ‘worship your tool day’ everybody!!! Party round at my place!
March 11th, 2009 at 7:21 am
You can tell that most of these holidays are probably American
March 11th, 2009 at 8:00 am
If only ear-muff day and be nasty day could be combined….
March 11th, 2009 at 8:10 am
Every day is March 15th for me, or so my girlfriend tells me…
March 11th, 2009 at 8:24 am
31 Wacky Marches of Holiday… that brains me and missus postcard..
March 11th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Oh, thanks, oouchan! Oysters on the half-shell! ~gag~
I used to love oysters. Really loved to eat oysters, the taste, the feeling in the mouth, everything about the experience…
Then one time, I was on a shoot which took me to San Francisco from Hollywood. The night before the shoot was to begin, the Producer took the Agency and me to a late dinner at Fog City Diner (which is famous or their oysters). He started ordering every type of oyster on the menu.
I got food poisoning. I was up all night, sick as a dog, and had to work a 16 hour day anyway.
No more oysters, ever.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:32 am
This list is terrible.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Did you forget that March 14th is also Pi(e) Day (3.14) and is also Guy’s Valentines Day (also known as Steak and Blowjob Day).
March 11th, 2009 at 8:48 am
#1- the average american eats 3 pounds of peanut butter per day? i dont think so….
March 11th, 2009 at 9:08 am
“3 pounds of peanut butter per person per day”
That is 1.4 kilograms. An average pot of nutbut is 500g. this means americans eat 3 pots a day, or 21 pots per week.
Even if it is just $1 (its over £1 for the good stuff here) that is more than $20 a week on peanut butter.
I think that has to be wrong.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Sorry everyone…“3 pounds of peanut butter per person per day” is a typo. It’s supposed to be “year”! My bad!
March 11th, 2009 at 9:36 am
In my part of the world…new England…I’m pretty sure March14 is steak and a blowjob day where you get two of the most manly things if you’re lucky enough to find a girl who is good at both.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
If you were a chef and now in prison, I guess you would be good at both (and manly too)?
March 11th, 2009 at 11:57 am
ok…mom stop using my computer!
the last one was not me!
March 11th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Very funny. Folks sure get anal about our 3 lbs of peanut butter per day.Good everyone is concerned enought to reasearch it. At least we don`t eat 3 lbs of vegamite a day. HA !
March 11th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
72.bigski – Did some research on vegamite … yuck! I’ll stick to peanut butter. Glad oouchan corrected the 3 lbs/day to 3 lbs/year. I now feel thinner.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
What happened to Pi Day??? That’s was the only good thing I looked forward to being born on March 14!
Then again, Potato Chip Day sounds so tempting…
…sounds a lot like Hitler’s birthday.
March 11th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
What about Pi day? March 14? 3.14? ‘Tis my favourite!
Also, this past March 4th was National Grammar Day!
March 11th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
love this list, the more wackiness, the better! today is worship your tools day and i put up a shelf in the bathroom before i even read this…after reading, i wrote everything on my calender-guess i need more brevity in my life…
March 11th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
About #11 Worship of Tools Day: “Men can relate to this one!” – maybe I’m being picky here, but I’m a woman and I’m also a Maintenance technician, so I would relate to this one too.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Figures. I gave up Potato Chips for Lent and now I can’t even celebrate my favourite snack on their day. SIGH!
March 11th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
March 17th: Submarine day, St. Patric’s day, my birthday, and John Wayne Gacy’s birthday! Quite the celebration!
March 11th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
i read the 13th as ‘eat muff’ day
March 11th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
This list is pretty lame. These aren’t nationally recognized holidays, just random dyas that crazies have created. Nobody even knows about these dumb holidays. Not impressed with this list….
As for the 3lbs of Peanut Butter per day. Check out this link:
http://www.peanutbutter.com/funfacts.aspx
March 11th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
i read the 13th as ‘eat muff’ day
See the “food ingredients” list for a discussion about eating beaver!
March 11th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
3/11 is 311 Day, for those who are fans of the band 311
March 11th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Hmm, you missed two dates… My birthday (13) and Pi Day (14), how could you
March 11th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
84. Mark…I actually didn’t know about Pi day. I had to look it up. (happy soon-to-be birthday!) At least it falls on the Ear(t) Muff day!
fyi…my day is the 15th of october….White Cane Safety Day.
March 11th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
85. oouchan : Yay, ear muffs, that could be cool… If it got below 15 (Celsius) where I live… Which is rarely ever does, only time it gets lower than 10 is overnight and that’s only in the middle of winter
Still, I hate the cold so I guess that’s not so bad
March 11th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
jfrater.. stolen where? that oddee article is from 2006
March 11th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
oh, I get it now… the oddee article was published here at listverse
March 11th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
86. Mark…wish I could get below 70F…I live in Arizona. At 70F we need sweaters. NOT kidding. If you hate the cold…you will love it here. Max temp I have gone through is 120F.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
89. oouchan : o.O
March 11th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Mark, oouchan
. When I was living in Wisconsin, shorts weather was when the temps finally came back up to 45F(roughly 7C)
You two are a bunch of wimps
…I miss walking through knee high snow to get to work… Nothing wakes you up quite like a -15F morning.
March 11th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
91. gabi319 : Aww, let’s all shed a tear for poor Gabi :’(
March 11th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
91. gabi319…I can beat that. I lived in Edinboro, PA along the snow belt. 15 feet of snow in a weekend really doesn’t help when you are on your way to class. -20 to -30 with wind chill….not to mention ice storms. 3 or more inches of ice on everything. Even blades of grass (what wasn’t covered by snow), lights, telephone poles…Can you guess why I like my 120F?
March 11th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
93. oouchan and 91. gabi319 : I’ve only seen snow once in my – admittedly short – life. It was basically just ice left over from the snowfall many months beforehand at the top of the mountain just before and after the tunnel on the way to Milford Sound in NZ – I’m sure Jamie would know the place I’m talking about
March 11th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Oh, were we supposed to include wind chill factor?? well in that case…..
March 12th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I do plan on celebrating each of these holidays. Thanks
March 12th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Umm…Foghorn Leghorn was a ROOSTER and all of the hens had the hots for him. What about St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th? Gotta love the peanut butter day right after the major scandal of peanut producers who knowingly sold tainted peanuts and sickened hundreds and killed many. I wonder how many people celebrated? I wonder how many regret it.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
A fun list! Nice to know that Alfred Hitchcock Day and my birthday are the same.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Cold? While living on a farm in Illinois one year, we had a wind chill of 70 below. The furnace would not kick on and the propane would not convert to gas. It was a white out and I had to tie a rope to the house and one to me in order to feed the animals in the barn and get firewood. I had to cook on an old warm morning stove (hence the firewood). This lasted 3 days, but what an adventure. You find out a lot about yourself.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Wibisniba28 , that is far more than I want to know about myself!
March 12th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I used to live in Colorado. Every third or fourth spring we would get 4 or 5 feet of snow. The only people who had problems driving were the people visiting from California (surprising amount out here). Even in high school with my old Camry two-wheel-drive I did fine. Now I live in Las Vegas and over the winter it snowed less than an inch and people were freaking out.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
March 8 – What.. no women day???!! wow.. no wonder half of the population is nasty with you on that day! lol
March 12th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
@Mark: sorry was not here past few days… are u kidding me??? u dont know what india has in the tank??? my god.. our team is full of youngsters… and we have been rocking from day one… and pls dont tell me about the aussie lineup… u guys crashed out when the senior guys all left…
March 13th, 2009 at 12:30 am
hey, cool, let’s bash americans on a website where people are supposed to be chill and get along. good thing a group of ragtag dogs kicked your ass in the revolutionary war when you had every reason to win, and you went from the greatest kingdom in the world to….whatever you want to call yourself now.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:39 am
103. atulajith : And now we’re back at the top, with a much younger squad than any other major test team in the world. Doesn’t that scare you?
March 13th, 2009 at 2:48 am
happy ear muff day!
March 13th, 2009 at 7:49 am
@purdnasty: Everything turns into a bash America/Bush/Obama/Britain/Bill Brasky conversation eventually.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:53 am
especially when the list actually does bash america, open your eyes
March 13th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
i love march 23 chip and dip day! it gives me a reasone to eat salsa all day!!!
but the personality one is funny, we all like it.
oouchan….HI MOM!!
March 14th, 2009 at 8:35 am
@purdnasty #108: I did see it, relax a bit, I was just trying to change the direction of the comments. Sheesh.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Given my advancing years, might it be in order to change March 11 from Worship of Tools day to Worship Viagra day?
D.O.M.
If March forth is an order, isn’t also March first, March second, or any command giving your position in the file?
March 14th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
111. Anon:…change March 11 from Worship of Tools day…
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I thought that was Worship Your Tool Day…
March 14th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Anon and segue: funny…(only March 4th is an order…others are optional, at best)
109. dead_girl….hi, dear!
March 14th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
oochan-
did you really just get a list shout out from your own daughter?
if so, you both have good taste! love it
but can i say now how sad it makes me that my b-day is “Everything You Think Is Wrong Day”?
i’m trying to see that:
A: it’s a made up holiday, so no worries, -or:
B: maybe it’s a reminder for all of us to rethink our convictions and discover why we really hold them, thusly opening a window for personal growth, not some weird commentary on my own sense of self (yes, that was the depressive in me on that last note. i’m trying to just kick her to the curb and out the door, but it’s hard…)
again, silly -but fun- list
March 14th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
114. lo…thanks for that! Yes, my daughter finally signed up for the LV and she has been having fun. I told her to be nice and not to become a troll….or I will have Jaime ground her! lol.
and just to make you feel better, you can choose from these as well as they fall on the 15th, too.
*Ides of March
*Incredible Kid Day
*Dumbstruck Day
March 14th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
oouchan, (115),
“Ides of March”
Sounds like something to avoid.
My 116 is in moderation. Is it possible the word Hxly would cause that? There’s absolutely nothing else remotely feasible!
March 14th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
113. oouchan
“… only March 4th is an order…others are optional, at best”
Not if MY drill corporal had bellowed, “March first!”, my dear. Oh my Goodness Gracious and Hxly Jankers (time on fatigues) no. You think an enemy is dangerous? You wanna try not obeying your own drill corp.!
March 14th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
O.K. I give up. It’s not holy. I put Hxly and its gone into mod again. I need to know for future reference. WTF is it?
March 14th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
ouuchan 113: i was looking up my B-day, and it’s national chocolate day!
yours falls on white cane day-that celebratesthe white canes that blind people use.
lo 114: yes i am oouchans kid. lol
March 14th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
anon-
the ides of march merely meant the “15th of this month.” -other months all had ides as well in roman time keeping, it’s just that the whole “assassination of Caesar” thing made the ides of march the most well known.
so curious to see what you’ve got in moderation!
oouchan, thanks for the other “holidays” of note! i like to thing i was born an “incredible kid” (aren’t we all?). and “dumbstruck day” has tons of potential…
March 14th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
oops, forgot to close the italics up there after “march.” sorry y’all
March 15th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Anon -
i’m not sure why. i’d say the numbers but other comments post w/ numbers. it certainly is not personal. i released the one and deleted the other since it was a repeat.
i think i might try removing that filter…. see if that helps.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:06 am
In the middle of a wide-ranging conversation yesterday (Mar 14) one of my nieces suddenly mentioned that it was National Potato Chip day. I can’t verify that.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:10 am
ok..removed some numeric filters. see if that helps. if we start getting a lot of dick-waving claims of numerical superiority..like ‘first comment’ or other such nonsense. the filters will be readjusted. so behave.
March 15th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Cyn,
Ah, I get what you mean about ‘first’ now. Dick-waving. Of course! Errrr, and which date is Dick-waving Day, by the by?
Strange though. Look at my 111. It also had March first but did not get moderated. Was this an extremely recent filter?
March 15th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Anon-
apparently any day is dick waving day for some immature brats.
as for the filtering -
i don’t get it myself. cuz some comments ’slip by’ while others get slammed. i think its something almost ‘myopic’like in the program ‘reading’ the code string. or something or other.. *wanders off after a bright, shiny object*
March 15th, 2009 at 10:08 am
120. lo: Regarding the ides of March; The Roman Calendar was very complex and set up with all sorts of cut-offs and ways to remember where you were in the year. The “ides” were one of those ways, and every month had it’s own ides.
In March, May, July, and October the ides fell on the 15th. In all of the other months the ides fell on the 13th of the month.
Just an aside to add spice, and a little known fact, to a bit of trivia.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Your 127:
Scholarly, segue, scholarly.
For once I reined back my pedantic tendencies (no, yours are not!) and limited mine to the well-known Marchly ides as popularised by Bill the Spear shaker. In fact we did ‘Jake Eyes ‘er’ for the 15+ scribble and pass or fail nonsense, and had all that stuff about ides explained then. ‘Eye-ds’ we called it too, not ‘Ee-days’ like those uppity nerds who also took Latin.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Oh, Anon, I know I’m pedantic once in a while, funny on occasion, vulgar now and again…basically your well rounded woman.
March 15th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Here in the U.S., every year about this time, we observe a hallowed tradition called “March Madness”. It is an annual phenomenon where everybody and their mothers start acting like experts and talking about a subject that hasn’t been discussed since the prior March. Allot of money changes hands as well.
March 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Mad as March hare
March 15th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I go mad at any time of the year if I catch one of those bleeders in our garden! Like British residents, they came from the Old World.
March 15th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
We get bunnies, but no hares. I too am hare-opposed, but bunny-friendly.
Odd, that, because I had a pet hare as a child, but wasn’t aware of their destructive tendencies then.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:09 am
Grab a towel!! HAHA!!Most important item to have! Works great to clean up spilled pangalactic gargle blasters! Why am I so excited!!?
March 16th, 2009 at 9:04 am
HOW was march 14th not Pi day?!!!!!
You know… 3.14? In 2015 it’ll be a very good pi day. 3.14.15.
I am sadden by the lack of pi.
March 16th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Hares are good,if you fry them like chicken.
March 17th, 2009 at 12:32 am
135. DaniBee : Oh yeah, at 9:26
March 17th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
bigski, (136),
“Hares are good,if you fry them like chicken.”
Or hang them up until they rot and fall down, like the French do.
We might try either menu or both if the bloody thing keeps still long enough for me to get a shotgun bead on it somewhere I’m not going to blow away more precious garden plants than hare!
What’s up, doc?
March 17th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Anon- Make a oversize rat trap. Use a carrot for bait. Clean,skin & fry.
Then wait for the accolades to roll in.
March 17th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
134. Howie13…glad you got the reference!
btw…I had bunnies, rabbits, hares….hate them all. They are cute from a distance, but I am such a bunny hater! They are not nice creatures. I actually like rats better.
March 18th, 2009 at 6:36 am
40. oouchan
“btw…I had bunnies, rabbits, hares….hate them all. They are cute from a distance, but I am such a bunny hater! They are not nice creatures. I actually like rats better”
Right chuwar. Guinea pigs and rats make engaging, intelligent, interactive pets. Rabbits are indifferent at best, vicious beasts at worst. I once made the boyhood mistake of persuading my overindulgent parents to allow me a wonderful-looking pair of male blue something-or-others. Had to feed the goddam things for the rest of their natural days and coudn’t wait for their bucket time to come soon enough. Mice were another one-off mistake. Weak bladders – stink …
I’m sure others, especially segue, may disagree rabbit-wise, and certainly the girls next door lived perpetually with huge white monsters as pets.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:41 am
141. Anon:…I’m sure others, especially segue, may disagree rabbit-wise
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No, I wouldn’t disagree as far as garden pests are concerned.
My own garden has it’s share of pests; wild turkeys, rabbits, raccoons, moles, snakes, deer and various and sundry other woodland creatures.
The deer get a pass. I have planted special plants for the deer so the will eat the deer plants and ignore the others. It has worked like a charm.
All of the others get treated as pests. Although we won’t kill anything, we are, afterall, living in the woods, we do our best to discourage them from our gardens.
A pellet rifle is a wonderful tool for that, it gets their attention, but does no actual harm.
March 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
segue, (142),
A pellet rifle occasionally announces to larger dogs they are unwelcome in our garden. Before rabbits and hares arrived recently they were easily the most destructive element next to slugs, red spider mites, whitefly and aphids. Admittedly nothing beats owned or feral cats when it comes to slaughtering welcome garden residents of all shapes and sizes though. Dogs are also amazingly inventive in their determination to circumvent all our attempts to keep them out. The double passage of a communal irrigation canal through our property is our Achilles’ heel. If we set a mesh across the two water entries fine enough to prevent dogs, one or both block with ploughed-up weeds, prunings and other debris, and our neighbour’s field floods. As pellets might actually harm small dogs, and would be difficult to target on non-vulnerable areas, stones have to do. But pellets will certainly blow squirrels away, and I would have thought surely snakes, game birds and such like? In all the gardening worlds I’ve lived in here and the U.K., nothing but a direct pellet hit will do the Pavlovian trick either!
March 18th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Anon, we use the pellet rifle almost exclusively on the turkeys, who are so densely feathered they get nothing more than their attention grabbed by a direct hit.
Snakes, cats, bunnies, hares, squirrels, all small furred annoyances are usually taken care of by the local hawks or coyotes. The mega-fauna and the birds are the true survivors. Deer, bobcat, coyote, bear. And, of course, the dozens and dozens of bird types and butterflies (we’re within the Monarch butterfly route). Nature balances nature. It’s the best way.
March 18th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
A pellet rifle is also great on pigeons. Hate them too. I do have an owl outside (fake one) to offset that but some more persistent ones will sit on the dang thing like they own it. Out comes the rifle for them!
Ok…got a funny for you….my brother is the one who introduced me to the pellet rifle. He got it because the birds were so bad on his house that when it rained (not often, here in Arizona) the bird poo would drain into a big mess on the lawn. This can lead to diseases and the like. So he went and bought the rifle and was out shooting them. His wife comes out and says that was inhumane and to put the rifle down. She walked towards my brother in the attempt to take the rifle from him when a pigeon pooped on her head…Rambo would have been proud of her! She grabbed the gun and stated going ballistic on the pigeons. Now she has no issue taking the little buggers out herself.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
MMMMMMM-pigeons.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
146. bigski….hahaha! I heard they go good with a nice white wine.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
bigski et al.,
Let’s all get together for a pidgie-fest then. Delish! Indigestible, but delish.
March 19th, 2009 at 12:20 am
148. Anon: bigski et al., Let’s all get together for a pidgie-fest then. Delish! Indigestible, but delish.
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Indigestible? What do you think squab is, then?
March 19th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
segue, (149),
“Indigestible? What do you think squab is, then?”
Less indigestible baby pidgie, as lamb is to mutton! Hahaha.
March 19th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Hahaha! Got me, you did!
But I have lost the ability to digest red meat, so fowl and fish are having to do. Salmon is already gone from my diet, so is peanut butter. We don’t actually get squab here, just cornish game hen (whatever that is). So far, so good.
March 19th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
That was my Homer Simpson imitation.
Although pigeon breast with bacon wrapped around on the outdoor grill. Very tasty.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
152. bigski: That sounds delicious. We recently went on a very infrequent night out for dinner, and I had a caramelized apple-stuffed quail breast that was to die for!
Our little village has no fast food places, but it does have 6 or 7 gourmet restaurants, our only industry is tourism, our year round population is about 3500, total population (includes part-time populace) 6500.
March 19th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
153. segue…the quail sounds great! I am suddenly hungry. Hate the power of suggestion!
March 19th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
154. oouchan: It was, seriously, one of the best things I have ever eaten!
March 19th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Pigeon ,dove and quail breast all have similar taste,very good. Caramelized apple stuffing sounds good.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Hi fellow gourmets,
Anita, my daughgter and I will utterly believe about car.-app.-stuffed quail. Two of the most delicious meals I have ever had were: Some magical quail dish in a Thai restaurant near London’s Heathrow Airport as a celebration when said daughter graduated from uni. And, quails stuffed with dried apricots bought from Safeway in the family home south of London. That was during one of the first years Anita and I lived there before selling up. Oh, wow! Alas, it never reappeared on the shelves. Or if it did, there were too many like ourselves hovering like vultures (buzzards) to buy every last single one – who got in first.
Our other culinary moment to die for was ginger crab in Chinatown, Soho. What glory. What a mess. What a performance. People nearby stopped to watch, as if we cared. Greed rendered us totally uninhibited.
March 19th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Ahhh…crab! Sitting at the beach in Virginia eating freshly steamed crab caught only hours before with a pitcher of beer. Fabulous!
The size portions were: plate, platter, bucket and table. If you ordered by table, then they came out with 5 buckets and dumped them on the table for you to munch on. We had 14 people (all family) sitting at one large table and ordered the table option. That was so much fun.
Now I want crab….hey, wonder what caramelized apple stuffed crab would taste like?
March 20th, 2009 at 6:10 am
157. Anon & 158. oouchan: Those stories reminded me of one night in the Yucatan. I was stopped in at a small seaside hotel with no electricity, no phone, no amenities of any kind…unless you count (as I did) the sound of the breakers on the sand just fifty feet from your door, the millions of stars overhear, and the perfect sweetness of the people who ran the place.
I had arrived at about 10 pm and was afraid there would be nothing to eat available, but I walked outside and saw tables and chairs being set up on the sand, under big canvas verandas. There were candals everywhere, and music from somewhere, and barbecues, and barbecues, and barbecues all smoking with the most delicious smells you can imagine.
I strolled down to see what was up, and it was a restaurant, just opening for the evening. They served fish so fresh, it had been caught moments before. Everything was served with just made salsa of all types and various beers and native fruits. I could have eaten all night, but when the catch ran out, the restaurant literally closed down. Everything put away in storage until the next night.
I have no idea what fish I ate, but it was divine. The entire atmosphere was divine. Who would have thought I’d have had one of my best meals ever in a no name restaurant on the beach in the middle of the Yucatan jungle?
March 20th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Lovely, lovely story, segue. Oh the stories. Oh the memories!
Fresh char-grilled Black Sea palamut (pelamid, small tuna fish) between fresh-from-the-oven bread served up to you from small open boats moored along the Bosphorus.
Same geography. The evening of the day we by chance first met our bubbly, fun-loving Turkish friend on an early visit to his country, and my first in company. An open field somewhere above Istanbul and the heavenly, succulent fresh swordfish cubes he barbecued for us, accompanied by Kavaklidere wine. Like you, segue, we just kept on and on eating, way beyond sate, beyond greed even, until all ran out, and we would have gone on …
March 20th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Anon, and the hotel room! It was a two-story room. The bottom room was a sitting room of sorts, with an open arcade and a tiled floor, hand painted in orange and blue and yellow. The stairs were tiled too, and the floor of the bedroom and bathroom. All of the walls were blue, with friezes in orange and yellow. The bedroom had an open arched door to a balcony, overlooking the ocean; none of the rooms had actual doors or windows, just openings.
In the morning I found that the blue of my walls and tiles was the color of the sky and the sea! I walked out to the sand, before heading on to Chitzen-Itza, and found a cafe had been set up, with Mexican coffee and conchs , slightly sweet rolls of egg bread shaped like a conch shell. Fabulous.
I had had another, scarier, experience after the wonderful dinner the night before, but that is for another time.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:09 am
Worship of Tools Day? Never heared of that one before…
June 20th, 2009 at 1:31 am
Toy Soldier Day, March 4th.
http://www.toysoldiersunite.com/index.php?pid=content&page=6
July 6th, 2009 at 10:08 am
My Birthday is I am in Control Day!Cool!
August 1st, 2009 at 3:00 pm
HAHA… 30th of March is my birthday too XD
August 1st, 2009 at 3:02 pm
3pm, huh? Its 11pm here….
August 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am
jose…i love jeff dunham lol weird holidays. i blame “joe”