MDBCs 24 Apr 2023

Entry posted by sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 631 April 24, 2023

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April 24th 2023 - Holidays and Observances

(click on the day for details)

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, France)
Christian feast day:
- Benedict Menni
- Dermot of Armagh
- Dyfnan of Anglesey
- Ecgberht of Ripon
- Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Gregory of Elvira
- Ivo of Ramsey
- Johann Walter (Lutheran)
- Mary of Clopas
- Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
- Mellitus
- Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur
- Salome (disciple)
- Wilfrid (Church of England)
- William Firmatus
- April 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Concord Day (Niger)
Democracy Day (Nepal)
Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances:
- Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)
National Panchayati Raj Day (India)
Republic Day (The Gambia)
World Day for Laboratory Animals

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

Action Day for Tolerance and Respect between People

Coronation Day of Pope Benedict XVI

International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace

National Pigs in a Blanket Day

While I was making a huge batch of snickerdoodle cookies, I asked my ten-year-old to read the recipe and ingredients off the box to me, doubling them as he went along. He did as he was told. His first instruction: "Preheat the oven to 700 degrees."

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After browsing the restaurant menu, I had a question for the waitress. "About the salmon entrée, is that a steak or a fillet?"

"Neither," she said. "It's a fish."

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When I arrived at my mother's apartment complex, I was greeted by the disconcerting sight of a fire truck parked outside. There was no sign of smoke, and the firefighters didn't seem worried. Still, I asked one, "Is it safe to go inside? I'm a little wary of entering a building when the fire truck's lights are on."

"Don't worry about it," he said. "We do it all the time."

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"For sale: Eight puppies from a German shepherd and an Alaskan hussy."

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I called a video shop to order the war movie Battle of the Bulge.

"Hold on," said the clerk. "I'll check our aerobics tapes."