August 31st 2023 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)
• Christian feast day:
  • Aidan of Lindisfarne
  • Aristides of Athens
  • Cuthburh
  • Dominguito del Val
  • Joseph of Arimathea
  • Nicodemus
  • Paulinus of Trier
  • Raymond Nonnatus
  • Wala of Corbie
  • Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria
  • August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.
• Romanian Language Day (Romania)
  • Our Language (Moldova)
• North Borneo Self-government Day (Sabah, Borneo)

 

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

Fun Observances

Eat Outside Day

August 31 is Eat Outside Day. So, pack up a lunch, head on over to the park and commune with nature while you eat your meal under the Sun.

This unofficial holiday of unknown origins encourages eating outside as an excuse for people to go outdoors and take in some fresh air and enjoy some time under the Sun.

The day is also known as Eat Outdoors Day or National Eat Outside Day in the US.

How to Celebrate?

• Pack up a picnic lunch and enjoy it with family and friends in the park.
• Grill outside in the yard or take a portable grill to the park.
• If you usually have lunch at your desk at work, what about going out for your lunch break and having your meal under the Sun?

Did You Know…

…that picnics began as a meal break for hunters while hunting?

 

 

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I asked my brother-in-law, the 
father of four boys, “If you had to do it all over again, would you still have kids?”

“Yes,” he said. “Just not these four.”

 

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Here is the best-ever backhanded compliment from a kid about a present:

“Dear Genie, thanks for the toy. I’ll play with it when I’m bored.”

 

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My young son declared, “When 
I grow up, I’m going to marry you, Mommy.”

“You can’t marry your own mother,” said his older sister.

“Then I’ll marry you.”

“You can’t marry me either.”

He looked confused, so I explained, “You can’t marry someone in your own family.”

“You mean I have to marry a total stranger?!”

 

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Two doctors and an HMO manager die and line up together at the Pearly Gates.

One doctor steps forward and tells St. Peter, "As a pediatric surgeon, I saved hundreds of children."

St. Peter lets him enter.

The next doctor says, "As a psychiatrist, I helped thousands of people live better lives."

St. Peter tells him to go ahead.

The last man says, "I was an HMO manager. I got countless families cost-effective health care."

St. Peter replies, "You may enter. But," he adds, "you can only stay for three days. After that, you can go to hell."

 

 

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Final instar Shield-backed Bug Nymphs (Poecilocoris rufigenis, Scutelleridae)

 

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Each link in this anchor chain weighs 500 pounds

 

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