May 7th 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Agathius of Byzantium
  • Agostino Roscelli
  • Pope Benedict II
  • Flavia Domitilla
  • Gisela of Hungary
  • Harriet Starr Cannon (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • John of Beverley
  • Rose Venerini
  • Stanislaus (Roman Martyrology)
  • May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
• Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
• Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)

 

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

 

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With a party going full bore in the apartment above his, my friend could forget about getting any sleep. The next day, he spotted the offending party giver.

"Didn't you hear me pounding on the ceiling?" he asked.

The woman smiled pleasantly. "That's okay. We were making a lot of noise ourselves."

 

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I was leafing through one of my hunting catalogs when I found something that made me laugh. "Look," I said to my wife. "What I've always wanted: a camouflage toilet seat."

"Get it," she said. "Then you'll have an excuse for when you miss."

 

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The first time my son was on a bike with training wheels, I shouted, "Step back on the pedals and the bike will brake!"

He nodded but still rode straight into a bush.

"Why didn't you push back on the pedals?" I asked, helping him up.

"You said if I did, the bike would break."

 

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It never dawned on my brother and me just how small our hometown really is. But we found out when we drove past a marquee near the square.

It read "Support Our Troop."

 

 

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