MDBCs 28 Oct 2024
Entry posted by sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 1185
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October 28th 2024 - Holidays and Observances
(click on the day for details)
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Christian feast day:
- Abdias of Babylon
- Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Eadsige
- Faro
- Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
- Firmilian
- Godwin of Stavelot
- Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity)
- Lord of Miracles (Lima)
- October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- International Animation Day (ASIFA)
- Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
- Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
- Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
- Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
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I was at the customer-service desk, returning a pair of jeans that was too tight. “Was anything wrong with them?” the clerk asked.
“Yes,” I said. “They hurt my feelings.”
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Scene: A radio newsroom.
Caller: I just wanted to let you know you’re off the air.
Host: Yes, we know. The engineers are working on it.
Caller: It would be nice if you put something on the air that says that.
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I phoned a local restaurant to ask if it was on the north or south side of Main Street.
The person on the other end answered, “That depends on which direction you’re coming from.”
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We can’t all live on a street with a pleasant name like Oak or Elm. Here are the least popular street names (that we hope don’t exist):
• Drinkand Dr.
• Vicious Circle
• West 943,185th Street
• Psycho Path
• Peoples Ct.
• Nofriggin Way
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