(click on the day for details)
Christian feast day:
All Jesuit Saints and Blesseds
Domninus
Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist
Galation
Guido Maria Conforti
Magnus
November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Bank Transfer Day (United States)
Colón Day (Panama)
Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances:
West Country Carnival (English West Country)
Cinco de noviembre (Negros, Philippines)
Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
American Football Day
Election Day
Bonfire Night
Gunpowder Day
Melbourne Cup Day
National Chinese Takeout Day
National Love Your Red Hair Day
National Redhead Day
World Tsunami Awareness Day
Odell Beckham Jr.’s Birthday
Naval Ravikant’s Birthday
Meredith Foster’s Birthday
Lindsley Register’s Birthday
Kris Jenner’s Birthday
Virat Kohli’s Birthday
Samuel Page’s Birthday
Ike Turner’s Birthday
ElainaExe’s Birthday
Daisy Dares You’s Birthday
Bryan Adams’s Birthday
BoA’s Birthday
Azlia Williams’s Birthday
AllStar’s Birthday
Roy Rogers’s Birthday
Ryan Adams’s Birthday
Johnny Damon’s Birthday
Sophi Knight’s Birthday
Kevin Jonas’s Birthday
Vivien Leigh’s Birthday
Alexa Chung’s Birthday
Sam Rockwell
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Tue Nov 5th, 2024 - Thu Nov 7th, 2024
Chhath Puja
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Don't interrupt someone working intently on a puzzle. Chances are, you'll hear some crosswords.
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I'm a big fan of whiteboards. I find them quite re-markable.
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Shout out to the people who ask what the opposite of "in" is.
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Q. Why can't Harry Potter tell the difference between the pot he uses to make potions and his best friend?
A. They're both cauld ron.
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Last night, I dreamed I was swimming in an ocean of orange soda. But it was just a Fanta sea.
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I lost my job at the bank on my very first day. A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed her over.
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Wandering inside a pet store, I stopped in front of a birdcage to admire a parakeet.
We watched each other for a few minutes before it asked,
“Can’t you talk?”
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I told myself, I don't care what the starting salary is!!!
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Then after I saw this next job offer, I took the first one. I would rather shovel it,
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Christian feast day:
Charles Borromeo (Roman Catholic Church)
Emeric of Hungary
Felix of Valois
Joannicius the Great
Our Lady of Kazan (Russian Orthodox Church)
Pierius
Blessed Teresa Manganiello
Vitalis and Agricola
November 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Community Service Day (Dominica)
Flag Day (Panama)
National Tonga Day (Tonga)
National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate (Italy)
Unity Day (Russia)
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial (unofficial, but widely commemorated)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
All Saints Day (Colombia)
Color the World Orange Day
Constitution Day (Dominican Republic)
Job Action Day
Marlborough Anniversary Day
National Candy Day
National Chicken Lady Day
National Easy-Bake Oven Day
National Waiting for the Barbarians Day
Recreation Day Tasmania
Roast Dinner Day
Traffic Directors Day
Ralph Macchio’s Birthday
Raquel Santiago’s Birthday
Lyna Perez’s Birthday
Matthew McConaughey’s Birthday
Darrius Barney’s Birthday
Lorenzen Wright’s Birthday
Kathy Griffin’s Birthday
Taylor Tomlinson’s Birthday
Jeff Kaplan’s Birthday
Jessa Duggar’s Birthday
Gaby - Gaby and Alex’s Birthday
Diddy’s Birthday
Dez Bryant’s Birthday
Rissa G.’s Birthday
Victoria Leigh Soto’s Birthday
Steven Ogg’s Birthday
Laura Bush’s Birthday
TOP’s Birthday
Bethenny Frankel’s Birthday
Kirby Jenner’s Birthday
Will Rogers’s Birthday
Sean Combs
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Mon Nov 4th, 2024 - Sat Nov 9th, 2024
Talk Money Week
Mon Nov 4th, 2024 - Sun Nov 10th, 2024
Great British Game Week
Children’s Book Week
Fun Observances
Common Sense Day
Are you familiar with the saying “common sense is not that common”? Celebrate this rarely used quality on November 4, Common Sense Day.
The date coincides with the birth date of actor Will Rogers who was thought to have coined this phrase.
How to Celebrate?
Well, what can we say? Use your common sense to celebrate this unofficial holiday.
Did You Know…
…that Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense in 1776? In it, he drew out the need for independence of the 13 British colonies in North America from Britain. The pamphlet is thought to have inspired the American Revolution.
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I was in line at a restaurant. In front of me was a mother with her college-age son and his girlfriend. It was the middle of the dinner rush, and many customers were restless at the long wait, but the young couple, holding hands and kissing, were oblivious to everything around them. Although clearly not approving, the mother was silent, until one prolonged kiss when the young man had his face and hands buried in his girlfriend's long, curly locks.
"Do you have to do that here?" the embarrassed mother asked.
"I'm not doing anything, Mom," came her son's muffled voice. "My earring's caught in her hair."
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My five-year-old, Matt, worked with a speech therapist on the ch sound, which came out k. The therapist asked him to say chicken. He responded with kitchen.
They tried again and again, but it always came out kitchen.
Undeterred, she pushed him for one more try.
Matt sighed and said, “Why don’t we just call it a duck?”
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I tried having my mother’s phone disconnected, but the customer-service rep told me that since the account was in my dad’s name, he’d have to be the one to put in the request. The fact that he’d been dead for 40 years didn’t sway her.
Then a solution hit me: “If I stop paying the bill, you can turn off the service, right?”
“Well, yes,” she said reluctantly. “But that would ruin his credit.”
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One caller to Butterball's Thanksgiving Turkey Talk-Line had always cut the legs off the turkey before putting it in the oven, thinking that was how you had to cook a turkey.
She later learned that the only reason her mom had been doing that was because their oven had been so small that that was the only way to get the bird into the oven!
(click on the day for details)
Christian feast day:
Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church)
Clydog
Cristiolus
Elias I of Antioch (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Ermengol (Hermengaudius)
Gaudiosus of Tarazona
Gwenhael
Hubertus
Libertine
Malachy O' More
Blessed Manuel Lozano Garrido
Martin de Porres
Papulus
Pirmin
Richard Hooker (Anglican Communion)
Rumwold of Buckingham
Blessed Rupert Mayer
Silvia
Winifred
November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Culture Day (Japan)
Flag Day (United Arab Emirates)
Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Independence Day of Cuenca (Ecuador)
Mother's Day (East Timor)
Victory Day (Maldives)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Cliche Day
Daylight Saving Day
Daylight Savings Ends
Give Someone a Dollar Day
Jellyfish Day
National Accessory Day
National Homemaker Day
National Housewife Day
Smart Home Day
Orphan Sunday
One Health Day
Joseline Hernández’s Birthday
Gabe Newell’s Birthday
Ella Mai’s Birthday
Desiree Dacosta’s Birthday
Nav’s Birthday
Lulu’s Birthday
Bert Kreischer’s Birthday
Benito Skinner’s Birthday
Anna Wintour’s Birthday
Andi Miranda’s Birthday
Alex Zedra’s Birthday
Adam Ant’s Birthday
Karnation So Cool’s Birthday
Kendall Jenner’s Birthday
Charles Bronson’s Birthday
Minhyuk’s Birthday
David After Dentist’s Birthday
Nihachu’s Birthday
Roseanne Barr’s Birthday
Colin Kaepernick’s Birthday
Dolph Lundgren
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Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 - Sat Nov 9th, 2024
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
National Radiologic Technology Week
Polar Bear Week
Rad Tech Week
Fun Observances (2)
Sandwich Day
November 3 is celebrated every year as Sandwich Day.
The ultimate in convenient food and one of the most beloved food around the world, it is no surprise that the humble sandwich has it own day.
The unofficial holiday commemorates the birth anniversary of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. Rumor has it that the modern day version of the sandwich came about when Montagu's servants put some meat between two slices of bread as a way for the Earl to eat his meal while gambling.
How to Celebrate?
Eat sandwiches for all your meals. Have a bacon and egg sandwich for breakfast, an egg salad sandwich for lunch, a roast beef sandwich for dinner and an ice cream sandwich for desert.
Gourmet up your sandwich by adding gourmet ingredients like bacon jam, goat cheese and roasted beets.
Make a grilled cheese sandwich instead of just a normal sandwich.
Did You Know…
…that August is Sandwich month? Make a different sandwich for every day of the month.
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Zero Tasking Day
The first Sunday of November is not only the end of the Daylight Saving Time period in the United States, it is also Zero Tasking Day.
The unofficial holiday encourages people to take it easy, give up multitasking for a day and well, do no tasks.
How to Celebrate?
Do nothing and just relax.
Enjoy the extra hour you get because of the end of DST by taking a leisurely walk in the park or drinking coffee or tea while people watching at the mall.
Did You Know…
…that contrary to popular belief the correct grammatical term is Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time?
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Q. When you want to use me, you throw me away. When you're done using me, you bring me in. What am I?
A. An anchor.
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Q. A magician promises that he can throw a ball as hard as he can and have it stop, change direction, and come back to him. He claims he can do it without the ball bouncing off of anything, the ball being tied to anything, or the use of magnets. How is this possible?
A. He throws the ball straight up in the air!
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Q. There's a one-story house where everything inside is pink: pink walls, pink doors, pink floors, pink ceilings, pink windows, pink curtains, pink chairs, and pink tables. What color are the stairs?
A. There are none—it's a one-story house!
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The checkout clerk at the supermarket was unusually cheerful even though it was near closing time.
“You must have picked up a ton of groceries today,” a customer said to the checker. “How can you stay so pleasant?”
“We can all count our blessings,” the clerk replied. “The hardest part of this job is the turkeys and the watermelons. I just thank God that Thanksgiving doesn’t come in July.”
(click on the day for details)
Christian feast day:
Agapius and companions
Domninus of Vienne
Erc of Slane (Ireland)
Justus of Trieste
Victorinus of Pettau
November 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)
Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)
Dziady (Belarus)
Arrival of Indentured Labourers (Mauritius)
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)
Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota, United States)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
All Souls Day (Brazil)
Be the Impact Day
Broadcast Traffic Professionals Day
Dynamic Harmlessness Day
Feast of St. Giusto
Look for Circles Day
National Bison Day
National Ohio Day
World Ballet Day
World Numbat Day
Kekri
Traffic Directors Day
Nelly’s Birthday
Marie Antoinette’s Birthday
Meow Michelle’s Birthday
KD Lang’s Birthday
Kendall Schmidt’s Birthday
RanbooLive’s Birthday
Soy Luigi’s Birthday
Isobel Yeung’s Birthday
James K. Polk’s Birthday
Dylan Dauzat’s Birthday
Hannah Hart’s Birthday
Dess Dior’s Birthday
David Schwimmer’s Birthday
Daniel Boone’s Birthday
Nickayla Rivera’s Birthday
Jimmy Garoppolo’s Birthday
Park Woo Jin’s Birthday
Josh Wiggins’s Birthday
Shah Rukh Khan’s Birthday
Stevie J.’s Birthday
Aga Khan III’s Birthday
Thiago Messi’s Birthday
Toni Logan’s Birthday
Brielle Barbusca’s Birthday
Karamo Brown
Fun Observances
Deviled Eggs Day
On November 2, boil some eggs, and make some delicious deviled or deviled eggs as they are spelled in the United Kingdom, because it is Deviled Eggs Day.
Deviled eggs are a popular snack or party food made from boiled eggs. Traditionally, the yolk is scooped out, mixed with mayo and seasonings and scooped back into the boiled egg whites. Deviled eggs are served cold.
No Sinister Origins
The dish can be traced back to ancient Rome, where it is believed that it was served as the first course. Today, deviled eggs are a very popular appetizer in European and American cuisine. They are traditionally also prepared as part of the Easter meal in many parts of the world. In the United States, deviled eggs are served in a special platter with slots to fit the egg halves.
Food historians have traced the use of the term deviled eggs to the 18th century. During that time, deviled was a culinary term for spicy and hot foods. It is possible that the association came from the connection between the devil and heat in Hell.
How to Celebrate?
Make some deviled eggs at home for family and friends or host a deviled eggs buffet for brunch. Use your leftover deviled eggs to make egg salad sandwiches for Sandwich Day on November 3.
Experiment with flavors and condiments. Add a little bit of curry powder to the mashed egg yolk and mayo mix for a South Asian flavor or perhaps some wasabi to transport you to Japan? Add avocados or bacon to the mix for an elevated taste.
If you are feeling particularly fancy, what about topping the eggs with some caviar or some shaved truffles?
Did You Know…
…that contrary to the popular Equinox myth, one can balance an egg on its end all year long? According to the myth, an egg can be balanced on one end only at the exact moments of the Equinoxes.
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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Weevil
Weevil who?
Weevil weevil rock you.
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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Sam and Janet
Sam and Janet who?
Samenjanet Evening.
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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
From.
From who?
Actually, grammatically speaking you should say "from whom."
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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
A little old lady.
A little old lady who?
I didn't know you could yodel!
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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Somebody who can't reach the doorbell!
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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Broken pencil.
Broken pencil who?
Forget it—this joke is pointless.
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Boo hoo. Boo hoo who? Aww, don't cry—it's just a joke.
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From the police blotter, or, what a beat cop deals with every day:
• A deputy responded to a report of a vehicle stopping at mailboxes. It was the mail carrier.
• A woman said her son was attacked by a cat, and the cat would not allow her to take her son to the hospital.
• A resident said someone had entered his home at night and taken five pounds of bacon. Upon further investigation, police discovered his wife had gotten up for a late-night snack.
• A man reported that a squirrel was running in circles on Davis Drive, and he wasn’t sure if it was sick or had been hit by a car. An officer responded, and as he drove on the street, he ran over the squirrel.
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Out of all the creatures in the animal kingdom, hairy frogs are among some of the most freaky. These creatures, also known as the trichobatrachus robustus, or the horror frog, live in Central Africa where they break their own bones in order to produce claws when faced when faced with predators. One researcher explained:
Males grow up to about four inches and grow long hair-like strands of skin and arteries. Its believed that this “hair” helps the frogs take in more oxygen into their skin.
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All Saints' Day, a holy day of obligation in some areas (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries), and its related observance:
Day of the Innocents, The first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico, Haiti)
Anniversary of the Revolution (Algeria)
Chavang Kut (Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma)
Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava (Chhattisgarh, India)
Christian feast day:
Austromoine
Benignus of Dijon
Caesarius of Africa
Santa Muerte (Folk Catholicism, Mexico and Southwestern United States)
November 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo (Bhutan)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981.
Karnataka Rajyotsava (Karnataka, India)
Kerala Day (Kerala, India)
Liberty Day (United States Virgin Islands)
International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
National Brush Day (United States)
National Awakening Day (Bulgaria)
Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day (Japan)
The first day of winter observances:
Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales)
Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
World Vegan Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
All Saints Day (Spain)
D. Hamilton Jackson Day
Deck the Everything Day
Extra Mile Day
Fountain Pen Day
Haryana Day
International Pet Groomer Appreciation Day
Karnataka Rajyotsava Day
Kut
Lakshmi Puja
Laxmi Puja
Love Your Lawyer Day
National Biologic Coordinators Day
National Brush Day
National Calzone Day
National Cinnamon Day
National Cook For Your Pets Day
National Deep Fried Clams Day
National Family Literacy Day
National Jersey Day
National Pâté Day
National Vinegar Day
Autistics Speaking Day
National Family Literacy Day
Extra Mile Day
Gumboot Friday
JoJo Fletcher’s Birthday
JP Cooper’s Birthday
Sunset Safari’s Birthday
Jeongyeon’s Birthday
Natalia Tena’s Birthday
Penn Badgley’s Birthday
Gabrielle Bernstein’s Birthday
Marc D'Amelio’s Birthday
David Foster’s Birthday
Earth Katsamonnat’s Birthday
Coco Crisp’s Birthday
Anthony Ramos’s Birthday
Anthony Kiedis’s Birthday
Kamehameha I’s Birthday
GeorgeNotFound’s Birthday
Lil Peep’s Birthday
Jayden Bartels’s Birthday
Miranda Brooke’s Birthday
Jayo Sama’s Birthday
Paige Hyland’s Birthday
Jenny McCarthy’s Birthday
Sada Bettencourt’s Birthday
Alex Wolff’s Birthday
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s Birthday
Tim Cook
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Fri Nov 1st, 2024 - Sat Nov 2nd, 2024
Day of the Dead
Fri Nov 1st, 2024 - Thu Nov 7th, 2024
National Fig Week
National Medical Cannabis Week
World Communication Week
Marzipan Week
Observances (click on the month for details)
Adopt A Senior Pet Month
Adopt a Turkey Month
Aviation History Month
Banana Pudding Lovers Month
Bladder Health Month
COPD Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Erectile Dysfunction Awareness Month
Family Stories Month
Filipino Values Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Library and Information Services Month
Long-term Care Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Manatee Awareness Month
Military Family Month
National Adoption Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
National Children’s Month
National Consciousness Month for Punctuality and Civility
National Diabetes Month
National Entrepreneurship Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Fun with Fondue Month
National Gratitude Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Home Care and Hospice Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Life Writing Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Pepper Month
National Pinhole Gum Rejuvenation Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Prevent a Litter Month
National Raisin Bread Month
National Repair Done Right Month
National Rice Awareness Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
No-Shave November
Peanut Butter Lovers Month
Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Pet Diabetes Month
Philippine Book Development Month
PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month
Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month
Fun Observances
Author's Day
November 1 is Author's Day, a day to honor all your favorite authors and to encourage any writers in your life to keep working on their magnum opus.
Writing is hard and writing a short story or a book is even harder. So thank your favorite authors for writing your favorite books and help budding writers and authors around you in any way you can so that they can achieve their dreams.
American Authors
It is not very clear how or where this unofficial holiday originated. Some records suggest that the seeds for creating a holiday celebrating authors were sown in 1928, by Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, the president of the Bement, Illinois Women’s Club. In 1949, the United States Department of Commerce recognized National Author's Day as a holiday that commemorates American authors.
How to Celebrate?
Re-read your favorite authors’ work or pick up a new book written by that author.
Want your loved one to see why you love a particular author? Why not gift them a book penned by them?
Did You Know…
…that according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Agatha Christie is the world’s bestselling author? Her books have been translated in over 44 languages and have sold over 4 billion copies worldwide.
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? An extraterrestrial An extraterrestrial who? Wait–how many extraterrestrials do you know?
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Opportunity That's impossible. Opportunity doesn't come knocking twice!
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Stopwatch Stopwatch who? Stopwatch you're doing and pay attention!
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Honeydew Honeydew who? Honeydew you want to hear some garden jokes?
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Cash Cash who? No thanks, but I'd love some peanuts!
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Beets Beets who? Beets me!
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Control Freak. Con— Okay, now you say, "Control Freak who?"
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Ya. Ya who? I'm excited to see you too!
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Spell Spell who? W-H-O
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Knock! Knock! Who's there? No one No one who? *Remains silent*
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After many trips over the years to Disney World with our nephew, my husband and I were eager to hear about his first time there without us and on his own dime.
He summed it up quite well when he said,
“I discovered that Disney World is not so magical when I’m paying for it.”
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Christian feast day:
Alphonsus Rodriguez
Ampliatus
Begu
Erc of Slane (in Cornwall)
Foillan (in Namur)
Martin Luther (Anglican Communion)
Paul Shinji Sasaki and Philip Lindel Tsen (Episcopal Church)
Quentin
Blessed Theodore Romzha (Ruthenian Catholic Church)
Wolfgang of Regensburg
October 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Día de la Canción Criolla (Peru)
Earliest day on which All Saints Day can fall, while November 6 is the latest; celebrated on Saturday between October 31 and November 6 (Finland, Sweden)
Halloween and related celebrations:
Allantide (Cornwall)
Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Hop-tu-Naa (Isle of Man)
Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 (Mexico)
Girl Scouts Founders Day (United States)
King Father's Birthday (Cambodia)
National Unity Day (India)
Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones)
Saci Day (Brazil)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Books For Treats Day
Deepavali
Diwali
Kali Puja
Naraka Chaturdashi
National Caramel Apple Day
National Doorbell Day
National Knock Knock Joke Day
World Cities Day
World Savings Day
Vanilla Ice’s Birthday
Willow Smith’s Birthday
Michael Landon’s Birthday
Nick Saban’s Birthday
Juliette Gordon Low’s Birthday
Khalyla Kuhn’s Birthday
John Candy’s Birthday
John Keats’s Birthday
Icewear Vezzo’s Birthday
ItsFunneh’s Birthday
Frank Iero’s Birthday
Dan Rather’s Birthday
Christopher Columbus’s Birthday
Ansu Fati’s Birthday
Alison Victoria’s Birthday
Rob Schneider
Fun Observances
Magic Day
October 31 is Magic Day, a day that commemorates the life and times of one of the world’s best-known magicians Harry Houdini.
Best known for his escapist acts, Houdini died on this date in 1926 and this unofficial holiday was created a year after Harry Houdini's death as Houdini Day. The Society of American Magicians also organizes a National Magic Week every year from October 25 to October 31 as a way to celebrate and appreciate the art and science behind magic.
Magic Events
Practitioners of magic and magic enthusiasts all over the world celebrate the day by organizing magic events and performances.
Born as Erik Weisz in Hungary, Harry Houdini is still one of the world's best known escapologist and stunt performer. His famous escape acts include the milk can escape where he escaped after being sealed in a milk can filled with water and the straightjacket act, in which he escaped after being straitjacketed and suspended by his ankles from a crane.
In addition to being an escape artist, Houdini was also a silent film actor and an avid aviator.
Magic Day is also known as National Magic Day in the United States.
How to Celebrate?
Learn a few magic tricks and entertain your family and friends.
Read about the science and art behind magic acts.
Attend a magic show.
Watch movies that Harry Houdini acted in. Some of his more famous works include The Master Mystery and The Man from Beyond.
Since it is also Halloween on October 31, why not go crazy with the magic theme? Dress like a magician, decorate your home with a magic theme and entertain trick or treaters with magic acts.
Did You Know...
...that historians believe that the first magic performance was held in 2700 BCE by an Egyptian magician called Dedi?
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Billy Corgan, the lead singer of the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, on the perils of life as a rock star:
“I’ve moved on to other things. Obviously I love rock ’n’ roll, and I love music, but it’s nice to be in a world like professional wrestling, where I’m treated like a normal person.”
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“Has your son decided what he wants to be when he grows up?” I asked my friend.
“He wants to be a garbageman,” he replied.
“That’s an unusual ambition to have at such a young age.”
“Not really. He thinks that garbagemen work only on Tuesdays.”
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Just found the worst page in the entire dictionary.
What I saw was disgraceful, disgusting, dishonest, and disingenuous.
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I left the mess tent of our northern Iraq base, carrying a piece of triple-chocolate fudge cheesecake.
Just then, an enemy mortar exploded nearby. I hit the ground with one thing in mind—protecting my dessert!
My sergeant saw me and demanded, “Soldier, where is your weapon?”
“Don’t worry, Sarge,” I said. “I can always get another M16. But we rarely have cheesecake.”
(click on the day for details)
Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
Christian feast day:
Ethelnoth (Egelnoth) the Good
Blessed Dominic Collins (Catholic, Ireland, Society of Jesus)
Gerard of Potenza
Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph
John Wycliffe (Episcopal Church (USA))
Marcellus of Tangier
Saturninus of Cagliari
Serapion of Antioch
Talarican (Tarkin)
Theonistus
Zenobios and Zenobia
October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)
Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India)
Mischief Night (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
British Summertime Ends
Create a Great Funeral Day
Haunted Refrigerator Night
National Checklist Day
National Publicist Day
National Speak Up For Service Day
National Text Your Ex Day
National Treat Your Pet Day
National Wicked Day
Mine Rescue Day
John Adams’s Birthday
Claude Lelouch’s Birthday
Henry Winkler’s Birthday
Ivanka Trump’s Birthday
Grace Slick’s Birthday
Harry Hamlin’s Birthday
Diego Maradona’s Birthday
Gavin Rossdale’s Birthday
Shante Broadus’s Birthday
Mike Stud’s Birthday
Becca Tilley’s Birthday
Ashley Graham’s Birthday
Andrew Schulz’s Birthday
Nia Long’s Birthday
Devin Booker’s Birthday
Marcus Mariota’s Birthday
Fun Observances
Candy Corn Day
Nothing says Halloween is just around the corner than a bowl full of candy corn. Celebrate this multicolored candy that resembles a corn kernel on October 30, Candy Corn Day.
Made of sugar, corn syrup, and coloring, candy corn was invented in the 1880s by George Renninger of Wunderle Candy Company in Pennsylvania, United States. The candy was then mass produced under the name Chicken Feed by the Goelitz Confectionery Company during the early 1900s. The candy was sold in boxes that had a picture of a rooster on it and marketed under the tagline “Something worth crowing for”.
Many Different Varieties
While the white, orange and yellow version of the candy is popular around Halloween, the triangular candy can be found in different colors, around other seasonal holidays. Some of these include: pastel colored bunny corn sold around Easter; red, white and pink candy called cupid corn available during Valentine's Day; and the red, white and green reindeer corn that is sold around Christmas.
How to Celebrate?
Get a bag of candy corn and share them with family, friends, and co-workers.
Make your own candy corn at home. If you don’t want something sweet, what about creating savory items in the shape of candy corn?
Did You Know…
...that while candy corn resembles a corn kernel, it is about 3 times the size of an actual kernel?
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On the phone with my 93-year-old brother in Wisconsin, and I told him I thought it was time he paid someone to shovel snow for him. He suddenly grew indignant.
“Why should I pay someone to shovel?” he demanded. “I can get my son to do it. He’s only 70!”
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While taking a clinical history from an elderly patient, I asked, “How’s your love life?”
“I don’t know,” he said. “I’ll ask my wife.” He got up, walked into the hallway where his wife was sitting, and shouted, “Hey, the doctor wants to know if we still have sex.”
His wife shouted back, “No, the only thing we have is Medicare and Blue Cross.”
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Two old guys, Fred and Sam went to the movies. A few minutes after it started, Fred heard Sam rustling around and he seemed to be searching on the floor under his seat. "What are you doing?" asked Fred.
Sam, a little grumpy by this time, replied "I had a caramel in my mouth and it dropped out. I can't find it."
Fred told him to forget it because it would be too dirty by now.
"But I've got to", said Sam, "my teeth are in it!"
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Gauging from these exam excerpts, my college dance students had better stick with pliés.
“The costumes were vindictive of the style of dance.”
“I commend Bill T. Jones for his acts of true kindness and selfishness.”
“Dancers must have long limps.”
“At first, I had a hard time understanding and interrupting his movement.”
“Savion Glover’s purpose is to cross all racial and ethical barriers with his dance.”
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Not a good candidate for a Petting Zoo
(A Tufted Deer)
(click on the day for details)
Christian feast day:
Abraham of Rostov
Blessed Chiara Badano
Colman mac Duagh
Douai Martyrs
Gaetano Errico
James Hannington (Anglicanism)
Michele Rua
Narcissus of Jerusalem
Theuderius
October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Coronation Day (Cambodia)
Republic Day (Turkey) or Cumhuriyet Bayramı
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
National Cat Day
National Hermit Day
National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
National Martina Day
National Oatmeal Day
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
RSPB Feed the Birds Day
World Psoriasis Day
World Stroke Day
International Day of Care and Support
Tracee Ellis Ross’s Birthday
Moses Hacmon’s Birthday
Gabrielle Union’s Birthday
Ellie Thumann’s Birthday
Winona Ryder’s Birthday
Christopher Wallace, Jr.’s Birthday
Bob Ross’s Birthday
Ben Foster
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Tue Oct 29th, 2024 - Tue Nov 5th, 2024
International Brain Tumor Awareness Week
Fun Observances
Internet Day
October 29 is celebrated every year as Internet Day around the world.
Can you imagine a world without the Internet? Without instant access to streaming movies, videos of kittens to make your day brighter, online shopping, and instant messaging?
The holiday encourages people to celebrate the Internet and to acknowledge that it has revolutionized how we communicate, gather knowledge and share information with each other. And yes, also how we waste our time.
The First Network Message
The unofficial holiday commemorates the very first electronic message sent over a network. On October 29, 1969, a UCLA Computer Science Professor and his staff sent the message “LO” over the telephone network to be received at Stanford University.
It is also known as World Internet Day or International Internet Day.
How to Celebrate?
Honor the internet and all those who have worked hard to create and maintain it on Internet Day. Here are some ways to celebrate this day:
Learn more about the history of the Internet.
Send everyone you know a Happy Internet Day message. Over the Internet of course.
Did You Know…
…that it took 20 years after the message was sent for the World Wide Web to be invented? Tim Berners-Lee, a software engineer at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland created the precursor the World Wide Web in 1989.
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Q: What do Thanksgiving and Halloween have in common?
A: One has gobblers, the other goblins.
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Asked to write a composition entitled, "What I'm thankful for on Thanksgiving,"
Little Johnny wrote, "I am thankful that I'm not a turkey."
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Q: What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children?
A: If your father could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy
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The skeleton cried his eyes out because he didn't have any body to love.
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Q: What happened to the pirate ship that sank in the sea full of sharks?
A: It came back with a skeleton crew!
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Q: Mummy, why do all the other kids call me a hairy werewolf?
A: Now stop talking about that and brush your face!
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Q: How can you tell when a vampire has been in a bakery?
A: All the jelly has been sucked out of the jelly doughnuts.
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Q: The maker of this product does not want it, the buyer does not use it, and the user does not see it.
What is it? A: A coffin.
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While in Kuwait, shortly before we deployed to Iraq, a major general told our meeting that we should expect to cross “into Iraq in less than 24 hours.”
He then opened the floor to questions.
A lieutenant stood up and asked, “Is that 24 hours our time or 24 hours their time?”
(click on the day for details)
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)
Boat Racing Festival Laos
Chucks-N-Pearls Day
National Chocolate Day
National First Responders Day
National Immigrants Day
New Zealand Labour Day
October Bank Holiday
Plush Animal Lover's Day
Wild Foods Day
Frank Ocean’s Birthday
Edd Gould’s Birthday
Charlie Daniels’s Birthday
Caitlyn Jenner’s Birthday
Sheryl Underwood’s Birthday
Lucy Bronze’s Birthday
Julia Roberts’s Birthday
Jonny Hawkins’s Birthday
Joaquin Phoenix’s Birthday
GamingWithJen’s Birthday
Jasmine Rae’s Birthday
Amy Slaton’s Birthday
John Laurens’s Birthday
Anthony Fantano’s Birthday
Joy-Anna Duggar’s Birthday
WinWin’s Birthday
Katherine Flores’s Birthday
Brad Mondo’s Birthday
Matt Smith’s Birthday
Brad Paisley’s Birthday
Trista Sutter’s Birthday
Brent Champagne’s Birthday
Bill Gates’s Birthday
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Mon Oct 28th, 2024 - Sun Nov 3rd, 2024
Shampoo Week
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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
(click on the day for details)
Christian feast day:
Abbán
Abraham the Poor
Frumentius (Roman Catholic Church)
Gaudiosus of Naples
Kaleb of Axum
Namatius (Namace)
Oran of Iona
October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Černová Tragedy Day (Slovakia)
Flag Day (Greece)
Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979.
Navy Day (United States) (unofficial, official date is October 13)
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Cranky Co-Workers Day
Masskara Festival
National Black Cat Day
National Henry C. Ramos Day
National Mentoring Day
National Mother-in-Law Day
National Tight End Day
Newport Wales Marathon
Visit A Cemetery Day
British Summertime Ends
World Run Day
National Parmigiano Reggiano Day
Malachi Bush’s Birthday
Scott Weiland’s Birthday
Lilbaby Lexi’s Birthday
Lonzo Ball’s Birthday
Kelly Osbourne’s Birthday
John Cleese’s Birthday
Hernando Desoto’s Birthday
Simon Le Bon’s Birthday
Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthday
Claudia Sampedro’s Birthday
Fran Lebowitz’s Birthday
Marla Maples
Sylvia Plath
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Sun Oct 27th, 2024 - Fri Nov 1st, 2024
Grandparents Week
Fun Observances
American Beer Day
On October 27, visit your favorite pub or bar and enjoy some American brewed beers because it is American Beer Day!
The American Beer industry is one of the fastest growing business in the United States. In fact, the U.S. ranks second in the world in both total beer consumption as well as beer production, second only to China. A survey in 2014 estimated that there are over 3000 breweries in the country that manufacture about 196 million barrels of beer every year.
Rich History
Beer production in the U.S. has a rich and varied history. Historical records show that Native American tribes were brewing beer using corn (maize) more before European settlers reached the shores of the country. Dutch and English settlers in the 17th century produced local brews that were consumed locally. Mass production of beer in the U.S. only began in the late 19th century, and beer quickly replaced other spirits as the alcoholic beverage of choice. Between 1920 and 1933, the years of prohibition, beer fell out of disfavor as alcohol was banned throughout the country.
Today, in addition to the big beer manufacturers, the United States has seen a surge of craft breweries and microbreweries who make small batch artisanal beer.
Different Styles
While breweries across America make a number of different styles of beer, the most common kind available in the country is known as American style lager. It is a type of a pale lager that was inspired by the beer recipes brought to the U.S. by German immigrants.
Other styles of beers include American Pale Ale, American style India Pale Ale and Belgian style ale.
How to Celebrate?
Celebrate the day by visiting your local bar and sampling some American beers. Remember, you don't have to be in the United States to celebrate this unofficial holiday.
If you are a home brewer, why not try and brew some American style beers at home? Of course, don't forget to share with family and friends!
Did You Know…
…that home brewing has a long history in the United States? Both the first president of the country, George Washington, and the third president, Thomas Jefferson were home brewers.
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A blonde and a brunette worked in a factory. The brunette says, "I know how to get some time off from work!" "How?" asks the blonde. "Watch this," says the brunette. She climbs up to the rafter and hangs upside down. The boss walks in, sees her and says, "What on earth are you doing?" "I'm a lightbulb," she answers. "I think you need some time off," says the boss so she jumps down and walks out. The blonde starts walking out, too. "Where are YOU going?" says the boss. The blonde replies, "I can't work in the dark!"
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A patient came to the hospital with a burned right hand. As the doctor took down his medical history, he asked the injured man, "Do you smoke?"
"Yeah, a pack and a half a day," said the patient.
Concerned, the doctor told him, "You should consider quitting."
"No, it's OK," said the patient. "I smoke with my left hand."
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On our commute to work, my husband stopped at a convenience store for coffee. As he got back into the car, I noticed something odd. "Turn your head and look at me," I said. "You have a Q-tip sticking out of your ear."
As he pulled it out, he replied, "No wonder the guy in there asked me if I was getting good reception."
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Spotted on Facebook…
Student:
I don’t understand why my grade was so low. How did I do on my research paper?
Teacher:
Actually, you didn’t turn in a research paper. You turned in a random assemblage of sentences. In fact, the sentences you apparently kidnapped in the dead of night and forced into this violent and arbitrary plan of yours clearly seemed to be placed on the pages against their will. Reading your paper was like watching unfamiliar, uncomfortable people interacting at a cocktail party that no one wanted to attend in the first place.
You didn’t submit a research paper. You submitted a hostage situation.
(click on the day for details)
Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Angam Day (Nauru)
Armed Forces Day (Benin)
Christian feast day:
Alfred the Great (Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Amandus of Strasbourg
Beóán (Bean) of Mortlach
Blessed Celine Borzecka
Cedd
Cuthbert of Canterbury
Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Eadfrith of Leominster
Eata of Hexham
Pope Evaristus (Aristus)
Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
Quadragesimus
Quodvultdeus
Rusticus of Narbonne
Witta (Albinus) of Büraburg
Eastern Orthodox liturgics
National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. (Austria)
Intersex Awareness Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Hug a Sheep Day
Make a Difference Day
Muddy dog day
National Chicken Fried Steak Day
National Day of the Deployed
National Financial Crime Fighter Day
National Microneedling Day
National Mincemeat Day
National Mule Day
National One United Race Day
National Pitbull Awareness Day
National Pumpkin Day
National Tennessee Day
National Transgender Children Day
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Odalys JM’s Birthday
Michael Sterling’s Birthday
Toya Wright’s Birthday
Luna’s Birthday
Mendeecees Harris’s Birthday
Seth MacFarlane’s Birthday
Ayla Faith Prince’s Birthday
Jaclyn Smith’s Birthday
Keith Urban’s Birthday
Hannah Bronfman’s Birthday
Hillary Clinton’s Birthday
CM Punk’s Birthday
Bootsy Collins’s Birthday
Bish Bharbie’s Birthday
Pat Sajak’s Birthday
Kelly Jo Bates’s Birthday
Phaedra Parks’s Birthday
Kelsi Taylor’s Birthday
Tokyo Jetz’s Birthday
Angela Rye’s Birthday
Monie Cashette’s Birthday
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Sat Oct 26th, 2024 - Sun Nov 10th, 2024
Pomegranate Festival
Fun Observances
Howl at the Moon Day and Night
October 26 is Howl At the Moon Day and Night.
We were unable to figure out what the unknown creators of this made-up holiday aim to accomplish, but we can only assume that it encourages people to go out during the day or night and howl at the Moon.
Howl Like a Wolf
The name of the holiday comes from the belief that wolves howl at the Moon. According to lore, on a full Moon night, wolves upturn their head towards the Moon and communicate with it by howling. Images of wolves with their heads turned towards the sky, howling with a full Moon in the background are commonplace today.
There is, however, absolutely no scientific evidence connecting Moon phases and wolf activities. Research has shown that wolves howl to communicate with the rest of their pack. Because they are nocturnal - they hunt for food at night and sleep during the day - they tend to howl at night. They turn their heads up when howling because doing so helps carry their sounds further.
How to Celebrate?
Learn more about wolves and their species.
Use the day as an excuse to take a night time hike with friends. Remember to let people know where you are going.
Did You Know…
…that wolves are the ancestors of present-day dogs?
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Have you played the updated kids' game? I Spy With My Little Eye . . . Phone.
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I ate a clock yesterday, it was very time-consuming.
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A perfectionist walked into a bar...apparently, the bar wasn’t set high enough.
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You know it is going to be a bad day when the letters in your alphabet soup spell D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R.
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A fire hydrant has H-2-O on the inside and K-9-P on the outside.
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“Has your diet changed?” I asked an 87-year-old woman I was admitting into the hospital.
“Yes,” she said. “For Lent, I gave up whipped cream on my Jell-O, hard candy, and my two beers a night. [Pause] And look where it’s gotten me.”
(click on the day for details)
Armed Forces Day (Romania)
Christian feast day:
Bernat Calbó (Bernard of Calvo)
Pope Boniface I
Canna
Blessed Carlo Gnocchi
Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity)
Crispin and Crispinian
Fructus
Gaudentius of Brescia
Goeznovius
Minias of Florence
Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches)
Tabitha (Dorcas)
Tegulus
Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy
The Six Welsh Martyrs and companions (in Wales)
The Hallowing of Nestorius
October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Nevada Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Nevada)
Earliest day on which October Holiday can fall, while October 31 is the latest; observed on last Monday in October. (Ireland)
Earliest day on which Teacher's Day (Australia) can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Australia)
Customs Officer's Day (Russia)
Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country)
Republic Day (Kazakhstan)
Retrocession Day (Taiwan)
Sovereignty Day (Slovenia)
Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Anniversary of Philippine Military Academy
Bandana Day
Frankenstein Friday
Global Champagne Day
Hawke's Bay Anniversary Day
International Artist Day
National Breadstick Day
National Chucky Day
National Fine Art Appreciation Day
National Greasy Foods Day
National Hope for Henry Day
National I Care About You Day
National Pharmacy Buyer Day
Punk For A Day Day
Simchat Torah
Sŵn Festival
World Lemur Day
World Pasta Day
World Opera Day
Crisp Sandwich Day
Pablo Picasso’s Birthday
Lynn Toler’s Birthday
Lee Know’s Birthday
Krista Marie Yu’s Birthday
Katy Perry’s Birthday
Juan Soto’s Birthday
Iris Law’s Birthday
Ciara’s Birthday
Princess Aurora’s Birthday
Mia Goth’s Birthday
Fun Observances
Sourest Day
October 25 is Sourest Day, a day to celebrate all things sour – people or foods.
The origins of this made-up holiday are unknown, but we can assume that the day encourages people to try our sour foods and to cheer up the sour people in their lives.
Sourness
Sourness is a taste that detects acidity in a food item. Scientists rank substances on their sourness by comparing it to hydrochloric acid, which has a sourness index of 1.
Souring
Souring is a cooking technique that introduces acid to a food item and changes the chemical and physical properties of the food item. It is often used to make certain types of cheeses and yogurts.
The word sour is also used to refer to someone who is angry, disagreeable or irritable. A person who harbors resentment or disappointment is also sometimes called a sour person.
How to Celebrate?
Replace your daily beverages with sour beverages like limeade, buttermilk and drinking vinegar.
Have sour tasting food all day long. Have sour fruits for breakfast and for lunch have lemon chicken. For dinner make some ceviche, a grapefruit salad and a key lime pie for dessert.
Bring sour candy to work for your co-workers or make a dessert that include sour fruit or limes.
Know someone who is grumpy and grouchy? Do something nice for them to make them feel less sour.
Did You Know…
…that an average adult has about 10,000 taste buds in their mouth? Taste buds reduce in number as people age.
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Famous film quotes get the redneck treatment:
“You had me at ‘Sooooey!’”
“Use the horse, Luke.”
“Are you crying? There’s no crying in NASCAR!”
“Of all the trailer parks in Pine Cone County, she had to pull her ’68 Rambler into mine.”
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The problem with math puns is that calculus jokes are all derivative, trigonometry jokes are too graphic, algebra jokes are usually formulaic, and arithmetic jokes are pretty basic. But I guess the occasional statistics joke is an outlier.
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A hiker stumbles upon a golden lamp in the forest. He rubs it, and out pops a real-life genie. “In return for freeing me,” says the genie, “I will grant you three wishes.” “I want a million more wishes,” the hiker says immediately. “Rule number one: No asking for more wishes.” The hiker considers his options before replying, “In that case, I want a million more genies.”
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In math: Two divided by nothing.
In physics: The contraction of the mouth due to the expansion of the heart.
In accounting: It’s a credit, because it is profitable when returned.
In economics: A thing for which the demand is higher than the supply.
In dentistry: It’s infectious and antiseptic.
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After catching her five-year-old son Lucas trying to pull a fast one, his mother demanded,
“Do you think I have idiot written on my forehead?”
Lucas answered,
“I don’t know. I can’t read.”
(click on the day for details)
Christian feast day:
Anthony Mary Claret
Eberigisil (Evergitus)
Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions)
Luigi Guanella
Magloire of Dol
Martin of Vertou
Proclus of Constantinople
Rafael Guízar y Valencia
Senoch
October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia)
Food Day (United States)
Independence Day (Zambia)
International Day of Diplomats
Suez Day (Egypt)
United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
World Development Information Day
World Polio Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
My Best Winter Skin Day
Disarmament Week
National Jamaican Jerk Day
National Kangaroo Awareness Day
National Senior UTI Awareness Day
Shemini Atzeret
World Tripe Day
National Bandana Day
World Kangaroo Day
Krystal Jung’s Birthday
Monica Arnold’s Birthday
Jaylen Brown’s Birthday
Justin Burke’s Birthday
Gabriel Conte’s Birthday
Jason Tartick’s Birthday
Eric Hosmer’s Birthday
Drake’s Birthday
Daya’s Birthday
PewDiePie’s Birthday
Purpled’s Birthday
Adrienne Bailon’s Birthday
Wayne Rooney’s Birthday
CrankGameplays’s Birthday
Tila Tequila’s Birthday
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Thu Oct 24th, 2024 - Thu Oct 31st, 2024
Bat Appreciation Week
Global Media and Information Literacy Week
Fun Observances
Bologna Day
October 24 is Bologna Day, an unofficial holiday that was created to honor everyone's favorite sausage and sandwich meat - bologna.
Also sometimes known as baloney or boloney, bologna sausage is an American version of the Italian mortadella sausage. The American version is named after the Italian city of Bologna, where the original sausage is thought to have originated from.
Different Meats
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) bologna sausages can be made of pork, beef, chicken or lamb, but the meat has to be very finely ground such that there can be no flecks of lard or spices visible in the sausage. In the U.S. bologna sausages are mostly used to make bologna or baloney sandwiches, which is a slice of bologna and other condiments between two pieces of white bread. Many regional varieties of the sandwich exist, the most famous being fried bologna sandwich from the Midwest.
The holiday is also sometimes known as National Bologna Day in the United States.
How to Celebrate?
Make a bologna sandwich for all your meals. Try pairing it with different condiments to mix things up.
For a special dessert, try making a bologna cake - a cake made by alternating layers of bologna and cream cheese.
Make your own bologna sausage from scratch.
Did You Know…
…that the University of Bologna, is the second oldest university still in existence in the world? It was founded in 1088. The oldest, the University of al-Karaouine in Morocco, was established in 859.
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Spotted on a Laundromat corkboard: “Please keep clothes on while doing laundry.”
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A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog's IQ.
Here’s how it works:
If you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.
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The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.
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It’s important to have a good vocabulary. If I had known the difference between the words antidote and anecdote, one of my good friends would still be living.
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My sister didn’t do as well on her driver’s-ed test as she’d hoped. It might have had something to do with how she completed this sentence:
“When the ______ is dead, the car won’t start.”
She wrote: “Driver.”
(click on the day for details)
Christian feast day:
Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer
James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)
Allucio of Campugliano
Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul)
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Ignatios of Constantinople
John of Capistrano
Joséphine Leroux
Peter Pascual
Romain (Romanus) of Rouen
Servandus and Cermanus
Severin of Cologne
October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the Child Jesus) in the Apostolic Catholic Church
Aviator's Day (Brazil)
Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)
Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of North Macedonia)
Liberation Day (Libya)
Mole Day (International observance)
National Day (Hungary)
Paris Peace Agreement Day (Cambodia)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Geelong Cup Day
Lung Health Day
Medical Assistant Day
National Boston Cream Pie Day
National Croc Day
National iPod Day
National Paralegal Day
National Slap Your Coworker Day
Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
T.V. Talk Show Host Day
Event Organizers Day
International Snow Leopard Day
Ur Mom Ashley’s Birthday
Ryan Reynolds’s Birthday
Sam Andrews’s Birthday
Nathalie Paris’s Birthday
Pelé’s Birthday
Miguel’s Birthday
Weird Al Yankovic’s Birthday
Masiela Lusha’s Birthday
Meghan McCain’s Birthday
Johnny Carson’s Birthday
LaVar Ball’s Birthday
Dwight Yoakam’s Birthday
Carter Sharer’s Birthday
Asahd Khaled’s Birthday
Arii’s Birthday
Amandla Stenberg’s Birthday
Mina Sundwall’s Birthday
Margaret Qualley
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Wed Oct 23rd, 2024 - Thu Oct 31st, 2024
Red Ribbon Week
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While driving on the highway, my daughter noticed a child in the window of a car in the next lane, holding up a handwritten sign that read "Help."
A few minutes later, the car passed her and she again glanced at it. The little boy held up the same sign and this time followed it with another, which read "My mother is singing!"
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FYI: By the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas song, your home is crammed with 23 flying Birds and 50 hyperactive Humans.
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My sister was busy getting ready to host our entire family for Easter. On her to-do list was a hair appointment for her daughter. "So, Katie," said the stylist as the little girl got up in the chair, "who's coming to your house this weekend with big ears and floppy feet?"
Katie replied, "I think it's my uncle Brian."
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Students are great about sending our troops letters, and the troops love ’em. You can see why:
“Dear Soldier, If you’re having a rough day, remember the most important thing in life is to be yourself. Unless you can be Batman.”
“Dear Veterans, You rock more than AC/DC or Metallica or Red Hot Chili Peppers.”
“I am so happy you are risking your life for the USA! My grandpa Bob was in the Navy. Now he likes peanuts.”
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The picture was taken in 1988. The ship is not the Stennis, it’s the USS America. The pilot is Dale Snodgrass, a Navy demonstration pilot. The flyby was planned in advance. The man on deck with his hands behind his back is Admiral Jay Johnson. The pilot was not grounded. Other than that, spot on.
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Christian feast day:
Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Abercius of Hieropolis
Bertharius
Cordula
Donatus of Fiesole
Marcus of Jerusalem
Mary Salome
Mellonius of Rouen
Nunilo and Alodia
Pope John Paul II
Theodoret of Antioch
October 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Labour Day can fall, while October 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Monday in October (New Zealand)
Fechner Day (International observance)
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Jidai Matsuri (Kyoto, Japan)
National Santri Day (Indonesia)
Wombat Day (Australia)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Hoshana Rabbah
National Color Day
National Kristopher NaJee Roebuck Day
National Make a Dog’s Day
National Nut Day
Scar Appreciation Day
Smart is Cool Day
Leave a Review Day
Gloria Carter Spann’s Birthday
Elias Harger’s Birthday
Ethan Munck’s Birthday
Deepak Chopra’s Birthday
Deontay Wilder’s Birthday
Christopher Lloyd’s Birthday
Mariah Huq’s Birthday
Zhuri Nova James’s Birthday
Charlie Wright’s Birthday
TobyMac’s Birthday
Sora Simmons’s Birthday
Roddy Ricch’s Birthday
Haley Sharpe’s Birthday
Curly Howard’s Birthday
Hassan Jameel’s Birthday
Jeff Goldblum’s Birthday
Jordyn Raya James’s Birthday
21 Savage’s Birthday
Pakalu Papito’s Birthday
Acacia Kersey’s Birthday
Shaggy’s Birthday
Aziz Generosity’s Birthday
SSSniperWolf’s Birthday
Baby CEO’s Birthday
Zac Hanson’s Birthday
Carrie Hope Fletcher’s Birthday
Franz Liszt’s Birthday
Bob Odenkirk
Fun Observances
Caps Lock Day
October 22 IS CAPS LOCK DAY! The day celebrates the Caps Lock on a computer keyboard and was created by Derek Arnold in 2000.
It is unclear what the exact purpose of this made-up holiday is. Perhaps it encourages people to use the Caps Lock in their online communications. Or maybe it discourages them to use it because using all caps in an electronic communication is generally associated with anger and yelling.
Uppercase
On most keyboards, caps lock is a button or key that when set forces all types letters to be in uppercase. The mode can be switched off by pressing the caps lock key again.
Caps Lock Day is also called International Caps Lock Day and is sometimes celebrated on June 28.
How to Celebrate?
Communicate with friends and family using the Caps Lock.
Did You Know…
…that according to some studies, the three most used keys on a typical computer keyboard are the delete key, the key for letter e and the space bar?
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It was my first night caring for an elderly patient. When he grew sleepy, I wheeled his chair as close to the bed as possible and, using the techniques I’d learned in school, grasped him in a bear hug to lift him onto the bed. But I couldn’t clear the top of the mattress. So I grabbed him again, summoned all my might, and hoisted him onto the bed. When the night shift nurse arrived, I recounted what had happened.
“Funny,” she said, looking puzzled. “Usually I just ask him to get in bed, and he does.”
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As a brain wave technologist, I often ask postoperative patients to smile to make sure their facial nerves are intact. It always struck me as odd to be asking this question right after brain surgery, so a colleague suggested I ask patients to show me their teeth.
Armed with this new phrase, I said to my next patient, “Mr. Smith, show me your teeth.”
He shook his head. “The nurse has them.”
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My paramedic team was called to an emergency. Before we took the patient to the hospital, I had a question for his wife. “Does your husband have any cardiac problems?” I asked.
“Yes,” she said with a note of concern. “His cardiologist just died.”
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Gary was having a yard sale. A minister bought a lawn mower but returned it a few days later, complaining that it wouldn’t run.
“It’ll run,” said Gary. “But you have to curse at it to get it started.
” The minister was shocked. “I have not uttered a curse in 30 years.”
“Just keep pulling on the starter rope—the words will come back to you.”
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Crazy Weather In Lumberton: 3rd Of September Vs. 8th Of December
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Armed Forces Day (Honduras)
Christian feast day:
Asterius of Ostia
Berthold of Parma
Blessed Charles of Austria (Roman Catholic Church)
Fintán of Taghmon
Hilarion
John of Bridlington
Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
Leticia
Malchus of Syria
Peter Yu Tae-chol
Severinus of Bordeaux
Tuda of Lindisfarne
Ursula
Viator of Lyons
October 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt)
Indian Police Commemoration Day (India)
National Nurses' Day (Thailand)
Ndadaye Day (Burundi)
Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China)
Trafalgar Day (the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century)
Birth of the Báb (2017) (Baháʼí Faith)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
American Frog Day
Back to the Future Day
Celebration of the Mind Day
Day of the Races
Everyone Writes Day
Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day
Heroes and Forefathers Day
Heroes' Day (In Jamaica)
Loud Shirt Day
Mashujaa Day Kenya
National Apple Day
National Archives Day
National Check Your Meds Day
National Pets for Veterans Day
National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
National Reptile Day
Reptile Awareness Day
International Day of the Nacho
Matt Carriker’s Birthday
Kim Kardashian’s Birthday
Marzia Kjellberg’s Birthday
Kane Brown’s Birthday
Kaycee Rice’s Birthday
Julia Havens’s Birthday
Kaleb Alva’s Birthday
Hope Hicks’s Birthday
Judge Judy Sheindlin’s Birthday
Devyn Kohl’s Birthday
Doja Cat’s Birthday
Cristy Lee’s Birthday
Celia Cruz’s Birthday
Carrie Fisher’s Birthday
Tessica Brown’s Birthday
Yella Beezy’s Birthday
Aaron Tveit’s Birthday
Amber Rose’s Birthday
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Mon Oct 21st, 2024 - Fri Oct 25th, 2024
Digital Parenting Week
National Health Education Week
National Parenting Week
Nuclear Science Week
National School Bus Safety Week
Mon Oct 21st, 2024 - Sun Oct 27th, 2024
National Adoption Week
National Temperature Check Week
Pharmacy Week
Free Speech Week
YWCA Week Without Violence
Fun Observances (2)
Count your Buttons Day
October 21 is Count Your Buttons Day. As far as made-up holidays go, this one is a head scratcher.
It is unclear what the unknown creators of this unofficial holiday aimed to do. Maybe they wanted people to count the buttons in their button stash or count the number of buttons on their shirt? Or perhaps they hoped that people spent the day counting buttons on the electrical appliances they come across on this day?
Decorative and Practical
Buttons have been part of human fashion since antiquity. Until the 13th century, however, buttons were used mostly for decoration and as jewelry and were made out of sea shells, bones and ivory. Buttons as a way to attach two pieces of fabric together came about in Europe in the 1200s - the first button maker's guild was formed in 1250 in France.
In the late 1800s, buttons became a way to proclaim one's political loyalty - a trend that is still going strong in the United States. The first political button was issued at the inauguration of President George Washington in 1789. Today, buttons with candidates faces and logos are worn by supporters during elections.
How to Celebrate?
Start a button collection. There are many different types of buttons and some vintage buttons are actually priceless.
Count all the buttons in your sewing kit.
Why not celebrate the day by making sweet treats that look like buttons?
Did You Know…
…that Charles Dickens wrote an article in 1852 on the art and science of button making, titled What there is in a button.
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National Clean Out Your Virtual Desktop Day
Take the third Monday of October to clean the mess on your desktop because it is National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day.
Created by the Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, the annual holiday was first celebrated in the around the world in 2010. The unofficial holiday encourages people to organize their desktop and the files on their computer.
Find Your Files
Just like in real life, it is very easy to collect useless and unimportant files on our computers and desktops. And just like when we are surrounded by clutter, we tend to get unproductive, a mess on our computer desktops can negatively affect our motivation and ability to work well. In addition, a cluttered desktop can not only slow down our computer, but it can also make finding files more difficult.
This holiday promotes cleaning up and organizing your desktop so that when you work on your computer you are not bogged down by all the unnecessary and unimportant files.
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day is also sometimes known as Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day.
How to Celebrate?
Start off the week right by cleaning out your desktop.
Organize all your folders and reclaim that picture of a sunny beach as your screensaver.
Did You Know...
...that the early computers were the size of a room? That's a far cry from the tiny computers we are all familiar with today!
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My sister-in-law was teaching Sunday school class. The topic for the day: Easter Sunday and the resurrection of Christ. “What did Jesus do on this day?” she asked. There was no response, so she gave her students a hint: “It starts with the letter R.”
One boy blurted, “Recycle!”
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Halloween is the beginning of the holiday shopping season. That's for women. The beginning of the holiday shopping season for men is Christmas Eve.
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and the restaurant is hopping—revelers, band, overworked waiters. Wending his way through the crowd is a drunk, staggering back to his seat. Spotting an attractive woman sitting alone, he says, “Pardon me, miss, did I step on your feet a few minutes ago?”
“Yes,” she says testily, “you did.”
“Good! I knew my table was around here somewhere.”
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I used to love the candy Nerds, but I stopped eating them when I realized that for me, it was basically cannibalism.
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In fourth grade, my son had a huge crush on a classmate. So for Valentine's Day, he bought her a box of chocolates and took it into school. When I returned home from work, I found him on the couch eating the same box of candy.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Well, I thought about it for a long time," he said between chews. "And I decided that, for now, I still like candy more than girls."
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Test Answers From Smart-Alecky Students
• Q: What’s the name of a six-sided polygon? A: Sixagon.
• Q: What part of the body is affected by glandular fever? A: The glandular.
• Q: In The Tempest, why does Ariel sing in Gonzalo’s ear? A: She’s a mermaid and wants to be human.
• Q: In comparison with large hydrocarbons, how would you describe small hydrocarbons? A: They’re smaller.
• Q: Who were the Bolsheviks? A: A Russian ballet company.
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Christian feast days:
Acca of Hexham
Aderald
Artemius
Caprasius of Agen
Hedwig (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
Irene of Tomar
Magdalene of Nagasaki
Margaret Marie Alacoque (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
Paul of the Cross (in USA, moved from Oct. 19)
Maria Bertilla Boscardin
Mater Admirabilis
October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Arbor Day (Czech Republic)
Heroes' Day (Kenya)
Revolution Day (Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala)
Vietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam)
World Osteoporosis Day
World Statistics Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Information Overload Day
International Chef Day
Karva Chauth
Miss American Rose Day
National Brandied Fruit Day
National Day on Writing
National Youth Confidence Day
Philippine-British Friendship day
Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day
Talent Transformation Day
World CRISPR Day
World Toy Camera Day
Tirana Marathon
Suspender’s Day
Community Media Day
Office Chocolate Day
Mickey Mantle’s Birthday
Maru the Shiba Inu’s Birthday
Kamala Harris’s Birthday
John Krasinski’s Birthday
John Dewey’s Birthday
Cyn Santana’s Birthday
Candice Swanepoel’s Birthday
Tom Petty’s Birthday
Snoop Dogg’s Birthday
OpTic Predator’s Birthday
Mitch Lucker’s Birthday
NBA YoungBoy’s Birthday
A$AP Ferg’s Birthday
Ronnie Banks’s Birthday
Bela Lugosi’s Birthday
Viggo Mortensen’s Birthday
Blesiv’s Birthday
Vallyk’s Birthday
BM’s Birthday
Sunny Hostin’s Birthday
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Sun Oct 20th, 2024 - Sat Oct 26th, 2024
Healthcare Quality Week
International Infection Prevention Week
National Retirement Security Week
National Towns Week
National Veterinary Technician Week
Respiratory Care Week
Wolf Awareness Week
National Chemistry Week
National Massage Therapy Awareness Week
National Teen Driver Safety Week
National Friends of Libraries Week
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
Ace Week
Fun Observances
International Sloth Day
October 20 is International Sloth Day, a day to honor the adorable slow-moving, tree-dwelling, and leaf-eating mammals.
International Sloth Day was created in 2010 by the AIUNAU Foundation, a non-profit conservation and wildlife organization based in Colombia. The unofficial holiday raises awareness about the life cycle and natural habitat of the Sloth. The day also calls on people to learn more about these native South and Central American animals.
Helping Humans Fight Diseases
These extremely slow-moving animals, whose name is synonymous with one of seven deadly sins in Christian philosophy, tend to spend their entire lives hanging from limbs of trees.
They have two layers of fur, which harbors a variety of symbiotic algae, fungi, beetles and other insects. The algae on the sloth's fur give it it's characteristic green color and helps the sloth camouflage itself in thick vegetation. Recent studies have shown that the algae and fungi in the sloth fur may help fight many human diseases, including cancer.
How to Celebrate
Learn more about the habitat, physiology and habits of the sloth.
If your local zoo has sloths, visit it and spend the day observing them.
Volunteer your time and money to a conservation and wildlife organization working to preserve the habitat of the sloth.
And finally, this is a good day to be slothful. Spend the day doing nothing at all!
Did You Know…
…that even though sloths mostly eat leaves, their stomachs can't easily digest them? Sloths have a stomach with four compartments and it takes them almost a month to digest one meal.
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My boss yelled at me the other day, “You’ve got to be the worst train driver in history. How many trains did you derail last year?"
I said, "Can’t say for sure, it’s so hard to keep track!"
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Last night, I dreamed I was swimming in an ocean of orange soda. But it was just a Fanta sea.
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The public safety officer came up to a large mob of people outside a department store and asked, “What’s happening?”
A mall officer replied, “These people are waiting to get the new Barbie doll.”
The public safety officer shook his head and muttered, “Who can resist a Barbie queue?”
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In ancient Rome, deli workers were told that they could eat anything they wanted during the lunch hour. Anything, that is except the smoked salmon. Thus were created the world's first anti-lox breaks.
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My neighbor is in the Guinness World Records.
He has had 44 concussions. He lives very close to me.
A stone’s throw away, in fact.
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Christian feast day:
Aaron (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
Aquilinus of Évreux
Desiderius (Didier) of Auxerre
Frideswide
Henry Martyn (Anglican Communion)
Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and Companions
Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko
Paul of the Cross
Ptolemaeus and Lucius
Varus
Veranus of Cavaillon
William Carey (Episcopal Church)
October 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day, in honor of the country's independence (self-governing in free association with New Zealand) in 1974. (Niue)
Oxfordshire Day
World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Bridge Day
Ethnicity day
Evaluate Your Life Day
International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day
LGBT Center Awareness Day
National Fetch Day
National Kentucky Day
National New Friends Day
National Seafood Bisque Day
World Humanitarian Action Day
Rakija Day
Urban Wildlife Conservation Day
Adventure Day
International Gin and Tonic Day
International Repair Day
Mohammed Tarek’s Birthday
Jeon Hee-Jin’s Birthday
Lil Durk’s Birthday
Evander Holyfield’s Birthday
HappyBirthdayCalvin’s Birthday
Dorinda Clark-Cole’s Birthday
Cari Roblox’s Birthday
Candice Pool’s Birthday
Peter Tosh’s Birthday
Sam Pottorff’s Birthday
Angel Brinks’s Birthday
Arzaylea’s Birthday
John Lithgow
Fun Observances
Sweetest Day
The third Saturday in October is celebrated as Sweetest Day in parts of the United States.
The unofficial holiday was started in 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio as a way to encourage women to treat their male romantic partners with sweets and candy.
Boosting Business
It is thought that the holiday, which is now popular in parts of Northeastern and Midwestern United States, began as a way for confectioners to boost their business. On the first Sweetest Day, on October 10, 1921, a committee of 12 candy makers distributed sweets and candy to orphans and senior citizens and encouraged people to do the same.
Older Origins
The idea for having a special day to promote candy consumption actually came about a few years before. In 1916, the National Confectioner's Association invented a day called Candy Day to be celebrated on the second Saturday of October. Unfortunately, the First World War overshadowed any such celebrations and the day failed to take off.
Valentine's Day for Women
Over the years, Sweetest Day has become a romantic holiday, where women are encouraged to buy candy and show romantic gestures towards their male partners. Many people consider the day as the reverse of Valentine's Day, where historically men have been expected to do romantic things for their female partners.
10 States
Sweetest Day is not a nation-wide holiday—only people in a handful of cities, including Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and Cleveland, Ohio celebrate the holiday.
How to Celebrate?
With candy, of course! And remember, you do not have to have a significant other to share or give candy to. You can also treat yourself or your friend to some of their favorite candy.
Make candy from scratch at home and share with your co-workers, family, and neighbors.
Learn the history behind your favorite candy and sweets.
Did You Know…
…that Halloween, one of the most important holidays for candy companies, was not a big candy holiday until the mid-1950s?
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I answered a 911 call at our emergency dispatch center from a woman who said her water broke.
"Stay calm," I advised. "Now, how far apart are your contractions?"
"No contractions," she said breathlessly. "But my basement is flooding fast."
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A motorist was driving down a rural dirt road when he came upon a stream. He called out to a man walking by, "Do you think I can drive my car through the stream?"
"I suppose you can," said the man.
So the driver started across, but within seconds, his car sank, and he barely escaped with his life.
"You lied to me!" the driver screamed at the passerby. "That stream is at least ten feet deep!"
"That's funny. It only reaches up to the middle of the ducks."
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Once there was a guy named Bill who wanted a horse. On Craigslist, Bill saw a Christian horse so he went to check it out. When Bill got to the ranch, the horse's owner said "It's easy to ride him. Just say 'praise the Lord' to make him go, and 'amen' to make him stop."
Bill got on the horse and said "praise the Lord." the horse started to walk. "Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord" and the horse is running.
Now Bill sees the cliff and says: "AMEN."
The horse stops and Bill says: "Whew! Praise the lord!"
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None of my grandsons share my corny sense of humor. When the family is eating lasagna, I say, “Lean over your plate, boys. You’ll get less-on-ya.”
I say to the ten-year-old, “Don’t yell through the screen; you’ll strain your voice.”
And when I took another grandson to the zoo, I asked, “Do you know why that snake’s not pressed against the glass? He doesn’t want to be a windshield viper.”
They’ll probably laugh later.
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Here's a classic bar joke: a centaur walks into a bar, the bartender says, "Hey, how's the throat?"
The centaur replies, "My throat isn't horse but my legs are."
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Alaska Day (Alaska, United States)
Christian feast day:
Asclepiades of Antioch
Isaac Jogues
Luke the Evangelist
Peter of Alcantara, can also be celebrated on October 19.
October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Restoration of Independence (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Necktie Day (Croatia)
Persons Day (Canada)
World Menopause Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Flora Duffy Day
Health Care Aide Day
Lao: End of Buddhist Lent Day
National Mammography Day
National Mashed Potato Day
National No Beard Day
National Prayer Day
National Speak Up for Victims of Sexual Abuse Day
National Sunday Day
Ride To Work Day
Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day
Racha Taki’s Birthday
Patrick Bet-David’s Birthday
nyesha arrington’s Birthday
Ne-Yo’s Birthday
Nadji Jeter’s Birthday
Mike Ditka’s Birthday
Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Birthday
FaZe Banks’s Birthday
Esperanza Spalding’s Birthday
Dawn Wells’s Birthday
Chuck Berry’s Birthday
Baby Bash’s Birthday
Lindsey Vonn’s Birthday
Tyler Posey’s Birthday
Zac Efron’s Birthday
Sassy’s Birthday
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Fri Oct 18th, 2024 - Thu Oct 24th, 2024
United Nations Week
Fun Observances
Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 18 is Chocolate Cupcake Day. Need we say anything more?
A cupcake is a single serve cake which gets its name from the cup-like shaped mold it is baked in. An American invention, cupcakes use the same ingredients as a regular cake and can be decorated just like any other cake with icing, frosting, toppings and sprinkles.
Beer Flavor
While cupcakes come in a variety of flavors, chocolate is one of the most popular flavor available. Many people make their chocolate cupcakes special by adding gourmet ingredients such as coffee, pumpkin, beer and whiskey.
In the 19th century, cookbooks referred to another type of cup cakes - cakes whose ingredients were measured by cups. This reference is no longer much in use.
How to Celebrate?
Here are some delicious ways to celebrate chocolate cupcakes:
Eat one (or two, or several) chocolate cupcakes.
Bake up a batch of chocolate cupcakes and share with family, friends and co-workers.
Gourmet up your cupcakes. What about making bacon, Nutella or caramel chocolate cupcakes?
Did You Know…
…that cupcakes are known as fairy cakes in Britain and patty cakes in Australia.
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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest celebrates purposely awful opening sentences to imaginary novels. Here are the "best" from the past year.
As Holmes, who had a nose for danger, quietly fingered the bloody knife and eyed the various body parts strewn along the dark, deserted highway, he placed his ear to the ground and, with his heart in his throat, silently mouthed to his companion, "Arm yourself, Watson, there is an evil hand a foot ahead."
Through the verdant plains of North Umbria walked Waylon Ogglethorpe, and, as he walked, the clouds whispered his name, the birds of the air sang his praises, and the beasts of the fields from smallest to greatest said, "There goes the most noble among men"—in other words, a typical stroll for a schizophrenic ventriloquist with delusions of grandeur.
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Are you a redneck? Want to be one? Take the Redneck IQ test and see how well you fare. Don’t look for answers. If you need them, you’re no redneck.
1) Which of these cars will rust out quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard? ’65 Ford Fairlane ’69 Chevrolet Chevelle ’64 Pontiac GTO
2) Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a ten-pound possum.
3) A woodcutter has a chain saw, which operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in the plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. Here’s the question: How many Budweisers will be drunk before the trees are cut down?
4) If your uncle builds a still that produces 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car radiators are required to condense the product?
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Three guys are talking about what constitutes fame.
The first guy defines it as being invited to the White House for a chat with the president.
"Nah," says the second guy. "Real fame would be if the red phone rang when you were there, and the president wouldn't take the call."
"You're both wrong," says the third. "Fame is when you're in the Oval Office and the red phone rings, the president answers it, listens for a second, and then says, "'It's for you.'"
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We were an Air Force family, but our son could not grasp that fact. Anytime someone asked what his father did, he’d say,
“He’s in the Army.”
I told him umpteen times, “Stop telling people I’m in the Army!”
It finally seemed to hit home because on the admittance form for kindergarten, under “father’s profession,” the teacher wrote,
“He doesn’t know what his father does, but he’s not in the Army.”
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Sadly, Irene Triplett, age 90, passed away on May 31, 2020. She was
the last surviving child of a Civil War veteran.
R.I.P
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Christian feast day:
Andrew of Crete
Anstrudis
Catervus
Ethelred and Ethelberht
Florentius of Orange
François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)
Hosea
Ignatius of Antioch
John the Short (John Colobus)
Marguerite Marie Alacoque (pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines)
Nothhelm
Rule of Andrew
Richard Gwyn
Victor of Capua
October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Loyalty Day (Argentina)
National Police Day (Thailand)
National Heroes Day (Somaliland)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Black Poetry Day
Child Poverty Day
Conflict Resolution Day
Day of Dignity (Bolivia)
Dessalines Day
International Credit Union Day
International ShakeOut Day
Kati Bihu
National Catholic Men’s Conference Day
National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day
National Edge Day
National Mulligan Day
National Pasta Day
National Pay Back a Friend Day
Spirit Day
Valmiki Jayanti
Vap Full Moon Poya Day
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary
World Trauma Day
National Get Smart About Credit Day
Earthquake Day in Chile
Spreadsheet Day
Harry Potter Book Day
Forgive an Ex Day
World Values Day
Mae Jemison’s Birthday
Marsau Scott’s Birthday
John Rocker’s Birthday
Lizzy Winkle’s Birthday
Evel Knievel’s Birthday
Jaeda Lily Miller’s Birthday
Dina Morisset’s Birthday
Rich Evans’s Birthday
Carli Bybel’s Birthday
Chris Motionless’s Birthday
Arthur Miller’s Birthday
Angela Babicz’s Birthday
Andy Whitfield’s Birthday
Norm MacDonald’s Birthday
Eminem’s Birthday
Queen Naija’s Birthday
Rita Hayworth’s Birthday
Alaïa McBroom’s Birthday
Simply Nailogical’s Birthday
Wyclef Jean’s Birthday
Alan Jackson’s Birthday
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Thu Oct 17th, 2024 - Sat Oct 19th, 2024
Sŵn Festival
Thu Oct 17th, 2024 - Sun Oct 27th, 2024
Baku Jazz Festival
Fun Observances
Wear Something Gaudy Day
On October 17 is Wear Something Gaudy Day. Celebrate this unofficial holiday by wearing everything flashy, loud and gaudy in your wardrobe!
It is believed that a Larry Dallas, a character in the American comedy show Three’s Company made up this bright and loud holiday. The show aired between 1977 and 1984 and follows the lives of three roommates in Santa Monica, California.
The word gaudy is used to refer to things that are bright and flashy and usually tasteless and tacky.
How to Celebrate?
Wear something gaudy. Have a neon pink shirt? Pair it with bright neon green pants. Accessorize with more colorful jewelry and you are all set to celebrate this fun and colorful holiday.
Own a bedazzler? Bedazzle your own outfit and shine throughout the day. Also plus point, if you bedazzled a sweater, you could reuse it on Ugly Sweater Day during the holidays.
Did You Know…
…that contrary to popular belief, the term gaudy does not come from the Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi? Etymologists have traced the usage of the word to the 16th century, well before Gaudi’s time. At that time, the word was used to refer trickery.
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After i-messaging back and forth with my wife, I jokingly commanded Siri to pass along this message: “You need to get back to work now; you have a husband to support.”
Here’s what Siri sent: “You need to get back to work now; you have a has-been to support.”
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I gave my father $100 and said, “Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.”
So he went out and bought a present for my mother.
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My sister decided to go on a diet, and that first evening she phoned me. I could tell her mouth was full, so I asked her what she was eating.
"A cupcake," she mumbled. "I just got on the scale, and it read 149 1/2 pounds. I decided that was no place to start a diet, so I'm rounding it off to 150."
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My mother was away all weekend at a business conference. During a break, she decided to call home collect. My six-year-old brother picked up the phone and heard a stranger's voice say, "We have a Marcia on the line. Will you accept the charges?"
Frantic, he dropped the receiver and came charging outside screaming, "Dad! They've got Mom! And they want money!"
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I tried to explain to a client why I couldn’t help him with a project that was written in a program code that I didn’t know.
“Let’s say you’re asking me to write something in a specific language. Now, I’m fluent in English and Spanish, but your project is in Chinese. Since I don’t understand Chinese, I’m not your best option. You need someone who is fluent in this specific language. See?”
He said he did and thanked me.
The next morning, I got a call from another developer asking,
“Why is So-and-So asking us if we’re fluent in Chinese?”
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Air Force Day (Bulgaria)
Boss's Day (United States)
Christian feast day:
Balderic (Baudry) of Monfaucon
Bercharius
Bertrand of Comminges
Colmán of Kilroot (Colman mac Cathbaid)
Eliphius
Fortunatus of Casei
Gall
Gerard Majella
Hedwig of Silesia
Hugh Latimer (Anglicanism)
Junian (of Saint-Junien)
Marguerite Marie Alacoque
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville
Nicholas Ridley (Anglicanism)
Silvanus of Ahun
Blessed Thevarparampil Kunjachan (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church / Catholic Church)
Pope Victor III
October 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Pope John Paul II Day (Poland)
Death anniversary of Liaquat Ali Khan (Pakistan)
Teachers' Day (Chile)
World Food Day (International)
Bu-Ma Democratic Protests Commemoration Day (South Korea)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Global Cat Day
Hagfish Day
Myanmar Full Moon of Thadingyut
National BRA Day
National Department Store Day
National Feral Cat Day
National Fossil Day
National Liqueur Day
National Veterans BBQ Day
National Take Your Parents To Lunch Day
Sukkot
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day
Unity Day
World Spine Day
World Allergy Awareness Day
National Missouri Day
SUDEP Action Day
Weet-Bix Day
Steve Jobs Day
Global Ethics Day
Oscar Wilde’s Birthday
Paul Edwin Zimmer’s Birthday
Manute Bol’s Birthday
Naomi Osaka’s Birthday
John Mayer’s Birthday
Kai Jackson’s Birthday
Hema Malini’s Birthday
Angela Lansbury’s Birthday
Carmen Pritchett’s Birthday
Tom Schwartz’s Birthday
Bob Weir’s Birthday
Aphmau’s Birthday
Angry Grandpa’s Birthday
Ruby Rose Turner’s Birthday
Ilya Fedorovich’s Birthday
Suzanne Somers’s Birthday
Aliya Janell’s Birthday
Flea’s Birthday
Tim Robbins
Fun Observances
Dictionary Day
Dictionary Day is on October 16. The unofficial holiday celebrates the birth anniversary of American lexicographer, Noah Webster.
Born on October 16, 1758, Webster is best known for publishing An American Dictionary of the English Language, the precursor of the now famous and widely used Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Reference Book
A dictionary is a reference book that lists words in a language and provides the meaning, origin and pronunciation of each listed word. The book also informs users on how to use a word in different circumstances.
Semasiological, of Course
Dictionaries are semasiological. Semasiology is the branch of linguistics that deals with the definition of words and phrases in a language. This is different from onomasiology, which deals with what things and concepts are called. A thesuarus is an onomasiological reference book because it provides users the different terms that can be used to express a specific idea.
How to Celebrate?
Pick up a dictionary and try to learn the meanings of at least 5 new words.
Learn more about the history and science behind publishing dictionaries.
Did You Know...
...that pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary? At 45 letters, the word refers to a lung disease.
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Choosing a movie? Don’t trust these extremely abbreviated plot explanations.
The Shining: A family’s first Airbnb experience goes very wrong.
The Lord of the Rings: Group spends nine hours returning jewelry.
Titanic: Everyone tries the ice-bucket challenge.
Beauty and the Beast: Stockholm syndrome works.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Kid comes out of the closet.
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I’m employed at a computer security company and have a colleague whose name is,
M. Alware. His e-mail address is malware@company.com.
My ex-boss’s name is R. Stone. His e-mail was stoner@company.co.in.
My name is James Pan. Every other permutation of my name was taken (e.g., jpan, jamesp), so I’m stuck with japan@university.edu.
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The attorney tells the accused, “I have some good news and some bad news.”
“What’s the bad news?” asks the accused.
“The bad news is, your blood is all over the crime scene, and the DNA tests prove you did it.”
“What’s the good news?”
“Your cholesterol is 130.”
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I’ve given up social media for the New Year and am trying to make friends outside Facebook while applying the same principles. Every day, I walk down the street and tell passersby what I’ve eaten, how I feel, what I did the night before, and what I will do tomorrow. Then I give them pictures of my family, my dog, and me gardening. I also listen to their conversations and tell them I love them.
And it works. I already have three people following me—two police officers and a psychiatrist.
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The annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest honors purposely lousy opening sentences for nonexistent novels.
This entry from finalist Phillip Davies of Cardiff, Wales, gave us a very real laugh:
“Finally, after 97 long days adrift, Captain Pertwee was rescued, mercifully ending his miserable diet of rainwater and strips of sun-dried Haddock—which was actually far ghastlier than it sounded, what with George Haddock being his former first mate.”
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Breast Health Day (Europe)
Christian feast day:
Bruno of Querfurt
Cúan of Ahascragh
Teresa of Ávila
Thecla of Kitzingen
October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)
Shwmae Su'mae Day (Wales)
World Students' Day
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Commemoration Day of King's Father
Evacuation Day Tunisia
Global Handwashing Day
HSA Day
International Day of Rural Women
Kullu Dussehra
Mother's Day in Malawi
National Cheese Curd Day
National Dashi Day
National Esthetician Day
National Grouch Day
National Lemon Bar Day
National Mushroom Day
National Roast Pheasant Day
Pharmacy Technician Day
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
Shine a Light Night
White Cane Safety Day
World Students’ Day
National Chicken Cacciatore Day
National Dance/Movement Therapy Advocacy Day
National Shawarma Day
Sophia Birlem’s Birthday
Mesut Özil’s Birthday
Malu Trevejo’s Birthday
Keyshia Cole’s Birthday
Friedrich Nietzsche’s Birthday
Ginuwine’s Birthday
Daniel Gizmo’s Birthday
Doug Hehner’s Birthday
Billy Unger’s Birthday
Anthony Joshua’s Birthday
Audrey’s Birthday
Abdul Kalam’s Birthday
Zelo’s Birthday
Jarrod Schulz’s Birthday
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Tue Oct 15th, 2024 - Mon Oct 21st, 2024
UK Coffee Week
Fun Observances
I Love Lucy Day
October 15 is I Love Lucy Day, a day devoted to everything I Love Lucy, a black-and-white sitcom that aired in the 1950s in the United States.
One of the most watched television series of its time, the show is well known and popular around the world today. The unofficial holiday commemorates the day in 1951, when the show, starring real-life couple at that time, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuted on CBS.
Singer and Performer
I Love Lucy follows the lives of aspiring performer Lucy Ricardo, her singer husband Ricky Ricardo and their friends Ethel and Fred Mertz in New York City.
While the show ended in 1957, a spinoff first known as the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show and then as The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour ran for three more years.
How to Celebrate?
Have an I Love Lucy-themed party and have guests dress up in 1950s style. Decorate your venue with 1950s style furniture and textiles and serve foods that were popular in the 1950s.
Organize a marathon viewing session of the show with your friends and family.
Did You Know…
…that I Love Lucy is the only show in television history that has never stopped broadcasting since airing its first episode in 1951? Reruns of the show have been popular around the world after the show ended.
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As a freelance secretary, I type story manuscripts. When an author pays me, I print the name of the story across the top of his check. Once when I took a check to the bank, the teller suddenly froze. Only after I had explained my procedure to a bank officer did the reason for the teller's reaction become clear.
The story was called "Your Money or Your Life," and that, of course, was what I had written in bold letters across the top of the check.
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During a business trip to Boeing's Everett, Wash., factory, I noticed several 747 and 777 airliners being assembled. Before the engines were installed, huge weights were hung from the wings to keep the planes balanced. The solid-steel weights were bright yellow and marked "14,000 lbs." But what I found particularly interesting was some stenciling I discovered on the side of each weight.
Imprinted there was the warning: "Remove before flight."
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Louie and his wife are listening to the radio when they hear the weather report: "A snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the odd-numbered side of the street.” So Louie gets up and moves his car.
Two days later—same thing. "A snow emergency has been declared,” blares the radio. "Park your cars on the even-numbered side of the street.” Louie gets up and does what he’s told.
Three days later: "There will be a foot of snow today. Park your cars on the ...,” and then the power goes out.
"What should I do?” a confused Louie asks his wife.
"This time,” she says, "why don’t you just leave the car in the garage?”
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Ah, marriage. I was standing in front of the bathroom mirror one evening admiring my reflection, when I posed this question to my wife of 30 years:
“Will you still love me when I’m old, fat, and balding?”
She answered,
“I do.”
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Christian feast day:
Angadrisma
Fortunatus of Todi
Joseph Schereschewsky (Episcopal Church (USA))
Pope Callixtus I
October 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Intercession of the Theotokos
Day of the Cathedral of the Living Pillar (Georgian Orthodox Church)
Mother's Day (Belarus)
National Education Day (Poland), formerly Teachers' Day
Nyerere Day (Tanzania)
Second Revolution Day (Yemen)
World Standards Day (International)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Be Bald and Be Free Day
Chisinau City Day
Columbus Day
Defender of Ukraine Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day
International: Day of respect for cultural diversity
Lotu a Tamaiti Holiday
National Dessert Day
National Heritage Day in Turks and Caicos
National Heroes' Day of Bahamas
National I Love You Day
National Kick Butt Day
National Native American Day
National Online Bank Day
Canadian Thanksgiving
International E-Waste Day
National Real Sugar Day
Roger Moore’s Birthday
Rowan Blanchard’s Birthday
Kota ASMR’s Birthday
Lourdes Ciccone Leon’s Birthday
Karyn White’s Birthday
King James II’s Birthday
Jason Plato’s Birthday
Jelly’s Birthday
Jared Goff’s Birthday
Fernanda Ramirez’s Birthday
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Birthday
Stephen A. Smith’s Birthday
Usher’s Birthday
Carol Capel’s Birthday
Dillon the Hacker’s Birthday
Ralph Lauren
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Mon Oct 14th, 2024 - Wed Oct 16th, 2024
Sherlock Holmes Weekend
Mon Oct 14th, 2024 - Fri Oct 18th, 2024
National School Lunch Week
Mon Oct 14th, 2024 - Sun Oct 20th, 2024
Recycle Now Week
Recycle Awareness Week
National Baking Week
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Just because the items in these classified ads are free doesn’t mean they’re worth it:
Free: Piano with matching bench seat, very good condition, all keys work probably
Free: 5 kitchen drawers, all matching naughty pine fronts
Free: Vain Screening
Free: rent in exchange for elderly woman
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We all make mistakes. Some are just more public than others, like these real newspaper typos:
“Here the bridal couple stood, facing the floral setting, and exchanged cows.”
“It took many rabbits many years to write the Talmud.”
“Mrs. ____ fell down stairs at her home this morning, breaking her myhodudududududududosy, and suffered painful injuries.”
“A headline in an item in the Feb. 15th edition incorrectly stated ‘Stolen Groceries.’ It should have read: ‘Homicide.’”
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It’s tough enough selling a home nowadays. Don’t make the mistakes that turned off these readers on the City Room blog of The New York Times:
"It was a good house, well-maintained. But the bed with the person in it was off-putting."
"The family dog, long departed, was stuffed and standing next to the fireplace. RIP Sparky."
"The main distraction was dirt. Although there was the tiny child who proudly showed us the refrigerator full of ‘Daddy’s beer’ just outside an upstairs bedroom."
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A long line leading to the ladies’ room greeted my friend’s wife. Since desperate times call for desperate measures, my friend took her into the empty men’s room, then stood guard.
When she exited a few minutes later, a man waiting his turn called out,
“I hope you remembered to put up the toilet seat.”
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Free Ranging chickens (three catches per customer max)
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Azerbaijani Railway Day (Azerbaijan)
Christian feast day:
Blessed Alexandrina of Balasar
Daniel and companions, of Ceuta
Edward the Confessor (translation)
Gerald of Aurillac
Blessed Maddalena Panattieri (OP)
Theophilus of Antioch
October 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Doi taikomatsuri October 13–15 (Shikokuchūō, Ehime, Japan)
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (international)
Paramedics' Day (Poland)
Rwagasore Day (Burundi)
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Breast Cancer Awareness Day
Disaster Day
English Language Day
Herpes Awareness Day
International Civility For the Girl Child Day
International Day for Disaster Reduction
International Day for Failure
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
National M&M Day
National No Bra Day
National Train Your Brain Day
National Transfer Money to Your Son Day
Navy Birthday
Pastor Appreciation Day
White Sunday
World Thrombosis Day
Yorkshire Pudding Day
Procession of Our Lady of Nazareth
Margaret Thatcher’s Birthday
Layla Spring’s Birthday
Kim Vanderhee’s Birthday
Kendra Bailey’s Birthday
Kate Walsh’s Birthday
Jimin’s Birthday
Jerry Rice’s Birthday
Jerry Jones’s Birthday
Caleb McLaughlin’s Birthday
Shirley Caesar’s Birthday
Paul Simon’s Birthday
Marie Osmond’s Birthday
Paul Pierce’s Birthday
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Birthday
Sammy Hagar’s Birthday
Tisha Campbell-Martin’s Birthday
Taylor Alesia’s Birthday
Billionaire Black’s Birthday
Ashanti’s Birthday
Kelly Preston
Tiffany Trump
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Sun Oct 13th, 2024 - Sat Oct 19th, 2024
Anti Poverty Week
International Infection Prevention
Fun Observances
International Skeptics Day
Are you one of those people who takes everything they hear with a grain of salt? Do you question everything and never accept things at their face value? Then, International Skeptics Day on October 13 is the holiday for you.
This unofficial holiday is sometimes also celebrated on January 13. Or is it?
Whether you are skeptical of when the holiday is celebrated or not, we can all agree that the day encourages people to be skeptical and to never accept anything without questioning its veracity.
Attitude of Doubt
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, skepticism is an attitude of doubt towards a particular object or a piece of knowledge, whether it is philosophical, religious or scientific. It is only with this attitude that human society and its understanding of the world around it has been able to evolve and develop - many scientific claims, myths and hoaxes throughout history have been brought to light and debunked due to the hard work of skeptics who refused to stop questioning and doubting. Who knows, without Galileo Galilei's skepticism, for example, we may still be believing that the Sun moves around the Earth?
How to Celebrate?
Be skeptical (or sceptical if you live in a country that follows British English) of everything! Don't accept any claims made by family, friends, colleagues or strangers without doing your own research.
Is there a mystery that intrigues you? Try solving it!
Know of someone who believes in UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster or the Big Foot? Maybe it's time to sit with them and ask them to be skeptical about their claims?
Watch TV shows that debunk myths and pseudoscience. We recommend Penn and Teller's show and Mythbusters.
Read books written by literary skeptics such as Shakespeare and Herman Melville.
Did You Know...
...that the opposite of skepticism is trivialism, the notion that everything is true and possible? The word comes from the Latin word, trivialis, meaning commonplace.
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A poodle and a collie were walking down the street. The poodle turned to the collie and complained, "My life is a mess. My owner is mean, my girlfriend is having an affair with a German shepherd, and I'm nervous as a cat."
"Why don't you go see a psychiatrist?" asked the collie.
"I can't," replied the poodle. "I'm not allowed on the couch."
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Two campers are hiking in the woods when one is bitten on the rear end by a rattlesnake.
"I'll go into town for a doctor," the other says. He runs ten miles to a small town and finds the only doctor delivering a baby.
"I can't leave," the doctor says. "But here's what to do. Take a knife, cut a little X where the bite is, suck out the poison and spit it on the ground."
The guy runs back to his friend, who is in agony. "What did the doctor say?" the victim cries.
"He says you're gonna die."
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A pair of cows were talking in the field.
One says, "Have you heard about the mad cow disease that's going around?"
"Yeah," the other cow says. "Makes me glad I'm a penguin."
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Texting acronyms can stump even the best parents:
Mom: Your great-aunt just passed away. LOL.
Son: Why is that funny?
Mom: It’s not funny, David! What do you mean?
Son: Mom, LOL means Laughing Out Loud.
Mom: I thought it meant Lots of Love. I have to call everyone back.
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Daughter: I got an A in Chemistry.
Mom: WTF!
Daughter: Mom, what do you think WTF means?
Mom: Well That’s Fantastic.
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Mom: What do IDK, LY & TTYL mean?
Son: I don’t know, love you, talk to you later.
Mom: OK, I will ask your sister.
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Christian feast day:
Blessed Louis Brisson
Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)
Fiacc
Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar)
Our Lady of Aparecida
Radim Gaudentius (Czech Republic)
Seraphin of Montegranaro
Wilfrid of Ripon
Carlo Acutis
October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Children's Day (Brazil)
Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8😞
Columbus Day (Honduras)
Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain)
Día de la Raza (El Salvador, Uruguay)
Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
Día de las Américas (Belize)
Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural, "Day of respect for cultural diversity" (Argentina)
Discovery Day (The Bahamas)
Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (Thelema)
Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
Hafez Day (Iran) 1
Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea), celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.
International Day Against DRM
Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)
Ayudha Puja
Dashain
Durga Puja Navami
Harry Potter Book Day
I Love Yarn Day
International African Penguin Awareness Day
Maha Navami
Mahanavami
Mexico: Day of the Pluricultural Nation
National Chess Day
National Costume Swap Day
National Freethought Day
National Gumbo Day
National Motorcycle Ride Day
National Pulled Pork Day
National Savings Day
National Vermont Day
Universal Music Day
Vijayadashami
World Arthritis Day
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
Yom Kippur
Yerevan Day
Love Your Bookshop Day
Bookshop Day
Holy Translators Day
Kirk Cameron’s Birthday
Lane Frost’s Birthday
Josh Hutcherson’s Birthday
Kelvin Dukes’s Birthday
Erica Dixon’s Birthday
Hugh Jackman’s Birthday
Eisha Hickson’s Birthday
Dick Gregory’s Birthday
Darci Lynne Farmer’s Birthday
Tahlia Christou’s Birthday
Tyson Jenkins’s Birthday
Aleister Crowley’s Birthday
Alyssa Scott’s Birthday
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Sat Oct 12th, 2024 - Fri Oct 18th, 2024
Bone and Joint Health National Action Week
Fun Observances (2)
Old Farmers Day
October 12 is Old Farmers Day, a day devoted to old farmers and their farming techniques.
Agriculture and farming today is largely mechanized and very scientific, but these developments would not have been possible without the wisdom and hard work of old farmers. This day is to give them thanks, to listen to them and to their stories, and to learn from them and their techniques.
While the origins of the holiday are unknown, Old Farmers Day is celebrated by many as a throwback to sustainable and farm-to-table farming practices of the old days.
Varied Culture and History
Farming and agriculture have a long and varied history in every culture. Despite the differences on what is grown, how farming is done and what materials are used, one thing remains common to all agricultural societies - the farmer. Farmers are the lifeline of agriculture - they tend to the agricultural product from the time of sowing to the time it reaches the market. It is because of hardworking farmers around the world, that most of us have food on our tables every day.
How to Celebrate?
Learn about old farming techniques.
If you own a farm, farm today using old farmers tools.
If you have an old farmer in your life, take them out for lunch and listen to their stories and ask for their wisdom.
Not a farmer? That shouldn't stop you from celebrating this fun holiday. Visit your local farmer's market and patronize your local farms. Buy only locally grown food and locally raised meat. Get involved in your local farm-to-table movement.
Did You Know...
...that according to scientists, almost 40% of the Earth's land is used for agricultural purposes?
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Astronomy Day
Astronomy Day is celebrated twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.
In the spring, the holiday is held on the Saturday closest to the First Quarter Moon between the months of April and May, while in the fall (autumn) it occurs on a Saturday closest to the Quarter Moon between September and October.
Created in 1973
Astronomy Day was created in 1973 by Doug Berger, then president of the Astronomical Association of Northern California. The unofficial holiday is an attempt to raise the interest of the general public in astronomy by giving them easy access to astronomical instruments such as telescopes.
The holiday also seeks to bridge the knowledge gap by giving the public a chance to interact with astronomers and space scientists.
Observe the Sky
On the day, museums, observatories, universities, and astronomy clubs around the world set up easily accessible telescopes in public spaces including schools, parks, and shopping malls to allow people to observe the skies during the day and night. Other events include lectures and conferences, educational outreach, exhibitions, and essay competitions.
An Ancient Science
Astronomy is the study of celestial bodies and non-Earthly phenomena. It deals with objects like the planets, stars, and asteroids as well as events such as eclipses and meteor showers.
Studied since ancient times, the field of astronomy originated and evolved over millennia due to the need for humans to understand the history and science of the Earth and to comprehend the causes of celestial events.
Until very recently, astronomy and astrology were seen as related fields of study. It was only in the 17th century that they separated ways. Today, astrology is seen as a field that deals with spirituality rather than science.
How to Celebrate?
Attend a local Astronomy Day event. Bring family and friends with you and spend some time gazing at the sky through the lenses of a telescope.
Learn more about astronomy and how to study it as an amateur astronomer. You can start here.
If you have children in your life, today is the perfect day to introduce them to the magic of astronomy. Who knows, they may grow up to become the next Carl Sagan or Carolyn Shoemaker!
Did You Know...
...that we can actually see the past? Light from distant stars take a very long time to reach the Earth, so when we look at a star through a telescope we are looking at the light that left the star several hundred, thousands or even million years ago!
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When a fellow piano tuner was ill, I took over his assignment of tuning a piano in a girls' boardinghouse. While I was at work, several of the girls strolled casually through the room in various states of undress. The climax came when a young lady in startling deshabille appeared to pay the bill.
As I was writing the receipt, she suddenly gave me a bewildered look, then fled, screaming, "That's not our regular man!"
Their regular man is blind.
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A panda walks into a bar, sits down and orders a sandwich. He eats, pulls out a gun and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the bartender shouts, "Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn't pay for the food."
The panda yells back, "Hey, man, I'm a panda. Look it up!"
The bartender opens his dictionary to panda: "A tree-climbing mammal of Asian origin, characterized by distinct black and white coloring. Eats shoots and leaves."
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Six guys are playing poker. After losing $500 on one hand, Smith clutches his chest and topples over, dead at the table. To decide who's going to tell his wife, his buddies draw straws. Anderson picks the short one.
"Break it to her gently," they all urge.
"Leave it to me," he says. When Smith's wife comes to the door, Anderson says, "Your husband just lost $500 playing cards."
"How much?" the wife yells, eyes blazing. "Tell him to drop dead!"
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Two men have been ice fishing all day. One has had no luck, while the other has pulled out a ton of fish.
“What’s your secret?” asks the unlucky fisherman.
“Mmmmm mmm mm mmm mmmm mmm mmm,” is the reply.
“I’m sorry; what did you say?”
“Mmmmm mmm mm mmm.”
“I still didn’t understand you.”
The lucky fisherman spits something into his hand and says slowly and clearly, “You’ve got to keep your worms warm.”
