Americans don't need to make up a holiday for August.
Why not?
Wait, is National Ice Cream Day in August?
(post-google, no, it's in July, but Aug 2 is Nat'l Ice Cream Sandwich Day)
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jul 29, 2005 6:03:30 am PDT #4011 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
shrift - Jul 29, 2005 6:11:40 am PDT #4012 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I also do not have a CDL, and thus legally cannot drive a semi.
Dana - Jul 29, 2005 6:12:44 am PDT #4013 of 10002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Like that would stop you if you hijacked a truck of liquid shit.
Ginger - Jul 29, 2005 6:13:23 am PDT #4014 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So what are the traditional ways to celebrate the "August Civic Holiday?" Take a city worker to lunch? Dress up as "Miss Civic Pride?" Drink heavily?
Fred Pete - Jul 29, 2005 6:13:29 am PDT #4015 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Aug 2 is Nat'l Ice Cream Sandwich Day
The 13th is International Lefthanders' Day.
Though I've only ever seen it celebrated in the UK.
Sue - Jul 29, 2005 6:14:25 am PDT #4016 of 10002
hip deep in pie
So what are the traditional ways to celebrate the "August Civic Holiday?"
Beer, barbeques, fireworks.
Unless it's foggy, then there's just beer.
Scrappy - Jul 29, 2005 6:14:52 am PDT #4017 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The 6th is my birthday, or "Jour du Scrappy" as some might call it.
-t - Jul 29, 2005 6:16:29 am PDT #4018 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, hey, I almost forgot. Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
Tom Scola - Jul 29, 2005 6:17:18 am PDT #4019 of 10002
They pay me in WOIMS
Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
Yay!!
shrift - Jul 29, 2005 6:18:09 am PDT #4020 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Like that would stop you if you hijacked a truck of liquid shit.
I may have neglected to mention that my brother has a CDL.
...what?