Month: January 2018
As all gorilla suit aficionados know, National Gorilla Suit Day is the invention of the late Don Martin. National Gorilla Suit Day Bounces Back He was once known as “MAD’s Maddest …
This game of dice is not for devious maids. Dicing for Maids’ Money Dating from a 1674 legacy, two servant girls of Guildford throw a dice to win the …
Yodele yodele hee hoo! From this year, you can take your yodelling to degree level. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is adding yodelling to its …
Legends of the birth of the croissant involve war and a bright baker. Experts agree that the croissant was inspired by the Austrian kipfel. This was a crescent-shaped pastry …
‘From grand old Viking centuries, Up Helly Aa has come…’ the guizers sing. In fact, the Scottish festival is only just over 100 years old in its more civilized …
Bubble wrap was invented by mistake. In 1957 two inventors named Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes were working on a three-dimensional plastic wallpaper. By sealing two shower curtains together, they …
National Kazoo Day occurs annually (although in some regions, more often) on or about January 28 – or whenever convenient for the kazooist. The Kazoo doesn’t have any keys …
January 24th is Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day. Dagnabbit! ‘Nother one o’ them highfalutin’ special ‘talk like’ days from back East? (Bunch a lazy no-good claim-jumpin’ noaccounts ) On …
Babinden is an ancient Bulgarian tradition in honor of traditional midwives or Baba. This female feast was believed to be the only day when women were able to joke with …
A mysterious black-clad stranger makes a yearly pilgrimage to the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. The Poe Toaster leaves behind three red roses and a bottle of cognac. For …
Arizona finally allowed Sean Corbett religious freedom to wear a wearing a spaghetti strainer in his ID photo. The spaghetti strainer is classed as ‘religious headgear’. “I tried a couple …
National Nothing Day is an “un-event” dreamed up by columnist Harold Pullman Coffin. It’s observed annually on January 16 since 1973. Its purpose is: to provide Americans with one …
