Archive for the ‘Odd Holidays’ Category
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
I was astonished to learned that today is “National Mark Day.” Apparently, it’s celebrated each year on October 18th. Who knew?
It’s “National Mark Day,” they say.
Is it marked on your calendar? Nay?
Since my Mark’s a great gent,
It’s a daily event
In our home. Only ONE day? No way!
Tags: Husband Humor, Husband Limerick, Mark Day, Marriage Humor, Marriage Limerick, National Mark Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Celebrations Poetry, Marriage Humor, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
Does it feel like your head might explode?
Do you suffer from brain overload?
Here’s a trick you might try:
It should help. Wait! Stand by!
Seems I’ve lost my pc’s logon code.
(Today is Information Overload Day which falls annually on the third Tuesday of October.)
Tags: Anxiety Humor, Brain Humor, Computer Humor, Data Humor, Info Overload, Information Overload, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Stress Humor, Techno-Stress, Technology Humor
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Info Overload
Monday, October 16th, 2023
For some inexplicable reason, today, October 16, is Boss’s Day.
(For the record, this isn’t personal. I’m retired, although I do vividly recall having a paranoid boss during my corporate lawyering days.)
I am cross and unglued, at a loss
As to what I should do, cuz my boss
Is a paranoid lout
With way too much clout,
Who drowns me in nothing but dross.
Tags: Bad Bosses, Boss Day, Boss Humor, Boss Limerick, Boss's Day, National Boss Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Work Humor, Workplace & Career Humor, Workplace Humor, Workplace Limerick
Posted in Limericks, Odd Holidays, Workplace & Career Humor | Comments Off on An Unnecessary Holiday? (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
Can’t recall the last time I wore shoes.
They’re too painful; it’s sneakers I choose.
I like comfort — not style,
And will NOT walk a mile
(Or a foot) wearing shoes. I refuse!
(National Sneakers Day is celebrated on October 9.)
Tags: Footwear Humor, Footwear Limerick, National Sneakers Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Shoes Humor, Shoes Limerick, Sneakers Day, Sneakers Humor, Sneakers Limerick
Posted in Clothing Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Walking Humor | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
I sometimes feel hearty and hale,
And at other times, dauntingly frail.
When the latter takes hold,
I feel achy and old
And have droll thoughts like “maybe try kale.”
(National Kale Day falls on the first Wednesday of October.)
Tags: Aging Humor, Aging Limerick, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Health Humor, Health Limerick, Kale Day, Kale Humor, Kale Limerick, National Kale Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Vegetables Humor, Vegetables Limerick
Posted in Aging Humor & Verse, Food & Drink Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Droll Thoughts (Limerick)
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
Though it’s Anisette Day, I don’t care.
I can’t bear any bev’rage or fare
With a licorice taste.
I would rather chew paste!
Me touch tarragon? Not on a dare!
(For some unfathomable reason, “National Anisette Day” is celebrated on July 2.)
Tags: Anisette, Anisette Day, Beverage Humor, Drink Humor, Drink Limerick, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Herb Humor, Herbs, July Holidays, Licorice Humor, Odd Holidays, Spice Humor, Spice Limerick, Spices, Spices Humor, Tarragon
Posted in Celebrations Poetry, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Celebrate Anisette Day? Don’t Make Me! (Limerick)
Wednesday, June 21st, 2023
This headline reminded me that today (June 21) is International Day Of Yoga: “International Yoga Day: PM Modi leads celebrations at UN Headquarters in New York”.
So it’s time for yet another yoga-related limerick:
I used to do yoga most days.
It was more than a health-conscious phase.
But I did it MY way;
Certain moves were a NAY
To avoid setting bad wrists ablaze.
Tags: Exercise Humor, Health Limericks, International Day of Yoga, International Yoga Day, June Holidays, Mental Health Humor, Odd Holidays, PM Modi, Relaxation Humor, Sports Limerick, Stress Humor, United Nations, World Yoga Day, Yoga Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Exercise Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy Yoga Day! (Limerick)
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
I was birding alone in a park,
When it suddenly got rather dark;
Though the forecast was “clear,”
Rain and hail were now here.
This was NOT my idea of a lark.
(Happy “Bird Day” — May 4.)
Tags: Bird Humor, Bird Limerick, Birds Humor, Hiking Humor, Hiking Limerick, May Holidays, Odd Holidays, Walking Humor, Walking Limerick, Weather Humor, Weather Limerick
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Outdoors Humor, Walking Humor, Weather Humor | Comments Off on Birding Gone Bad (Limerick)
Monday, March 20th, 2023
I used to speak French fairly well,
But my accent is no longer belle,
And my “je ne sais quoi”
Is reduced to a blah.
(That damn phrase is a struggle to spell!)
(Happy UN French Language Day! — March 20)
Tags: French Humor, French Language Day, French Limerick, March Holidays, Odd Holidays, UN, UN French Language Day, United Nations
Posted in Communication Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Memory Humor, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Pardon My French! (Limerick)
Saturday, March 11th, 2023
If you live in a part of our nation
That creates DST irritation
Via forward or back
Clock adjustments, alack!
Spring ahead for some sleep deprivation!
Tags: Clock Humor, Daylight Saving Time, Daylight Savings Time, DST Humor, DST Limerick, Insomnia Humor, Insomnia Limerick, March Holidays, Sleep Humor, Sleep Limerick, SpringForward, SpringForwardDay, Time Humor, Time Verse
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Behavior & Personality, Celebrations Poetry, Celebrity Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Mental Health Humor, Odd Holidays, Seasons Humor, Sleep & Insomnia Humor, Time Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To DST
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
A limerick for National Proofreading Day:
It’s “National Proofreading Day,”
A reminder to keep flubs at bay.
Uncaught flaws in my verse
Are dismaying; I curse
At my lapses on shameful display.
Tags: Error Humor, March Holidays, Mistakes Limerick, Odd Holidays, Poetry Humor, Proofreading Day, Proofreading Humor, Proofreading Limerick, Writing & Publishing Humor, Writing Humor
Posted in Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on Happy Proofreading Day! (Limerick)
Thursday, February 9th, 2023
A lawyer whose molar was aching
Lambasted a bakery’s baking:
Said his tooth had been marred
By a dangerous shard—
A shakedown, methinks, in the making.
(National Toothache Day falls on February 9.)
Tags: Bakery, Baking Humor, Dental Humor, Dentist Humor, Dentist Limerick, February Holidays, Food Humor, Law Humor, Law Limerick, Lawyer Limerick, Tooth Humor, Tooth Limerick, Toothache Day
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on A Cooked Up Complaint? (Limerick)
Sunday, January 29th, 2023
It’s “National Puzzle Day,” which gives me a good excuse to post this limerick:
I never play Wordle in “hard mode.”
It feels like a feathered and tarred mode.
I would rather control
All my moves, on the whole.
It’s too bad they don’t offer a “bard mode.”
Tags: Games Humor, Games Limerick, January Holidays, Language Humor, Language Humour, Language Limerick, New York Times Humor, Odd Holidays, Puzzle Day, Puzzles Humor, Puzzles Limerick, Word Games, Word Usage Humor, Wordle
Posted in Games Humor, Language Humor, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 28th, 2023
I am NOT a big fan of kazoos.
The mere sound of one makes me think “Booze!”
What loser invented
That plaything demented?
Buzz off, cuz I’m getting the blues!
(Happy “National Kazoo Day,” if you insist.)
Tags: Kazoo Humor, Kazoo Limerick, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, Nuisances
Posted in Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Noise Humor, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Monday, January 23rd, 2023
Dear pie-loving people, rejoice!
It’s “Pie Day,” a day to give voice
To your fondness for pie
And to tell us all why
You actu’lly eat it by choice.
(National Pie Day is celebrated on January 23.)
Tags: Celebrations Poetry, Food Humor, Food Limericks, January Holidays, National Pie Day, Odd Holidays, Pie Day, Pie Limerick
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Friday, January 13th, 2023
A skeptical troll who delights
In arguing, often starts fights
On both Facebook and Twitter.
Ignore all his litter.
He gets bitter when nobody bites.
*****
International Skeptics Day is celebrated each year on the first Friday The 13th of the Year.
Tags: Facebook, Friday The 13th, International Skeptics Day, Internet Trolls, Odd Holidays, Skeptics Day, Skeptics Humor, Social Media, Troll Humor, Trolls, Twitter Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Facebook Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Social Media Humor, Twitter Humor | Comments Off on The Skeptical Troll (Limerick)
Monday, January 9th, 2023
It’s “National Word Nerd Day.” Yay!
I’m a “word nerd.” It’s true. Ev’ry day
I try to learn new words,
Recalling but few words;
In my brain they’re reluctant to stay.
Tags: January Holidays, Language Humor, Language Humour, Language Limerick, National Word Nerd Day, Odd Holidays, Word Nerd Day, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | Comments Off on Happy “Word Nerd Day!” (Limerick)
Tuesday, December 20th, 2022
As I’m walking to the library on a (usually) quiet street, I notice 2 trucks up ahead, one blocking the other. So naturally, the one being blocked, honks.
Hmmm, a FedEx driver honking at an Amazon driver.
Where’s Alanis Morissette when you need her?
*****
I just heard that today is “World Day of Skepticism.”
But I don’t believe it.
*****
Tags: December Holidays, Holiday Humor, Odd Holidays, World Day of Skepticism
Posted in Holiday Humor, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
A gal’s parents, upset, then joined forces
In condemning her new choice of courses.
“I’ll be learning collage,
Equine health and dressage.”
“Bad idea,” they nagged. “Please hold your horses.”
(December 13th Is National Day Of The Horse. )
Tags: Animal Humor, Animal Limerick, College Humor, College Limerick, December Holidays, Dressage Limerick, Education Humor, Education Limerick, Equine Humor, Equine Limerick, Horse Humor, Horse Limerick, National Day Of The Horse, Odd Holidays, Parental Humor, Parental Limerick
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Education & School Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Parenting Humor | Comments Off on A Change Of Course (Limerick)
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
A fellow who plays violin
Bears his neck pain with grace and a grin:
“Yes the problem is big,
But it comes with the gig;
I must take all my aches on the chin.”
(December 13th is National Violin Day.)
Tags: December Holidays, Music, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Musical Instruments, Musical Instruments Humor, Musical Verse, Musician Humor, National Violin Day, Odd Holidays, Violin Day, Violin Humor, Violin Limerick, Violin Verse
Posted in Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on The Violinist’s Plight (Limerick)
