Archive for the ‘Odd Holidays’ Category
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)
Sunday, November 20th, 2022
Today’s “National Absurdity Day,” though I can’t imagine why.
To “Absurdity Day,” I say NAY!
Cuz the NON-absurd’s faded away.
The inane seems to reign,
And the world’s gone insane.
“Use Your Brain,” though, deserves its own day!
Tags: Absurdity Day, National Absurdity Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Use Your Brain Day
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on “Absurdity Day” Seems Absurd (Limerick)
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
I had some internal rhyme fun with this limerick. (Happy “National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day!”)
When a woman attempted to cram
Her fridge with an over-sized ham,
Plus some lamb, SPAM, and yams,
Sev’ral jam jars and clams,
The door jammed on her very first slam.
Tags: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Fridge Humor, Fridge Limerick, Kitchen Humor, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, House & Home Humor, Odd Holidays | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 7th, 2022
When I priced grand pianos today,
I heard quotes, grandiose, with dismay.
They cost too many grand,
And my right and left hand
Lack the cash to buy keyboard cachet.
*****
Happy World Pianist Day! (November 8)
Tags: Grand Piano, Money Humor, Money Limerick, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Pianist Day, Pianist Humor, Pianist Limerick, Piano Humor, Piano Limerick, Shopping Humor, Shopping Limerick, World Pianist Day
Posted in Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Odd Holidays, Shopping Humor | Comments Off on Grand Shopping Plans (Limerick)
Sunday, November 6th, 2022
A limerick in honor of National Saxophone Day:
A fellow was feeling distressed;
He was restless and NOT at his best.
So he pulled out his axe
And at midnight played sax.
As house-guests go, THAT guy’s a pest!
Tags: Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Sax Humor, Sax Limerick, Saxophone Humor, Saxophone Limerick
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Behavior & Personality, House & Home Humor, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Noise Humor, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Sax Day Blues
Saturday, November 5th, 2022
A fresh donut was found in the grass,
Not yet fettered by insects en masse.
Who’d abandon a tasty
Sweet treat? Seems a hasty
Retreat must have caused this to pass.
National Donut Day a/k/a National Doughnut Day falls on two days a year: November 5 and the first Friday of June.
Tags: Donut Day, Donut Humor, Donut Limerick, Doughnut Day, Doughnut Limerick, Food Humor, June Holidays, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Pastries
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Donut Daze (Limerick)
