Archive for the ‘Odd Holidays’ Category
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)
Saturday, November 5th, 2022
Tags: Clocks Limerick, Daylight Savings Time, DST Humor, Eastern Time, Insomnia, Insomnia Humor, Insomnia Verse, Sleep, Standard Time, Time Humor, Time Verse
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Behavior & Personality, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Mental Health Humor, Odd Holidays, Seasons Humor, Sleep & Insomnia Humor, Time Humor | Comments Off on Here We Go Again With The Clocks (Haiku)
Saturday, October 29th, 2022
I maintain an “Odd Holiday” list,
But I keep finding key dates I’ve missed:
“Checklists Day” isn’t there.
It was ONCE there, I swear!
Must enlist an “Alexa” assist.
(October 30th is Checklists Day.)
Tags: Alexa Limerick, Checklist Day, Checklist Humor, Checklists Day, Chores, Compulsive Behavior Humor, Errands, Getting Organized Humor, Limerick Images, List Humor, Memory Humor, Memory Limerick, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Chores Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on AWOL Holidays (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
An artist named Hugh would imbue
All his paintings with one fav’rite hue:
Mostly teal with a touch
Of turquoise and such.
Mocked at first, fame came out of the blue.
*****
Happy “International Artists Day!” (Celebrated each year on October 25)
Tags: Art Humor, Art Limerick, Artist Humor, Artist Limerick, Blue Humor, Blue Limerick, Color Humor, Color Limerick, International Artists Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Art Humor / Verse, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on The Colorful Artist (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
This limerick is a very compressed version of a necktie adventure with hubby Mark. And I can’t think of a better way to celebrate “International Necktie Day.”
“You MUST wear a necktie to enter,”
Mark was told. He’s a necktie dissenter,
But he re-tied his tie
Till our drinks were dropped by,
Then removed it — my waitress tormenter.
Tags: Clothing Humor, Clothing Limerick, International Necktie Day, Necktie Day, Necktie Humor, Necktie Limerick, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Restaurant Humor, Restaurant Limerick, Tie Humor, Tie Limerick, Ties
Posted in Clothing Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Restaurant Reviews & Humor | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 17th, 2022
“I’ve a hunch you had pasta for brunch.
There are stains on your clothing — a bunch.
And they’ll never come out;
Of that fact there’s no doubt.
You should learn not to leak when you lunch.”
*****
Happy National Pasta Day! (October 17)
Tags: Clothing Humor, Clothing Limerick, Food Humor, Food Limerick, National Pasta Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Pasta Day, Stains, Stains Humor, Stains Limerick
Posted in Clothing Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Celebrating Pasta (Limerick)
Monday, October 17th, 2022
My new boss and I get along well.
What’s our secret? We both never tell
One another our views
On religion and news.
(I suspect, though, he’s going to hell.)
*****
Happy National Boss Day!
Tags: Bad Bosses, Boss Day, Boss Humor, Communication Humor, Communication Limerick, National Boss Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Work Humor, Workplace & Career Humor, Workplace Diplomacy, Workplace Limerick
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Business Humor, Communication Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Workplace & Career Humor | Comments Off on The Key To Getting Along (Limerick)
Sunday, October 16th, 2022
It’s “National Dictionary Day,” which gives me a good excuse to post a limerick about another new-to-me term: “Dawn Chorus.”
(For the record, all the names have been changed to protect the guilty.)
“Let’s go back to that lovely ‘Fowl Inn,’”
Said my spouse, quite forgetting its din.
’Twas no use telling Boris
(A bull-headed Taurus)
That its dawn chorus drove us to gin.
*****
Happy birthday to American lexicographer Noah Webster, of dictionary compilation fame. He was born October 16, 1758.
Tags: Animals, Bird Humor, Bird Limericks, Birds, Dawn Chorus, Dictionary Day, Dictionary Humor, Hotel Humor, Hotel Limerick, Language Humor, Language Satire, Noah Webster, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Webster's Dictionary, Words Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Vacation Humor | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 10th, 2022
Most orchestra members would groan
At the principal trumpeter’s tone.
But his job was secure,
Cuz his lips held allure
For the maestro, a horny old crone.
*****
National Trumpet Day falls on October 10.
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limerick, Bawdy Limericks, Brass Players, Music Humor & Verse, Music Limerick, Musical Instrument, Musician Humor, Musician Limerick, National Trumpet Day, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Trumpet Day, Trumpet Humor, Trumpet Limerick
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Limericks, Music Humor & Verse, Music Poems, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Yet Another Brassy Limerick
Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
The oatmeal you served me was stale!
And my dinner? How dare you serve kale!
The meals here don’t thrill me.
You trying to kill me?
Better not, or I’ll see you in jail!
*****
(National Kale Day falls on the first Wednesday of October.)
Tags: Complaint Humor, Complaint Limerick, Crime & Punishment Humor, Crime Limerick, Customer Humor, Customer Limerick, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Kale, Kale Day, Kale Humor, Kale Limerick, National Kale Day, Oatmeal Humor, October Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Sunday, October 2nd, 2022
“After seeing your farm, I’m agog
At its beautiful pigpen. My dog
Doesn’t live half as well!
The big barn where pigs dwell
Is superb! They live high on the hog.”
*****
Happy World Farm Animals Day! (October 2)
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Limericks, Dog Humor, Dog Limerick, Farm Animals, Farm Humor, Farm Limerick, Odd Holidays October Holidays, Pig Humor, Pig Limerick, Wordplay, Wordplay Humor
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Wordplay | Comments Off on Buttering Up A Farmer (Limerick)
Friday, September 30th, 2022
A baker was well on his way
To a lifetime of waste and decay,
When he met a cute gal
Who said, “Listen up pal!
Straighten out, or no rolls in the hay.”
(September 30 is National Bakery Day.)
Tags: Bakery, Baking Humor, Baking Limerick, Battle of the Sexes, Bawdy Humor, Bawdy Limericks, Behavior Humor, Dating Humor, Dating Limerick, Food Holidays, Food Humor, Food Limericks, Food Poem, Food Verse, Odd Holidays, Rolls Humor, Rolls Limerick, Rolls Verse, September Holidays
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Bawdy Limericks, Dating Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Half-Baked Limerick
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
A woman who wanted a pet
Became angry, perturbed, and upset:
She’d been told dog adoption
Was OUT as an option…
Cuz she spent too much time on the net.
She replied, “If the net’s bad, then why
Is your website the place we must buy
These sweet canines you say
Need a home? Still say ‘Nay?’
Any court will your ruling decry.”
Upon hearing her not-so-veiled threat,
The naysayer started to sweat.
Since his site can’t afford
To be sued, he’s on board.
Her new spaniel — Tibetan — great get!
*****
(Happy “World Pet Day” — September 28.)
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Animal Limerick, Dog Humor, Dog Limerick, Net Humor, Net Limerick, Odd Holidays, Pet Day, Pet Humor, Pet Limerick, September Holidays, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Tibetan Spaniel, Web Humor, Web Limerick, World Pet Day
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Computer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor | Comments Off on A Dogged Quest (3-Verse Limerick)
Monday, September 26th, 2022
Today (September 26) is both Lumberjack Day and Robot Day. So it’s ironic that robots are stealing jobs from lumberjacks.
A lumberjack, dressed like a slob,
Gets fired and lets out a sob:
“I’ve been cut down to size
By a gizmo,” he cries.
“A robot has stolen my job!”
Tags: Gadget Humor, Gizmo Humor, Lumberjack Day, Lumberjack Humor, Lumberjack Limerick, Odd Holidays, Robot Day, Robot Humor, Robot Limerick, September Holidays
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Jacked By Robots (Limerick)
Saturday, September 24th, 2022
How to punctuate: That is the query.
Ill-timed marks can be irksome and dreary.
Bangs, ellipses, and dashes
Add drama in flashes.
Overuse is abusive!!! — Be leery!!!!!
(National Punctuation Day is celebrated yearly on September 24th.)
Tags: Bangs, Dashes, Ellipses, Exclamation Marks, Grammar Humor, Grammar Limerick, Holiday Haiku, Language Satire, National Punctuation Day, Odd Holidays, Punctuation Day, Punctuation Humor, September Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Language Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Writing & Publishing Humor | 1 Comment »
Saturday, September 10th, 2022
It’s “Banana Day,” giving me a great excuse to bitch about bananas. (It’s lucky that Mark and I like them at different stages of ripeness. Otherwise, they’d all end up tossed into the garbage.)
“You should eat that banana today,”
Says Mark. “Ugh, it’s TOO ripe,” I say.
“It peaked overnight.
Now it’s yours. Have a bite!
It’s perfect for you; old and gray.”
Tags: April Holidays, August Holidays, Banana Day, Banana Lovers Day, Bananas Limerick, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Food Verse, Fruit Humor, Fruit Limerick, National Banana Lover's Day, Odd Holidays, September Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Eat A Banana? Nah! (Limerick)
