As a throwback in honor of our legacy publication we decided to post a little piece listing all of the obscure, worthless, and appropriately under-appreciated days in August.
What day should we christen International Akumal Day?!
1 National Raspberry Cream Pie Day – Created by someone who made Raspberry Cream Pies
1 International Childfree Day – This might have been created to give a day to people who don’t have children so they can be P.C. and offset children’s day and all those other days with kids. There are at least a couple this month alone.
2 National Ice Cream Sandwich Day – Created by an ice cream sandwich company
3 National Watermelon Day – Created by watermelon growers association
5 Summer Olympics begin in Rio – Self explanatory. Hopefully it doesn’t go as terribly as everyone expects.
5 Work Like a Dog Day – Really?
6 National Mustard Day (first Saturday) – Created by the National Mustard Museum in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin.
6 Wiggle Your Toes Day – Most of us in Akumal do this every day – just to keep our flip-flops on.
6 Root Beer Float Day – Probably a holiday created by A&W
7 Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day – Yes, by all means, lets celebrate crappy packaging!
7 Friendship Day – Call an old friend.
7 International Forgiveness Day – Forgive someone? Created by a religious organization in Canada. Those Canadians are awfully nice…usually.
7 National Lighthouse Day – The day Congress took over lighthouse maintenance.
7 Sisters Day – Kinda not very P.C. I don’t have a sister and that hurts.
8 Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day – Seriously WTF
8 Bowling Day – Go support your local bowling alley, if they haven’t shut down yet.
9 Book Lover’s Day – People like books or they don’t. If you already read, I guess read more. If not, think about it?
9 Chinese Valentine’s Day/Daughter’s Day – Celebrate love ….Chinese style
10 Lazy Day – Don’t do anything, unless you have a job, then that might not be advisable to do on a Wednesday.
10 National S’mores Day – You do realize there are only 365 days in a year. How many dishes, treats, desserts, and foods are there?
11 Presidential Joke Day – Is this a day for the president to tell a joke or to celebrate if the president is a joke?
11 Son and Daughter Day – Another day that is pretty rude, at least for people who can’t have kids.
11 Play in the Sand Day – We have sand, come to Akumal!
12 Middle Child’s Day – And what about the other ones?
13 Left Hander’s Day – I don’t see a righty day!
14 National Creamsicle Day – Remember Popsicle Pete?
15 Relaxation Day – This one is appropriate for Akumal. But yet another poorly placed celebration: it is on a Monday! Who, that works, can really relax on a Monday?
16 National Tell a Joke Day – Ask Steve
16 Wave at the Surveillance Camera Day – Ask Steve
17 National Thriftshop Day – Ask Steve
18 Bad Poetry Day – Ask Steve
18 Mail Order Catalog Day – OK, who still gets a catalog for anything in the mail and better yet, who actually orders anything using an envelope and the mail from that catalog?
19 Aviation Day – Actually a day created by presidential proclamation to celebrate the birth of Orville Wright.
20 National Radio Day – Created by….radio stations
20 Chocolate Pecan Pie Day – Two pies in one month?!
21 National Spumoni Day – Probably created by a spumoni shop. This Italian desert is not terribly popular over this way so maybe they were trying to drum up interest for their Stateside counterparts.
21 Senior Citizen’s Day – Either you are or you aren’t senior citizens. Does being a senior citizen somehow make you better just because you are older? There are great ones of us who are seniors and some not so great ones, so why celebrate all of them? Some are cranky and can’t stop butting into things, others are simply lovely. Just sayin’ why celebrate all of them?
21 Summer Olympics ends in Rio -This day will be a good day to look back and see if Rio will ever be on the list of hosts again.
22 Be an Angel Day – Created by a religious fanatic in the 90s (THE 1990s!). Be nice I guess.
22 National Tooth Fairy Day – and/or February 28 – Not many young children read AkumalNow, so how are they even going to know to celebrate the fairy that stuffs money under their pillow?
23 Ride the Wind Day – Didn’t we just celebrate avaition like a week ago?
24 Vesuvius Day – A day to celebrate 3400 people being burned and buried by volcanic ash in the year 79 A.D.? This is the volcano that destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae.
25 Kiss and Make Up Day – Sometimes when someone keeps sending you unanswered emails it feels like you are in a feud, but then what is there to make up? If you don’t understand, I don’t blame you. Few people do.
26 National Dog Day – Created by a foundation to save dogs. So if you want to celebrate this one you need to go adopt a dog or three. Jen at Turtle Bay has some really nice dogs and cats for adoption if you are actually serious. She can even help coordinate getting them back to the U.S. or Canada.
26 Women’s Equality Day – In 1920 on this day women were allowed to vote. Kinda cool. National celebration for this day was created by some fat congressperson who was trying to get reelected.
27 Global Forgiveness Day – So if you forgot to forgive people on the national day this month or you forgot to kiss and make up, then you have one more chance to do something on a day made by a crazy religious group in Canada.
27 Just Because Day – I don’t even know what this means. I guess if you live your life by too many rules, do something different. Comb your hair a different direction. Fight the part! Don’t give into the PART!!! If you have no hair, well do something else.
28 Race Your Mouse Day -Ask Steve.
29 More Herbs, Less Salt Day – Created by some obscure website that created a bunch of worthless holidays and then copyrighted them with hopes to make money. I won’t even mention the site.
30 Frankenstein Day – Um, OK
30 Toasted Marshmallow Day – July had a s’mores day, so why do we need marshmallows separate?
31 National Trail Mix Day – Go out and buy one of the most expensive snacks you can take hiking.
31 Litigate Lawyers Day – Ask Steve
If we missed any, don’t tell us. We don’t care. Seriously, if the holiday or event doesn’t directly impact Akumal or cause us to have a party on the beach, then we don’t care. That isn’t what we are about. The web sites below can keep you informed.
*Credit to daysoftheyear.com and holidayinsights.com
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