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"and where there were several major ports. As a result, West Country speech in general, and Cornish speech in particular, may have been a major influence on a generalized British nautical speech. International Talk Like a Pirate Day International Talk Like a Pirate Day (on September 19) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. An observer of this holiday would greet friends not with ""Hello, everyone!"" but"
"O. Henry Pun-Off The O. Henry Pun-Off is a yearly spoken word competition that takes place every May at the O. Henry Museum in Austin, Texas. Started in 1978, the Pun-Off gathers fans of wordplay to celebrate the pun, which English poet and literary critic John Dryden called ""the lowest and most groveling kind of wit."" The event has been organized and run since 1990 by Austinite Gary Hallock. A support group of former and current contestants was formed in 1990 to formalize the unwritten rules of the competition(s) and provide guidance and support for future events. Under the umbrella"
"are not traditionally marked on calendars. These holidays are celebrated by various groups and individuals. Some promote a cause, others recognize historical events not officially recognized, and others are ""funny"" holidays celebrated with humorous intent. For example, Monkey Day is celebrated on December 14, International Talk Like a Pirate Day is observed on September 19, and Blasphemy Day is held on September 30. Other examples are April Fool's Day on April 1 and Liberation Day (Expatriates) on May 31. Various community organizers and marketers promote odd social media holidays. Many holidays are linked to faiths and religions (see etymology above)."
"Al Capp Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip ""Li'l Abner"", which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips ""Abbie an' Slats"" (in the years 1937–45) and ""Long Sam"" (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his ""unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning"". Comic strips"
"April Fools' Day April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual (primarly) Western celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes often expose their prank by shouting ""April fool(s)"" at the unfortunate victim(s). Some newspapers, magazines and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news section in smaller letters. Although popular since the 19th century, the day is not a public holiday in any country. Aside from April Fools' Day,"
"reprinting of the entire 43-year history of ""Li'l Abner"" spanning a projected 20 volumes, began on April 7, 2010. Al Capp Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip ""Li'l Abner"", which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips ""Abbie an' Slats"" (in the years 1937–45) and ""Long Sam"" (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and"
"and Bill Plympton. In 2011, ISCA will celebrate its 20th anniversary. Every year at the ISCA Convention, all of the participants vote for the best caricature artist of the year, upon several other categories, and award the Golden Nosey: International Society of Caricature Artists The International Society of Caricature Artists (previously known as the National Caricaturist Network) is an international non-profit trade association founded in 1989. Its purpose is to promote the art of caricature, educate the public and the media about the art of caricature and to provide its members with helpful information about caricature as an art form"
"a dandruff shampoo. According to Al Capp, ""btfsplk"" is a rude sound. During public lectures, Capp demonstrated this sound by closing his lips, leaving his tongue sticking out, and then blowing out air, which is colloquially called a ""raspberry"" or Bronx cheer. Joe Btfsplk Joe Btfsplk was a character in the satirical comic strip ""Li'l Abner"" by cartoonist Al Capp (1909–1979). He is well-meaning, but is the world's worst jinx, bringing disastrous misfortune to everyone around him. A small, dark rain cloud perpetually hovers over his head to symbolize his bad luck. Hapless Btfsplk and his ever-present cloud became one"
"Doppelganger Week Doppelgänger Week occurs during the first week of February, starting on a Sunday and ending on a Saturday. It is an internet meme in which users of social networking websites change their profile picture to that of celebrities, athletes, historical figures, or friends with whom they share a physical resemblance. The meme started in 2010. Although it was reportedly started by Bob Patel, who was constantly told by workmates that he looks like Tom Selleck, the earliest record of Doppelgänger Week can be found on Facebook's Doppelgänger Week Page. 1999: January 11 - May 26<br> 2010: January 31"
"Foreign Minister Julie Bishop shares her birthday with World Emoji Day. In 2017 US House Speaker Paul Ryan released a video on World Emoji Day claiming he “goes crazy on emojis” which was widely criticized. In 2018, AdWeek reported that social media posts from the United States Department of Defense, Army and Navy seemed like ""an odd fit for the breezy joys"" of World Emoji Day, while other outlets called these ""weird"" and ""the most terrible bastardization of an emoji"". World Emoji Day World Emoji Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated on July 17. The day is deemed a ""global"
"Ratcatcher's Day Ratcatcher's Day, Rat-catcher's Day or Rat Catcher's Day is celebrated on 26 June or 22 July, commemorating the myth of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The town of Hamelin in Germany uses the June date and the term ""Pied Piper Day"". The confusion of dates is because the Brothers Grimm cite 26 June 1284 as the date the Pied Piper led the children out of the town, while the poem by Robert Browning gives it as 22 July 1376. It is a holiday remembering rat-catchers, similar to Secretary's Day and Presidents Day. Famous Ratcatcher's in literature include Serafina,"
"characters!! They'll make millions for me!! And if they do — I'll get ""you"" a new light bulb!!"" Traveling in the same social circles, the two men engaged in a 20-year mutual vendetta, as described by the ""New York Daily News"" in 1998: ""They crossed paths often, in the midtown watering holes and at National Cartoonists Society banquets, and the city's gossip columns were full of their snarling public donnybrooks."" In 1950, Capp wrote a nasty article for ""The Atlantic"", titled ""I Remember Monster"". The article recounted Capp's days working for an unnamed ""benefactor"" with a miserly, swinish personality, who"
"to come up with a valid pun that has not been used during the pairing. Punsters who deliver puns that are determined invalid by the judging panel (i.e. non-puns) are also given a strike and another five seconds to conjure a valid pun. Contestants continue trading puns until a contestant is eliminated, either by exceeding the allotted five seconds or after three strikes. The survivor of each pairing advances to the next round. O. Henry Pun-Off The O. Henry Pun-Off is a yearly spoken word competition that takes place every May at the O. Henry Museum in Austin, Texas. Started"
"Ask a Stupid Question Day Ask a Stupid Question Day is a holiday that is sometimes celebrated in the United States, usually by school students and teachers. Although Ask a Stupid Question Day's default date is September 28, in practice it is usually observed on the last school day of September. This holiday was created by teachers in the 1980s to encourage students to ask more questions in the classroom. According to HolidayInsights.com, ""at the time, there was a movement by teachers to try to get kids to ask more questions in the classroom. Kids sometimes hold back, fearing their"
"O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships in Austin, Texas. In 2015, Leo Kearse beat off competition from fellow comedians Rob Thomas and reigning champion Darren Walsh to become the UK Pun Champion. Leo won the contest with such jokes as """"I was in hospital last week. I asked the nurse if I could do my own stitches. She said “suture self”"" and """"Growing up on a farm, my dad was always telling me to use the indoor toilet. But I preferred to go against the grain"""" 2016 saw the return of the UK Pun Championships hosted again by Lee Nelson. This"
"account) user account in several MUSHes and MUCKs (e.g., PennMUSH, TinyMUCK, Fuzzball MUCK, TinyMUSH, and TinyMUX). Other odd words favored by Kurtzman and popularized by him through their use as running gags in ""Mad"" were ""veeblefetzer"", ""axolotl"", ""hoohah"", ""osszefogva"", ""bitsko"", ""furshlugginer"", ""Moxie"", ""ganef"" and ""halavah"". Many of these are of Yiddish or Jewish origin. In the Bill Griffith comic strip ""Zippy"" for February 27, 2007, Zippy and Zerbina mention both ""potrzebie"" and ""axolotl"" in a panel captioned, ""They like to use out-of-date words and catchphrases."" The word was also featured as the title of the May 30, 2018 strip and"
"Monkey Day Monkey Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated on December 14. The holiday was created and popularized by artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin when they were art students at Michigan State University. Monkey Day celebrates monkeys and ""all things simian"", including other non-human primates such as apes, tarsiers, and lemurs. It is celebrated worldwide and often also known as World Monkey Day and International Monkey Day. Monkey Day was created and popularized by present artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin, beginning in 2000 when they were past art students at Michigan State University. Sorrow jokingly scribbled Monkey"
"for a mischievous creature that sabotages aircraft, meddling in the plane's equipment. Legendary figures from 19th-century London whose tales have been romanticised include Sweeney Todd, the murderous barber of Fleet Street (accompanied with Mrs. Lovett who sells pies made from Todd's victims), and serial killer Jack the Ripper. On 5 November, people in England make bonfires, set off fireworks and eat toffee apples in commemoration of the foiling of Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot, which became an annual event after the Thanksgiving Act of 1606 was passed. Guy Fawkes masks are an emblem for anti-establishment protest groups. Halloween is a traditional"
"Mule Day Mule Day, an annual celebration of all things related to mules, is held in Columbia, Tennessee, the self-proclaimed ""Mule Capital"" of the world. Begun in 1840 as ""Breeder's Day"", a meeting for mule breeders, it now attracts over 200,000 people and takes place over four days. In addition to mules, traditional Appalachian food, music, dancing, and crafts are featured. ""Mule Day"" has been a popular Columbia tradition for nearly 170 years, since the 1840s. It began as ""Breeder's Day"", a single day livestock show and mule market event held on the first Monday in May. Over time, ""Mule"
"John Draper John Thomas Draper (born March 11, 1943), also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch or Crunchman (after the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal mascot), is an American computer programmer and former legendary phone phreak. He is a widely-known figure within the computer programming world and the hacker and security community and generally lives a nomadic lifestyle. Following the emergence of the Me Too movement in 2017, allegations against him, some dating back decades, surfaced in public concerning inappropriate sexual behavior. Draper is the son of a United States Air Force engineer. As a child, he built a home radio station"
"title of ""Punsters United Nearly Yearly"" (a.k.a. PUNY) this collection of loosely knit wits continues to be the public face of the event through its website, Yahoo Group and Facebook page. Gary Hallock retired as producer in 2015. He was replaced by emcee and 2006 Punslinger World Champion, David Gugenheim. Participants in the annual event compete in one or both of the two areas of punning prowess: ""Punniest of Show"", which features individuals performing a 90-second prepared piece filled with puns; and ""PunSlingers"", which pits individual punsters in head-to-head bouts of spontaneous punning on a randomly selected variation of traditional"
"as the episode was about Tax Day in the United States on April 15 – the last day to submit the previous year's tax information. April Fools' Day April Fools' Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual (primarly) Western celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool jokes often expose their prank by shouting ""April fool(s)"" at the unfortunate victim(s). Some newspapers, magazines and other published media report fake stories, which are usually explained the next day or below the news"
"April Fools' Day Request for Comments A Request for Comments (RFC), in the context of Internet governance, is a type of publication from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Society (ISOC), usually describing methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems. Almost every April Fools' Day (1 April) since 1989, the Internet RFC Editor has published one or more humorous Request for Comments (RFC) documents, following in the path blazed by the June 1973 RFC 527 called ARPAWOCKY, a parody of Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem ""Jabberwocky"". The following list also"
"Día de la Chupina The Día de la Chupina (Spanish, literally Hooky Day) is a popular event and self-styled ""holiday"" created by secondary school students in the city of Rosario, Argentina. It is held annually, on the last Friday of every April. On this day, the students (with or without knowledge and/or consent of their parents) do not attend their classes, but gather instead in some particular spots of the city center, especially the National Flag Memorial and the highly commercial pedestrian-only section of Córdoba Street (""Peatonal Córdoba""). The first instance of the ""Día de la Chupina"" recorded in the"
"hill there during the Civil War, claims he invented the game in 1835. Mendham Borough, New Jersey and Mendham Township, New Jersey held a municipal holiday known as ""Abner Doubleday Day"" for numerous years in the General's honor and commissioned a plaque near the sight of his home in the borough in 1998, even though the borough was known as Mendham Township back then. In 2004 the Abner Doubleday Society erected a monument to Doubleday in Iron Spring Park, Ballston Spa, near his birthplace. In the movie ""The Ridiculous 6"", Doubleday is portrayed by John Turturro. The character organizes the"
"International Clown Week International Clown Week is celebrated each year during the week of August 1-7. Clown groups often celebrate the week with special activities such as performing volunteer shows or having their local mayor declare the week as a city celebration to coincide with the national and international clown week. Clown Week was celebrated on a limited scale in the 1950s. In 1966 the first International Clown Week chairman, Frank ""Kelly the Clown"" Kelly, was appointed by Ray Bickford, president of Clown Club of America. In 1967 Clown Club of America members were urged to write to their congressmen"
"umlaut. An influential hard-rock magazine of the 1970s–80s was ""Creem"". In 2009, in the ""Diary of a Wimpy Kid"" series, Rodrick's band is called ""Löded Diper"". Anarky is a villain from DC Comics. Many popular websites have grown from intentionally misspelling their name such as flickr, reddit, Tumblr, Digg, Google and Scribd. In imageboards such as 4chan and the Encyclopedia Dramatica wiki, ""lulz"", an intentional misspelling of LOL, is used to denote gloating. Doing something ""for the lulz"" (also abbreviated as ftlulz) means doing something ""just for laughs"" and often portrays a hedonistic behaviour. In esoteric circles, rather than ""magic"","
"question is stupid, and asking it will result in ridicule."" In 2009 ""The Daily Telegraph"" reported that the day was being celebrated in Britain. It has been reported as far afield as India, in ""The Hindu"". Ask a Stupid Question Day Ask a Stupid Question Day is a holiday that is sometimes celebrated in the United States, usually by school students and teachers. Although Ask a Stupid Question Day's default date is September 28, in practice it is usually observed on the last school day of September. This holiday was created by teachers in the 1980s to encourage students to"
"2000, the park introduced SCarowinds; an annual Halloween attraction. SCarowinds is presented on select nights in September and October, as well as the first weekend in November. The park is open with The Great Pumpkin Fest starring Snoopy and rest of the Peanuts gang throughout the day, typically closes at 5:30pm, and reopens as SCarowinds at 7pm with the evil witch and SCarowinds' 1st lady of terror Lilith. The experience includes numerous haunted attractions and incorporates most of the existing park rides into a nightmarish experience. The SCarowinds Halloween Haunt is recommended for ages 13 and up, but any age"
"National Nothing Day Nothing Day is an ""un-event"" proposed in 1972 by columnist Harold Pullman Coffin and observed annually on January 16 since 1973, when it was added to ""Chase's Calendar of Events"". It is not actually a public holiday, as that requires an act of Congress. Its purpose is: to provide Americans with one National day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything. It is sponsored by Coffin's National Nothing Foundation, registered in Capitola, California. The third Monday of every January has subsequently been inaugurated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day which falls between the"
"Senior prank A senior prank is a type of organized prank pulled by the senior class of a school, college, or university to cause chaos throughout the institution. The pranks are usually carried out at the end of the senior school year as a going away mark on the school, and in some cases have become something of a tradition. This is known as Muck-up day in Australia, the United Kingdom and some other countries. The pranks are often planned out very well before they are actually done in order to work out details such as not being caught or"
"as an ""art installation,"" writes ""L.A. Times"" columnist Steve Harvey. There are other notable customized statues (known as Muffler Men) still standing: ""The Gemini Giant"" in Wilmington, Illinois, holds a rocket ship and wears a helmet; ""Tall Paul"" in Atlanta, Illinois, holds a giant hot dog; and ""El Salsero"" in Malibu, California, wears a sombrero and holds a serving tray. Road-trip and pop culture fanatics seek them out and catalogue them on websites. Chicken Boy's ceremonial birthday is September 1, 1969 as listed in ""Chase Annual Events"" book, a volume for US morning DJs listing important and whacky birthdays for"
"and senators requesting a presidential proclamation naming August 1–7 as National Clown Week. In 1969 a resolution was introduced. After clowns met with Senator John McClellan of Arkansas who was chairman of the United States Senate subcommittee on Observances and Holidays success was finally achieved. Concurrently, Bill ""Boom-Boom"" Baily, was an original member of Clowns of America when it was founded in 1967. Baily was named the U.S. Chairman of National Clown Week for that organization. Because each year a chairman had to be chosen in each state to ask their governor to issue a proclamation honoring National Clown Week,"