International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Ahoy, Matey! Did you know that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day? It’s a day just for fun, a day to let out the pirate in each of us. We like “just for fun” days and we know you do, too.
Practice up your “pirate-speak” in anticipation of this day. The conversation will be lively, and you don’t want to be left behind. Today, everyone will be talking the talk, if not walking the walk. It is not a requirement to dress like a pirate today. Just talk like one. Did you know you can change your language settings on Facebook to English (pirate)? It’s so horrible it’s awesome!
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Origin of International Talk Like a Pirate Day:
John Baur and Mark Summers created the concept of International Talk Like a Pirate Day on June 6, 1995. While playing racquetball, they began to talk to each other in Pirate-speak”. After leaving the court, they decided that there was a need to create this day. After much thought, Mark Summers selected September 19th as the date. This was his wife’s birthday. So, he thought it would be an easy date to remember. And so, International Talk Like a Pirate Day was born.
National Cheeseburger Day
National Cheeseburger Day is today. Top off North America’s favourite sandwich, with a piece of cheese.
The food industry makes it a point to celebrate a wide variety of foods. We believe the Cheeseburger certainly earns its own special day.
Celebrate National Cheeseburger Day by firing up the grill, and cooking cheeseburgers. You can do so for lunch or dinner…. or both! Any kind of cheese will do. Try a different cheese, if you’re adventuresome. For the carb conscious, eat your burgers without the buns.
Watch for……. luncheon and dinner specials today at your local restaurants. Tops on the specials board certainly should be cheeseburgers!
National Apple Dumpling Day
Be a member of the Apple Dumpling Gang. National Apple Dumpling Day is today! We are celebrating a tasty fall treat. It’s easy to make (and, even easier to buy!). Apple lovers can’t resist this pastry, filled with sweet, delicious apples.
With the arrival of fall and cool weather, two things happen: the apple harvest begins, and people turn indoors to cooking and baking again. It’s only natural that apples are a big part of the cooking scene. Among the most popular of fall treats is apple dumplings. For those of you who enjoy ice cream, some apple dumpling recipes include a scoop of ice cream atop a generous piece of Apple Dumpling.
Enjoy some Apple dumpling today. Chances are, you haven’t had it since last Fall!
Happy National Apple Dumpling Day!
National Play-Doh Day
Today is National Play-Doh Day, celebrating a great childhood play toy. Invented in the mid 1950s, it has entertained millions of children, and allowed them to express their creativity, both at home and in the classroom.
The invention was simple. A school teacher wanted a safe modeling clay for her pre-schoolers. She asked her brother-in-law Joseph McVicker, who worked at a chemical company, to come up with something. The result was simple….flour, water and food coloring.
It’s fun and easy to celebrate National Play-Doh Day. Simply pull out the Play-Doh and ……Play! There are other brands of play clay on the market, but nothing quite brings back the memories like the real Play-Doh.
Happy National Play-Doh Day!
National Women’s Friendship Day
National Women’s Friendship Day is a great day for us/you ladies. It’s a great day to be a woman. The objective of this day, is to promote special friendship among women.
Women celebrate this special day in a variety of ways, including:
- Promote friendship between and among women
- Hold and/or attend a breakfast, luncheon, or dinner with a women’s group
- Visit your women friends, or go to yoga with them!
- If any of your friends are out of town, send an Ecard or make a call to them
- Spend time with special friends, maybe in a yoga or meditation class!
- Promote the value of women in society
Ladies, have a happy National Women’s Friendship Day!
National Cream Filled Donut Day
Warning, today is a sugary, sweet day. Our Obscure holiday today is National Cream Filled Donut Day. Don’t you just love special days like today!? Sure, you were watching your weight. Then, along comes a special day that is just packed with calories and carbs. And, that special day encourages you to eat one of your favourite breakfast treats…. cream filled donuts.
There is not shortage of food related “special days”. We are certainly glad that someone chose to create a day just for cream filled donuts. It truely is a special treat.
The most popular cream filled donuts are chocolate cream and vanilla cream. Another favourite is banana cream. But, they are hard to find. Whatever flavour is your favourite, just make sure the day does not go by, without having one or more cream filled donuts.
Defy Superstition Day
Today is Defy Superstition Day. This is your opportunity to break those superstitious beliefs that you have been living with most, or all, of your life. Did you note that Defy Superstition Day is celebrated on the 13th? It was established on this day for a reason.
Many people have a long list of superstitions. Tops on the list, is the unlucky number 13. Black cats are also also an object to be wary of. Walking under a ladder has always been viewed as something to avoid (actually, there is some logic to this superstition). The list goes on, and on, and on.
Did you Know? Hotels do not have a 13th floor or a room #13. Hotels usually do not have any room that ends in the #13. It’s all because people are superstitious about this number.
Defy Superstition Day was created to help you to eliminate superstitions that have been haunting you. Use today as it is intended……. to blow away the superstitions in your life. So today, step on that crack, walk under that ladder, sing at the table and open an umbrella in the house…it’s all good!
Chocolate Milkshake Day
Chocolate Milkshake Day is an opportunity for chocoholics to savour. The weather may have cooled off. But, our appetite for chocolate, specifically chocolate milkshakes, hasn’t cooled off one iota.
What a great day this will be! Simply combine a little milk with some chocolate ice cream, add some extra chocolate syrup, and mix it well in a blender. That’s all you need to mix up a big, tall chocolate milkshake.
On a diet? Not today. A lot of people celebrate Chocolate Milkshake Day with not one, but two or more chocolate milkshakes.
Bottoms up!
