1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Oh look, it's National folding your laundry Day. Let's celebrate. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: It's one more thing. I'm strong, Andy, one more thing. 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: Washington Posts had a good article the other day that 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 1: something we have mocked for years, and I've never heard 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: anybody else talk about this but us. Actually you, you 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: brought it to us many years ago. You started it. 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: This is one of your many g odds. Joe has 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: so many g ods, and one of them is fighting 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: back against national so called national holidays that are all 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: made up. And then Joe brought us the information many 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: many years ago that there are these various websites that 12 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: charge you, like for five hundred bucks, will declare this 13 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: national you know, uh, Local Realtor's Day, and you, as 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,279 Speaker 1: a local realtor, think that'd be really cool, so you 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: bay the money, and then it shows up on a 16 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: calendar somewhere. A local news station mention it doesn't accident, 17 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: He's National Strawberry Shortcake Day, say the newscaster or idiots, 18 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: And the Washington Post headline was, we ranked fifty seven 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: hundred holidays from Labor Day to World Dracula Day. Which 20 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: ones do you celebrate? And you can put in a 21 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: date like your birthday or whatever, and get the list 22 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: of all of them. Like today it's September third when 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: we're recording, this is Global Talent Acquisition Day, Merchant Navy Day, 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: Skyscraper Day. I mean, that's just some of them, you know, 25 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: And what the hell you those mean? 26 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:31,479 Speaker 2: What does it mean? 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 3: Right? 28 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: It's a lot like the We'll have a star named 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: for you in the National Register. It's similar to that 30 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: sort of thing. National Folding Laundry Day I mentioned is 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: March thirtieth. Uh National Jerky Day is June twelfth. There 32 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: is a what if cats and dogs had a posable 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: thumbs Day, which is March third. 34 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: Chills me to the ball and even contemplated. 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: It's all pretty stupid, and we could go room and 36 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: mock those and laugh about them and all that sort 37 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 1: of stuff. And then they have a realness score on 38 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: these days, and they ranked all fifty seven hundred on 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: the realness score, which includes a whole bunch of stuff. 40 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: Do I actually have what the criteria is? I kind 41 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: of have it off the top of my head. It's 42 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: the how many people celebrate it, how many calendars included 43 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: on there, how often does it get mentioned in the media, 44 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: you know, blah blah blah as to how real it 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: is or not. And for the list, yeah, for the 46 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: ones today, for instance, US Bowling League Day is today 47 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: that has a point five realness score, like half of 48 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: one percent in terms of how real a holiday that is, 49 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: and a lot of them are really really low. But 50 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: then they ranked everything, which I thought was kind of interesting, 51 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: and I also saw some typical Washington Post sort of 52 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: bias in there. Oh, by the way, the national hug days, 53 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:14,119 Speaker 1: there are hundreds of those, like National Hug of Plumber Day, 54 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: National Hugga Drummer Day, National hug someone named Kevin Day, 55 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 1: National hugg A Musician Day, hu hug An Australian Hug 56 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 1: of vegetarian hug a, Medievalist hug of sheep. I mean, 57 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: there's just there's many, many, many of these. No, I 58 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: was just hugging the sheep, I promise, get through hoofs 59 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: out of my boots. How did that happen? 60 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: We all thinking of that. 61 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: He just caught me at a weird angle. So there's that. 62 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: I mean, this is really an interesting article. They go 63 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: through so many parts of it, the nailing down what's 64 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: the realist and then they got this graph with the dots. 65 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: I mean, it's really, really quite something for fifty seven 66 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: hundred different holidays, and how real they are. The most 67 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: real holiday with a score of eleven point eight, very 68 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: good score, very high. Twenty out of fifteen. I don't 69 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: know what it is, but the highest score, which is 70 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: not surprising if you thought about it for very long. Thanksgiving, 71 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: that's the most real, Okay, most the biggest chunk of 72 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: people celebrate it because it's non religious, gets mentioned, companies 73 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: honor it, businesses are closed, shows up on calendars, all 74 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: of the things. The highest ranking you can get is 75 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,239 Speaker 1: for Thanksgiving. I must quibble and say it was quite 76 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: specifically deliberately religious at first. Oh yeah, it's not now. 77 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 3: And that's the idea that many people have of the day. 78 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 3: But certainly gluttony and football are reason enough to gather 79 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 3: and celebrate the day. 80 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, and nobody attaches it to a religious and religion now, 81 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: so nobody gets butt hurt about it, and everybody goes 82 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: ahead and does. 83 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: It if you want to. It's entirely voluntary and well, 84 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 3: God bless you. 85 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: Followed by Memorial Day, followed by and again this is 86 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: a Washington Post coming up with the criteria well, let 87 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: me just throw in off the top of my head. 88 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: How many do they have your twenty of the top 89 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: twenty Christmas isn't in there? I call bullshit. Yes, oh please. 90 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: The entire country stops for Christmas. And I don't care 91 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: if you're Jewish or Muslim, it still stops. I mean, 92 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: it's just everything is built around vacations, commerce, whatever. It is, 93 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: like twenty percent of our economy. I mean, everything is 94 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,799 Speaker 1: built around that. To not have that on here because 95 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: you want to be so precious about not having a 96 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: religious holiday is so Washington Post. 97 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 2: You know. 98 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 3: I just had a revelation because you're one hundred percent right. 99 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 3: I agree with you, and I initially was when you said, 100 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 3: that's just so pissed off an annoyed at the Washington Post. 101 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 2: But it's funny. 102 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 3: It's just flashed into my head. The Washington Post, like 103 00:05:55,040 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 3: so much a progressive America beclowns itself so skillfully and thoroughly. 104 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 3: I shouldn't be annoyed with them. I should be grateful. 105 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 3: It's like, if you know, I had a rival for 106 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 3: the hand of a fair young lass and that rival 107 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 3: like punched her mom in the stomach. 108 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 2: I mean, that's what the Washington Post is doing. 109 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: In the war for hearts and minds. 110 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: You people are effing stupid. 111 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 3: You don't well, Christmas is really just you know, Christians, 112 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: white people, something, the patriarchy, blah blah blah. 113 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 2: Oh my god. 114 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: Every business in America structures their year around Christmas. For instance, Yeah, 115 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: I know. 116 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, God dang it. 117 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 1: So and then people suck. 118 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 3: You suck at your jobs, You suck morally, you have 119 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 3: no wisdom, You certainly don't have a sense of humor. 120 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: You suck. 121 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: Right. It's like I'm always mentioning. I mentioned this every 122 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: Mother's Day, which is like number five fifteen on the 123 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: list of the most real holidays. I would say that 124 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 1: should be higher. Also every year where. 125 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 3: Do they have Independence Day aka the fourth of July. 126 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: I'll get to some more of them will make you mad. 127 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: But like every Mother's Day, I always, I always mention 128 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: the op eds because Mother's Day Sunday in the Washington 129 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: Post will have endless op eds about how awful Mother's 130 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: Day is, or how awful moms are, or how awful 131 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: you know, using the term mom is, or whatever crap 132 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 1: that appeals to practically no one. So number one realness 133 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving number two, realness, Memorial Day. I'm happy with that 134 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: number three realness of all the things that exist, Juneteenth 135 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: s t f U. I. But it's just it's just wrong. 136 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: It's not I'm not making a racial judgment here, it's 137 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: just wrong. You could add, I'll bet there's a third 138 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: of the country that still doesn't even know Juneteenth. 139 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 3: Exists, right, And there's a that knows that exists, but 140 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 3: aren't sure what we're celebrating. 141 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: And don't do anything as opposed to Christmas, which is 142 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: an on this list. 143 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 2: I stand by my aforementioned four letters. 144 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: You couldn't if you locked yourself in the basement and 145 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: stuff stuff in your ears avoid knowing it was Christmas. Yeah, 146 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: but they have Juneteenth ranked third in terms of real holidays. AnyWho, 147 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: then Martin Luther King Junior Day, similar before Independence Day. 148 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, Well, this is a study of psychosis. This 149 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 3: has nothing to do with holidays. This has to do 150 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 3: with psychotic people who happen to work at the Washington Post. 151 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: Well, this is this is one sub section of this 152 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: whole thing about holidays, And the main thing is just 153 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: that there are fifty seven hundred completely made up crap 154 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: days that nobody even knows exists. That's the most point. 155 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: But then this realness scale they came up with so 156 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: that they could interject their Washington Post goodness of wokeness 157 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: about everything. So, yeah, Independence Day looks like it's about 158 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: seventeenth or something on the list, which is hilarious. That's 159 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: another one that everybody's aware of. Freaking everybody knows Fourth 160 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: of July happens and builds their summer around it. Well, right, 161 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: and if you were unaware of it, the fireworks would 162 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: remind you there are literally fucking fireworks on that day. 163 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: And you go downtown that morning, how come I can't 164 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: get across the street. The Fourth of July Parade's going 165 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: on in every town in America, including my town. 166 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 2: But and again I. 167 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 3: Don't want to disrespect Junteen because it's a it's a 168 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 3: cool thing. 169 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, but so that was just hilarious. I thought, Yeah, 170 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: International Hug of Deer Day, National Huggin Newsperson Day, hug 171 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: a Shed and take a Selfie Day. 172 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 2: What the hell is that? 173 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: Hug a shed and take a selfie? I don't know 174 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: what that is. Hug a bear, hug an addict or 175 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: Alcoholic Day, hug a greeting card writer day. That's kind 176 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: of funny meta thing. International hug a runner, hug an economist, 177 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: hug an economist. 178 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 2: Wow, you find an accounting how you doing nice? Uh? 179 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: Graph I was about fifteen percent better before you hugged me. 180 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: Words that appear twenty five times or more in the 181 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: names of unofficial holidays. I'll end with this, but the 182 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: amount of information they have on this is really quite amazing. 183 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: The most common word to show up in the fifty 184 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: seven hundred different holidays dog, which is not that surprising. 185 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: There's just so many different iterations of bring your dog 186 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: to work, hug your dog, feed your dog. 187 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: Love your dog, blah blah blah. 188 00:10:54,160 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: Sure, then chocolate cream, love cream cream, coffee, round coffee. 189 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: Why cream makes such an appairance cream ice cream? Then 190 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: the word take, the word work. The word hug pie 191 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: is down there though, but it's on the list m 192 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: For instance, there's doggy Date Night Day where you take 193 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: your dog on a date, you weirdo, National Dog Theft Day, Oh, 194 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: National Dog Theft Awareness Day, Okay, French Bulldog Day, Little Pamper, 195 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: Dog Day, Rescue Dog Day, Dog Party Day, Dogs and 196 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: Politics Day, Dog Photography Day, Black Dog Day, Thankful for 197 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: my dog Day, which is different than the other dog 198 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: days in some freaking way. Anyway, goes on and on 199 00:11:50,200 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: and on, as we explained, Uh, Valentine's Day for don't 200 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: your significant jerk? Day around love has a has a 201 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: high score of realness. I had not heard that one before. 202 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: Pick a day February first, that's the day you should 203 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: dump your significant jerk. I think I remember talking about 204 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: this in the past. It's around the whole how they 205 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: were at your family gatherings, did they not get you 206 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: a present? Blah blah blah February first, at looking back 207 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: on it, let's start, let's let's get rid of this. 208 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 3: Person, right, and you spend January thinking is this getting better? 209 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 3: Am I overreacting? By the end of the months, you think, no, no, 210 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 3: I'm not. 211 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: I'm going to make this new mean new year. Knew me. 212 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 3: I should have known they were an a hole when 213 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 3: they told me they worked at the Washington Post. 214 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: But I just I don't know. 215 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: Aconomous day, well, I guess that's it.