WEBVTT - It's National Folding Your Laundry Day! 

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<v Speaker 1>Oh look, it's National folding your laundry Day. Let's celebrate.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one more thing. I'm strong, Andy, one more thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Posts had a good article the other day that

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<v Speaker 1>something we have mocked for years, and I've never heard

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<v Speaker 1>anybody else talk about this but us. Actually you, you

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<v Speaker 1>brought it to us many years ago. You started it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is one of your many g odds. Joe has

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<v Speaker 1>so many g ods, and one of them is fighting

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<v Speaker 1>back against national so called national holidays that are all

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<v Speaker 1>made up. And then Joe brought us the information many

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<v Speaker 1>many years ago that there are these various websites that

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<v Speaker 1>charge you, like for five hundred bucks, will declare this

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<v Speaker 1>national you know, uh, Local Realtor's Day, and you, as

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<v Speaker 1>a local realtor, think that'd be really cool, so you

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<v Speaker 1>bay the money, and then it shows up on a

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<v Speaker 1>calendar somewhere. A local news station mention it doesn't accident,

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<v Speaker 1>He's National Strawberry Shortcake Day, say the newscaster or idiots,

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<v Speaker 1>And the Washington Post headline was, we ranked fifty seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred holidays from Labor Day to World Dracula Day. Which

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<v Speaker 1>ones do you celebrate? And you can put in a

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<v Speaker 1>date like your birthday or whatever, and get the list

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<v Speaker 1>of all of them. Like today it's September third when

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<v Speaker 1>we're recording, this is Global Talent Acquisition Day, Merchant Navy Day,

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<v Speaker 1>Skyscraper Day. I mean, that's just some of them, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>And what the hell you those mean?

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<v Speaker 2>What does it mean?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lot like the We'll have a star named

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<v Speaker 1>for you in the National Register. It's similar to that

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<v Speaker 1>sort of thing. National Folding Laundry Day I mentioned is

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<v Speaker 1>March thirtieth. Uh National Jerky Day is June twelfth. There

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<v Speaker 1>is a what if cats and dogs had a posable

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<v Speaker 1>thumbs Day, which is March third.

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<v Speaker 2>Chills me to the ball and even contemplated.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all pretty stupid, and we could go room and

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<v Speaker 1>mock those and laugh about them and all that sort

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<v Speaker 1>of stuff. And then they have a realness score on

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<v Speaker 1>these days, and they ranked all fifty seven hundred on

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<v Speaker 1>the realness score, which includes a whole bunch of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Do I actually have what the criteria is? I kind

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<v Speaker 1>of have it off the top of my head. It's

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<v Speaker 1>the how many people celebrate it, how many calendars included

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<v Speaker 1>on there, how often does it get mentioned in the media,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, blah blah blah as to how real it

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<v Speaker 1>is or not. And for the list, yeah, for the

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<v Speaker 1>ones today, for instance, US Bowling League Day is today

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<v Speaker 1>that has a point five realness score, like half of

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<v Speaker 1>one percent in terms of how real a holiday that is,

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of them are really really low. But

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<v Speaker 1>then they ranked everything, which I thought was kind of interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>and I also saw some typical Washington Post sort of

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<v Speaker 1>bias in there. Oh, by the way, the national hug days,

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<v Speaker 1>there are hundreds of those, like National Hug of Plumber Day,

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<v Speaker 1>National Hugga Drummer Day, National hug someone named Kevin Day,

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<v Speaker 1>National hugg A Musician Day, hu hug An Australian Hug

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<v Speaker 1>of vegetarian hug a, Medievalist hug of sheep. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>there's just there's many, many, many of these. No, I

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<v Speaker 1>was just hugging the sheep, I promise, get through hoofs

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<v Speaker 1>out of my boots. How did that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>We all thinking of that.

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<v Speaker 1>He just caught me at a weird angle. So there's that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is really an interesting article. They go

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<v Speaker 1>through so many parts of it, the nailing down what's

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<v Speaker 1>the realist and then they got this graph with the dots.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's really, really quite something for fifty seven

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<v Speaker 1>hundred different holidays, and how real they are. The most

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<v Speaker 1>real holiday with a score of eleven point eight, very

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<v Speaker 1>good score, very high. Twenty out of fifteen. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what it is, but the highest score, which is

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<v Speaker 1>not surprising if you thought about it for very long. Thanksgiving,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the most real, Okay, most the biggest chunk of

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<v Speaker 1>people celebrate it because it's non religious, gets mentioned, companies

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<v Speaker 1>honor it, businesses are closed, shows up on calendars, all

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<v Speaker 1>of the things. The highest ranking you can get is

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<v Speaker 1>for Thanksgiving. I must quibble and say it was quite

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<v Speaker 1>specifically deliberately religious at first. Oh yeah, it's not now.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's the idea that many people have of the day.

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<v Speaker 3>But certainly gluttony and football are reason enough to gather

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<v Speaker 3>and celebrate the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and nobody attaches it to a religious and religion now,

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<v Speaker 1>so nobody gets butt hurt about it, and everybody goes

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<v Speaker 1>ahead and does.

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<v Speaker 3>It if you want to. It's entirely voluntary and well,

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<v Speaker 3>God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>Followed by Memorial Day, followed by and again this is

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<v Speaker 1>a Washington Post coming up with the criteria well, let

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<v Speaker 1>me just throw in off the top of my head.

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<v Speaker 1>How many do they have your twenty of the top

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<v Speaker 1>twenty Christmas isn't in there? I call bullshit. Yes, oh please.

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<v Speaker 1>The entire country stops for Christmas. And I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>if you're Jewish or Muslim, it still stops. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just everything is built around vacations, commerce, whatever. It is,

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<v Speaker 1>like twenty percent of our economy. I mean, everything is

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<v Speaker 1>built around that. To not have that on here because

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<v Speaker 1>you want to be so precious about not having a

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<v Speaker 1>religious holiday is so Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I just had a revelation because you're one hundred percent right.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree with you, and I initially was when you said,

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<v Speaker 3>that's just so pissed off an annoyed at the Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's funny.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just flashed into my head. The Washington Post, like

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<v Speaker 3>so much a progressive America beclowns itself so skillfully and thoroughly.

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<v Speaker 3>I shouldn't be annoyed with them. I should be grateful.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like, if you know, I had a rival for

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<v Speaker 3>the hand of a fair young lass and that rival

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<v Speaker 3>like punched her mom in the stomach.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's what the Washington Post is doing.

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<v Speaker 3>In the war for hearts and minds.

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<v Speaker 2>You people are effing stupid.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't well, Christmas is really just you know, Christians,

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<v Speaker 3>white people, something, the patriarchy, blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 1>Every business in America structures their year around Christmas. For instance, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, God dang it.

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<v Speaker 1>So and then people suck.

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<v Speaker 3>You suck at your jobs, You suck morally, you have

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<v Speaker 3>no wisdom, You certainly don't have a sense of humor.

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<v Speaker 3>You suck.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. It's like I'm always mentioning. I mentioned this every

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<v Speaker 1>Mother's Day, which is like number five fifteen on the

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<v Speaker 1>list of the most real holidays. I would say that

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<v Speaker 1>should be higher. Also every year where.

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<v Speaker 3>Do they have Independence Day aka the fourth of July.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll get to some more of them will make you mad.

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<v Speaker 1>But like every Mother's Day, I always, I always mention

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<v Speaker 1>the op eds because Mother's Day Sunday in the Washington

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<v Speaker 1>Post will have endless op eds about how awful Mother's

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<v Speaker 1>Day is, or how awful moms are, or how awful

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<v Speaker 1>you know, using the term mom is, or whatever crap

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<v Speaker 1>that appeals to practically no one. So number one realness

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving number two, realness, Memorial Day. I'm happy with that

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<v Speaker 1>number three realness of all the things that exist, Juneteenth

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<v Speaker 1>s t f U. I. But it's just it's just wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not I'm not making a racial judgment here, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just wrong. You could add, I'll bet there's a third

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<v Speaker 1>of the country that still doesn't even know Juneteenth.

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<v Speaker 3>Exists, right, And there's a that knows that exists, but

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<v Speaker 3>aren't sure what we're celebrating.

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<v Speaker 1>And don't do anything as opposed to Christmas, which is

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<v Speaker 1>an on this list.

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<v Speaker 2>I stand by my aforementioned four letters.

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<v Speaker 1>You couldn't if you locked yourself in the basement and

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<v Speaker 1>stuff stuff in your ears avoid knowing it was Christmas. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but they have Juneteenth ranked third in terms of real holidays. AnyWho,

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<v Speaker 1>then Martin Luther King Junior Day, similar before Independence Day.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, Well, this is a study of psychosis. This

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<v Speaker 3>has nothing to do with holidays. This has to do

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<v Speaker 3>with psychotic people who happen to work at the Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, this is this is one sub section of this

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing about holidays, And the main thing is just

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<v Speaker 1>that there are fifty seven hundred completely made up crap

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<v Speaker 1>days that nobody even knows exists. That's the most point.

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<v Speaker 1>But then this realness scale they came up with so

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<v Speaker 1>that they could interject their Washington Post goodness of wokeness

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<v Speaker 1>about everything. So, yeah, Independence Day looks like it's about

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<v Speaker 1>seventeenth or something on the list, which is hilarious. That's

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<v Speaker 1>another one that everybody's aware of. Freaking everybody knows Fourth

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<v Speaker 1>of July happens and builds their summer around it. Well, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you were unaware of it, the fireworks would

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<v Speaker 1>remind you there are literally fucking fireworks on that day.

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<v Speaker 1>And you go downtown that morning, how come I can't

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<v Speaker 1>get across the street. The Fourth of July Parade's going

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<v Speaker 1>on in every town in America, including my town.

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<v Speaker 2>But and again I.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't want to disrespect Junteen because it's a it's a

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<v Speaker 3>cool thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but so that was just hilarious. I thought, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>International Hug of Deer Day, National Huggin Newsperson Day, hug

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<v Speaker 1>a Shed and take a Selfie Day.

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<v Speaker 2>What the hell is that?

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<v Speaker 1>Hug a shed and take a selfie? I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what that is. Hug a bear, hug an addict or

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<v Speaker 1>Alcoholic Day, hug a greeting card writer day. That's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of funny meta thing. International hug a runner, hug an economist,

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<v Speaker 1>hug an economist.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, you find an accounting how you doing nice? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Graph I was about fifteen percent better before you hugged me.

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<v Speaker 1>Words that appear twenty five times or more in the

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<v Speaker 1>names of unofficial holidays. I'll end with this, but the

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<v Speaker 1>amount of information they have on this is really quite amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>The most common word to show up in the fifty

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred different holidays dog, which is not that surprising.

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<v Speaker 1>There's just so many different iterations of bring your dog

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<v Speaker 1>to work, hug your dog, feed your dog.

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<v Speaker 2>Love your dog, blah blah blah.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, then chocolate cream, love cream cream, coffee, round coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>Why cream makes such an appairance cream ice cream? Then

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<v Speaker 1>the word take, the word work. The word hug pie

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<v Speaker 1>is down there though, but it's on the list m

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, there's doggy Date Night Day where you take

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<v Speaker 1>your dog on a date, you weirdo, National Dog Theft Day, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>National Dog Theft Awareness Day, Okay, French Bulldog Day, Little Pamper,

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<v Speaker 1>Dog Day, Rescue Dog Day, Dog Party Day, Dogs and

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<v Speaker 1>Politics Day, Dog Photography Day, Black Dog Day, Thankful for

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<v Speaker 1>my dog Day, which is different than the other dog

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<v Speaker 1>days in some freaking way. Anyway, goes on and on

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<v Speaker 1>and on, as we explained, Uh, Valentine's Day for don't

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<v Speaker 1>your significant jerk? Day around love has a has a

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<v Speaker 1>high score of realness. I had not heard that one before.

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<v Speaker 1>Pick a day February first, that's the day you should

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<v Speaker 1>dump your significant jerk. I think I remember talking about

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<v Speaker 1>this in the past. It's around the whole how they

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<v Speaker 1>were at your family gatherings, did they not get you

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<v Speaker 1>a present? Blah blah blah February first, at looking back

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<v Speaker 1>on it, let's start, let's let's get rid of this.

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<v Speaker 3>Person, right, and you spend January thinking is this getting better?

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<v Speaker 3>Am I overreacting? By the end of the months, you think, no, no,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to make this new mean new year. Knew me.

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<v Speaker 3>I should have known they were an a hole when

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<v Speaker 3>they told me they worked at the Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Aconomous day, well, I guess that's it.