There are also mustard gift baskets, souvenirs from Poupon U ("where mustard lovers go to college") and the frivolity of National Mustard Day.
Don't worry. If you can't make it to the Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin any time soon, you can visit the website.
Thank you to Bits & Pieces for finding this cultural gem.
You can't blame marketing or the United States Potato Board for this. It was actually the United Nations that decided this is to be the year of the spud. According to Neatorama, the United Nations' reasoning was:
Over the next two decades, the world’s population is expected to grow on average by more than 100 million people a year. More than 95 percent of that increase will occur in the developing countries, where pressure on land and water is already intense. A key challenge facing the international community is, therefore, to ensure food security for present and future generations, while protecting the natural resource base on which we all depend. The potato will be an important part of efforts to meet those challenges. . . "
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According to promoters, World Toilet Day is "a time to reflect upon how far modern sanitation has come."
The World Toilet Association Convention starts Wednesday in Seoul. To celebrate -- and to raise money for the organization's goal of cleaner and hygienic toilets around the world -- the convention will feature a toilet-shaped house.
For $1, one can tour the toilet house; for $50,000, one can spend the night in the giant toilet.
Does Chuck Berry know about this?
Talk Like a Pirate Day doesn't sound any more dumb than say, National Eggs Benedict Day or National Pancake Day.
Aaargh.
Source: Ananova
(For you old timers, I think this is what used to be called Secretary's Day.)
I've found the perfect gift for your favorite administrative professional (that would be the one with the warped sense of humor). I Heart Office Stickers. Of course, you will put these in an envelope with a nice card and a generous gift check.
You can find I Heart Office Stickers at Perpetual Kid.
Yes, they've made today National Pancake Day. Don't ask why. Just use it as an excuse to have pancakes for dinner.
Source: Slash Food
