Category: Silly, Funny & Hilarious Events

Fetish Day, Intl.: January 17

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The third Friday of January is International Fetish Day, first celebrated in 2009 in the United Kingdom. Merriam-Webster defines fetish as: a: An object (such as a small stone carving of an animal)...

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Fruitcake Toss Day: January 3

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This event was a joke but has become an excellent fundraising opportunity for charities. It's always newsworthy, and the dense consistency of fruitcakes makes them highly mobile when thrown. Fruitcakes a...

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Happy Mew Year (Cat): January 2

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One might say that counting time is a purely human and abstract invention, as we decide when a month or a year starts or ends. However, why shouldn't the animal world celebrate as well? Happy Mew Year...

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I Am Not Going to Take It Anymore! Day: J...

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Idiotarod, (Multiple Dates/Cities): Januar...

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Inane Answering Message Day, Ntl.: January...

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Judgment Day: January 17

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It's Judgement Day. Don't panic! This Judgement Day is created by Wellcat.com, not the ethereal day of the same name before Saint Peter. Breathe. The folks at Wellcat created Judgement Day to remind us...

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Male Watchers Day: January 8

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Today is a day to flip the tables on the cat calls and hoots. Male Watchers Day provides a license to women to gawk, ogle and objectify men for a change (and see how they like being treated like a piece o...

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Memento Mori: January 3

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Memento Mori, or Mortality Day, is a day to remind us of our mortality and the unavoidable fact that one day, we will all die. It's essential to keep that in mind, not as a scare tactic, but to remain min...

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Neuter Your Ex Month: January 15 - Februa...

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The "Neuter Your Ex" fundraiser by Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center is a unique and humorous Valentine's Day campaign in which, for a $50 donation, a feral cat named after an ex-partner is neutered or s...

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Nothing Day, Ntl.: January 16

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Today is National Nothing Day. Proposed in 1972 by San Francisco Examiner columnist Harold Pullman Coffin, it is the day to provide Americans with one National day when they can sit without celebrating, o...

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Opposites Day: January 25

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Peculiar People Day: January 10

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Play God Day: January 9

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Play God Day is based on the idea of playing God. However, while "playing God" is a phrase that usually has a negative connotation and can be considered blasphemous in many faiths, in this case, it's me...

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Polar Bear Plunge Day: January 1

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Using New Year's Day to engage in Polar Bear Plunge Day plays on an international tradition, where (brave?) people wade into or dive into icy waters on the first day of the year. It symbolizes starting an...

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Puddle Splash Your Friends Day: January 1...

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Puddle splashing on a friend or a stranger is an incorrigible prank unless you do it today! Puddle Splash Your Friends Day is a day for mischief, just like April's Fools (but with less creativity involved...

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Run-up-the-Flagpole Day: January 2

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Show and Tell Day at Work: January 8

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Show & Tell Day at Work comes from the minds of Thomas & Ruth Roy of Wellcat Holidays. Based on the elementary school tradition of Show & Tell Day, adults can bring a pet, a toy, or an award to work, and...

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Skeptics Day, Ntl.: January 13*

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Snow Plow Mailbox Hockey Day: January 23

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Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day is created by Thomas and Ruth Roy of Wellcat Holidays & Herbs. The day demonstrates appreciation for snowplow drivers who spend the entire winter plowing streets and avoiding m...

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