Finding humor

As readers of my blog will know, I am a Soldiers’ Angel and have several adopted soldiers currently deployed. As an Angel, I send my soldiers care packages each month. It can be a challenge to keep the packages interesting. I recently found a very entertaining website called Bizarre American Holidays http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/INDEX.HTM that is a great place to go when you get stuck for a theme.

I was just looking at March and there is some especially fun days in that month.

· March 2…..Old Stuff Day, is that the Antiques Roadshow, or is it like dragging out all your old issues and driving everyone crazy?
· March 3…..I Want To Be Happy Day, I pretty much want to be happy every day; I’m just funny that way.
· March 5 …..Multiple Personalities Day, well I think we can all have fun with this one. I think I’ll go as Queen Elizabeth II, Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Trump, and Carrot Top. It should be an interesting day for everyone!
· March 8….Be Nasty Day, now I’m not sure if you’re suppose to cover yourself in something really disgusting, or just be mean and gross to everyone. Maybe both?
· March 17….Submarine Day, and you thought it was St Patrick’s Day. Oddly enough, May 12 is Limerick Day and May 13 is Leprechaun Day. Go figure!
· March 20 ….Proposal Day and Festival of Extraterrestrial Abduction Day, I just can’t tell you how fascinated I am that these two fall on the same day. Potentially one is the happiest days of your life, and the other the most terrifying. You can choose which one is which.
· March 26 ….Make Up You Own Holiday Day and Spinach Festival Day, I’m thinking that making up your own holiday kind of makes up for the spinach thing, unless of course you’re Popeye.
· March 27…. National “Joe” Day, is when everyone who hates their name can ask to be called “Joe” for the entire day. Really? We couldn’t come up with anything better then “Joe?” How about Your Highness, Oh Great One, My Lord and Master….there are just so many good ones to choose from.
· March 28….Something On A Stick Day, this just cracks me up. Like if I throw a hair ball on a stick it’s a party? I can’t even begin to imagine how this one came to be.
· March 30…I Am In Control Day, this day was obviously created so the totally delusional among us, of which there are more than a few.

You just never know where you will find humor. I figure a solder deployed needs a little humor with some crazy thrown in to get them through. Luckily for me, they invented the internet during my lifetime, providing with endless avenues of research.

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