Whats today?
Today is Mysorepak Day. M calls me up and asks me to pick up a kilo. Its her favorite sweet. That apart, Whats with these days man.
The trend i believe started with the Valentines Day, where jobless students used this one day as a platform for blasting off their affairs. others to proclaim their undying love. With some political organisation hell bent on stopping this "westernisation of Indian Culture" starting to go on a rampage against celebration of this day, it popularity increased, and so did the business of gift and card companies like Archies and Hallmark.
Ok, it just dint stop there. It was mother's days turn next. Advertisements galore in every media possible. "Its mother's day, gift her with our cards and show her how much you love". Hell, if i dont gift my mom that day, does it mean i love her any less? These ads were so ridiculous, i dint gift my mom, and she never asked anyways. Mothers dont, do they?
Apparently it made great business sense, and they tried to replicate it with Fathers Day, which i am given to learn was not that big a hit. Dad's dont care for these days, they are way too busy to fund their children to celebrating all these days, was my reason for this day's failure.
Friendship day was the next block buster. Huge advertisments and the works. It worked. Got to do with these kids at schools and colleges (being the innocent [?] targets) trying to make sense of their life,what with the kind of education system we have (Thats a different topic, so someother day, someother blog). Again millions flowed. This time it was friendship bands that were a clear winner over cards and gifts. Even now i laugh at the sight of these adoloscents moving around flaunting the flourescent rubber bands around their wrists. If you dint get any, you dont have friends. How pathetic.
Ok, i can live with that.What I cant live with is the list of days this month:
19th : Laundry day ( So, people will pull out all their clothes and give it to their launders, or should i go and hug/kiss the guy who does my laundry. Help)
19th : International Talk Like a Pirate Day : Okay, think i will call up Johny Depp for advice, he does is so well, eh, mate??
20th : Student Day (So are we gonna close our schools and colleges today, and party??)
21st : Ice Cream Cone day : (No comments, i am gonna lit a diya in front of a cone and pray tonight as a tribute to all the bites that its kins get.)
23rd : Chocolate Day : Go, get Fat
24th : Fishing Day (wait, i am just typing a mail to my boss for approval to go fishing)
Okay, 24th also happens to be Kiss Day. ummmmppphhhssssooooohhhhh..... May i take the liberty to show my affection to every female on this planet??!! (Looks like cops are gonna have their hands full on 24th.
24th is also a Good Neighbor Day. So what to do to my neighbor who steal my newspaper everyday, plays old tamil songs at top volume at night, and keeps knocking at my door for sugar and salt?? Will law allow me to kill him today??!!??
29th is Pumpkin Day: Okay so i know whats gonna be for dinner that night. M, pls, spare me.
30th: Ask a Stupid Question Day. Okay when have we asked any intelligent question? Fine, fine, u all dont shout. Why a day for stupid questions, beats me. If there is any day for stupid answers, then it would be President Bush Day (my apologies, Mr Pres, i just couldnt help it).
Next month:
2nd : Name your car day. Hey, i thought the Hyundai guys already named my car. Okay. Fine. Here are my suggestions. From 2nd october onwards, my car will be called 'Dhanno', JMs will be called 'Paro', the creatures rust rod will called 'Vicky', FJ's scooty will be called 'Ceasar'.MN has decided to call her car "Subbulakshmi".
See, now you understand.Now that all the calender days are taken, I am looking at what day we can call "Appu's Day". Comeon, if you can celebrate International Battery Day, we can have one day for ourselves. Awaiting suggestions.
The trend i believe started with the Valentines Day, where jobless students used this one day as a platform for blasting off their affairs. others to proclaim their undying love. With some political organisation hell bent on stopping this "westernisation of Indian Culture" starting to go on a rampage against celebration of this day, it popularity increased, and so did the business of gift and card companies like Archies and Hallmark.
Ok, it just dint stop there. It was mother's days turn next. Advertisements galore in every media possible. "Its mother's day, gift her with our cards and show her how much you love". Hell, if i dont gift my mom that day, does it mean i love her any less? These ads were so ridiculous, i dint gift my mom, and she never asked anyways. Mothers dont, do they?
Apparently it made great business sense, and they tried to replicate it with Fathers Day, which i am given to learn was not that big a hit. Dad's dont care for these days, they are way too busy to fund their children to celebrating all these days, was my reason for this day's failure.
Friendship day was the next block buster. Huge advertisments and the works. It worked. Got to do with these kids at schools and colleges (being the innocent [?] targets) trying to make sense of their life,what with the kind of education system we have (Thats a different topic, so someother day, someother blog). Again millions flowed. This time it was friendship bands that were a clear winner over cards and gifts. Even now i laugh at the sight of these adoloscents moving around flaunting the flourescent rubber bands around their wrists. If you dint get any, you dont have friends. How pathetic.
Ok, i can live with that.What I cant live with is the list of days this month:
19th : Laundry day ( So, people will pull out all their clothes and give it to their launders, or should i go and hug/kiss the guy who does my laundry. Help)
19th : International Talk Like a Pirate Day : Okay, think i will call up Johny Depp for advice, he does is so well, eh, mate??
20th : Student Day (So are we gonna close our schools and colleges today, and party??)
21st : Ice Cream Cone day : (No comments, i am gonna lit a diya in front of a cone and pray tonight as a tribute to all the bites that its kins get.)
23rd : Chocolate Day : Go, get Fat
24th : Fishing Day (wait, i am just typing a mail to my boss for approval to go fishing)
Okay, 24th also happens to be Kiss Day. ummmmppphhhssssooooohhhhh..... May i take the liberty to show my affection to every female on this planet??!! (Looks like cops are gonna have their hands full on 24th.
24th is also a Good Neighbor Day. So what to do to my neighbor who steal my newspaper everyday, plays old tamil songs at top volume at night, and keeps knocking at my door for sugar and salt?? Will law allow me to kill him today??!!??
29th is Pumpkin Day: Okay so i know whats gonna be for dinner that night. M, pls, spare me.
30th: Ask a Stupid Question Day. Okay when have we asked any intelligent question? Fine, fine, u all dont shout. Why a day for stupid questions, beats me. If there is any day for stupid answers, then it would be President Bush Day (my apologies, Mr Pres, i just couldnt help it).
Next month:
2nd : Name your car day. Hey, i thought the Hyundai guys already named my car. Okay. Fine. Here are my suggestions. From 2nd october onwards, my car will be called 'Dhanno', JMs will be called 'Paro', the creatures rust rod will called 'Vicky', FJ's scooty will be called 'Ceasar'.MN has decided to call her car "Subbulakshmi".
See, now you understand.Now that all the calender days are taken, I am looking at what day we can call "Appu's Day". Comeon, if you can celebrate International Battery Day, we can have one day for ourselves. Awaiting suggestions.
posted by Appu at 4:55 PM
9 Comments:
One thing that i am suer.. some jobless guy who dint have any better thing to do would have invented these god forsaken days...
One of teh best blogs u have written..
And why do i get to call my car "SUBBULAKSHMI" when others get all fancy names... hmm how abt i call it Ferrari :))
MN
So this where those companies get ideas from eh?
That was a fabulous collection of days.
I have heard that there is some day on March 14th, can you find out what it is ?
Thanks :P
MN : you can change it to 'subbu'.
EU: you bet, aint they all stupid to some extent
Satya :
March 14th :
The PI day: Unofficial Mathematicians holiday
The potato Chip day:
Genius Day : Hey i found my day...
White day : something like valentines day celebrated in Japan and korea.
hope u found it useful
Appu's Day should be Everyday for you, man. :)
Good blog ...reminds me of a blog written on 9/11...:]...some things we missed out...bug the gal friend... pocket money day....cursing day....no mobile day....bloggers day...may be infinity....:))
You have been tagged.
Mysorepak Day!?! Drool! No one told me. :-((
one sec, brb...
ok, back, just added it to my calendar - recurring event!!
:)
Abaniko : I proposed that, my colleagues kicked me in the ass.For me, yes it is. :))
Rishi : There is a bloggers day. I buy ur point on bug the GF day. it should read kick the GF day for a change... (nope, dont read too much into that one)
EU : Thanks. Whats that?
Atul : Yeah, no one told me either, i get a call in the evening and am ordered to pick up a kilo of that sweet.
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