# Happy Dyngus Day!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 5, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005 "2010-04-05T12:40:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005/1 "2010-04-05T12:40:11Z")

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A little PR for a sadly neglected holiday. [Śmigus-dyngus - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyngus_Day)

Eat, drink, be merry and for Chicago and Northern Indiana Dopers, shake hands with a political candidate (taking care to sanitize afterward 😃 ).

missred

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005/2 "2010-04-05T13:19:00Z")

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Hooray! There’s not much Dyngus celebration in Indy (plus, there seems to be some sporting event going on that I’ll be going to instead), but I miss the parties at the M.R. Falcon and the Democratic Club in South Bend. So much sausage, beer and boiled eggs…

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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005/3 "2010-04-05T21:57:04Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Hooray! There’s not much Dyngus celebration in Indy (plus, there seems to be some sporting event going on that I’ll be going to instead), but I miss the parties at the M.R. Falcon and the Democratic Club in South Bend. So much sausage, beer and boiled eggs…

::raises beer mug in a toast to **Munch** ::

Ahh, the Dem Club and the Falcon. I miss those places.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005/4 "2010-04-05T22:58:52Z")

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Dyngus Day is also celebrated in Buffalo, New York.

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**Author:** ![zlexiss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecae2f/32.png) [@zlexiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zlexiss)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005/5 "2010-04-05T22:59:41Z")

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It’s big (relatively) in Buffalo too.

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005/6 "2010-04-05T23:09:04Z")

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A former co-worker of mine is running the Dyngus Day festivities these days in Buffalo. I kidded him that he was the Mel Kiper, Jr. of Polish festivals.

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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dyngus-day/535005/7 "2010-04-06T08:29:35Z")

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> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#):
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> Dyngus Day is also celebrated in Buffalo, New York.

It’s fairly big in parts of Cleveland too. Do the pols use it as an opportunity to stump in Buffalo too?