# Happy Star Wars day!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884 "2016-05-04T14:16:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/1 "2016-05-04T14:16:56Z")

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May the 4th be with you!  
Or am I the only one?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/2 "2016-05-04T14:29:53Z")

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May the Forth be with you, too.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/3 "2016-05-04T14:33:11Z")

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Just as importantly, it is Cinco de Cuatro.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/4 "2016-05-04T14:55:05Z")

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Duplicate thread over in [Cafe Society](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=792127).

May the Fourth be with you.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/5 "2016-05-04T15:01:55Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Just as importantly, it is Cinco de Cuatro.

Heh, I’m going to a Cinco de Mayo Eve party later.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/6 "2016-05-04T15:08:07Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> May the Forth be with you, too.

Or rather, the Forth with you may be.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/7 "2016-05-04T19:34:39Z")

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Happy day-before-[Kodomo no Hi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day_(Japan)).

As to “Star Wars Day”, whomever came up with that horrid pun needs to be cut in half, crown to crotch, with a red lightsaber.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/8 "2016-05-04T21:58:54Z")

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This is not the holiday you want…

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/9 "2016-05-05T00:13:31Z")

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Actually it’s Dave Brubeck day: 5/4.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/10 "2016-05-05T00:50:44Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Just as importantly, it is Cinco de Cuatro.

Only if you’re a damn [everywhere else except the US]-ean . . .ish person.

It’s Cuatro de Cinco.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/11 "2016-05-05T01:22:35Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Heh, I’m going to a Cinco de Mayo Eve party later.

Oooof. Careful on the tequila or you might be celebrating Revenge of the Fifth, tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-star-wars-day/753884/12 "2016-05-05T01:48:04Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> It’s Cuatro de Cinco.

Yeah, like the guy wearing a $1,500 suit needs to be told what day it is. Come on!