As I understand it, there is an ice cream day, a doughnut day. A cat day, a dog day. You get the picture.
How do you declare a day? And do you even need legislative action? And if you don’t, then can in fact anyone do it?
I guess I can tell you why I wonder this last one. The are various LGBT days and whatnot. And I know that the legislative bodies haven’t traditionally been warm to that idea. I wonder if most of them sadly would even be so now. So how do they do it then? Is it really that simple? And what is the formula then? I’m serious.
And just as a lark, and to prove my point, I declare this a day. June 8th shall now and forever more be There Are Too Many D@mn Days Day! No, calm down, I don’t really mean it. But I do it to prove a point. There. Has anything happened yet?
It requires two people to be official. They must clasp their cupped hands together and chant "One, two, three, four, I declare a x day! (where x is replaced with the name of the day being declared.)
Although–on reflection–I could be thinking of a thumb war.
A lot depends on whether enough people see an opportunity for marketing something, be it some (perceived) good cause or just greetings cards, presents or party supplies - and whether enough customers are willing to play along.
It doesn’t really need any official action, though of course it adds a bit of heft if some public authority decides to make a thing of it.
National Massage Therapy Awareness Week is the most confusing one. First what is it making me aware of, the very concept of Massages? Second, why does it have an entire week?
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