# How Do You Declare A 'Day'? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822 "2021-06-08T06:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/1 "2021-06-08T06:42:16Z")
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? Thank you in advance for your civil replies 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/2 "2021-06-08T07:10:41Z")
I think it works like bankruptcy maybe? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T_d3teq6pWw/maxresdefault.jpg "The Office ( US ) : Michael declares Bankruptcy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_d3teq6pWw) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/3 "2021-06-08T07:12:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/4 "2021-06-08T07:42:22Z")
I think it all depends on how popular your idea is. If enough people like it, then it becomes a thing. I tried to start “national park your car in reverse day” but it never gained any traction. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/5 "2021-06-08T08:07:45Z")
The guys who came up with Talk Like a Pirate Day wrote to Dave Barry, who liked it and wrote a column about it. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/6 "2021-06-08T08:22:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/7 "2021-06-08T11:11:48Z")
Let’s just agree it’s Dope Day all get stoned 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/8 "2021-06-08T11:54:22Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > June 8th shall now and forever more be _There Are Too Many D@mn Days Day_ ! Actually, I think a year is too short. I’d favor having more days, not less. How about making a year a nice round 400 days? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/9 "2021-06-08T13:58:34Z")
There’s a book called “Chase’s Calendar Of Events” that you can get your “day” listed in. > **[Episode 765: The Holiday Industrial Complex](https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/04/18/524577372/episode-765-the-holiday-industrial-complex)** > > Where do holidays like National Potato Chip Day and Argyle Day come from? We trace the roots of one made-up holiday until we find out who is running the global holiday machine. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/10 "2021-06-08T14:13:02Z")
> [@Jim\_B](#): > > June 8th shall now and forever more be _There Are Too Many D@mn Days Day_ ! There’s already a National Nothing Day that serves basically the same purpose. > **[National Nothing Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Nothing_Day)** > > National Nothing Day is an "un-event" proposed in 1972 by columnist Harold Pullman Coffin and observed in the United States annually on January 16 since 1973, when it was added to Chase's Calendar of Events. > > It is not a public holiday, as that requires an act of Congress. > Its purpose is: > to provide Americans with one National Day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything. > It is sponsored by Coffin's National Nothing Foundation, registered in Capitola, Californ... ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/11 "2021-06-08T14:20:43Z")
That is known also as Seinfeld’s day. 🙂 > [@Senegoid](#): > > Actually, I think a year is too short. I’d favor having more days, not less. How about making a year a nice round 400 days? [Oh, it is easier to get more days than that, just move to mars.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-martian-colonists-arrange-their-calendar-and-keep-time/938902) ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/12 "2021-06-08T14:38:55Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > There’s already a National Nothing Day that serves basically the same purpose. Seems I’ve been pretty diligently observing at least one holiday without realizing ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/13 "2021-06-08T18:51:37Z")
Are there any days that aren’t ‘days’ ? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/14 "2021-06-08T20:15:28Z")
Catholic saints get feast days which are much less interesting than it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/15 "2021-06-10T04:43:33Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Are there any days that aren’t ‘days’ ? Here’s a post of mine from earlier this year on a related note: > [@Republic Day (India)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-day-india/931505/17): > > Late add: While we’re discussing holidays, I got to wondering about a source for world holidays, and how far I’d have to stretch to celebrate something, if only with a toast, every day of the year. [This site](https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/) looks fairly promising as a source. Scrolling down a bit I see … I don’t know what Sri Lankans will be doing tomorrow (Thu) on “Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day” but it sounds like a promising excuse for a party! wink ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/16 "2021-06-10T19:10:36Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/17 "2021-06-11T01:00:59Z")
If you had any idea how many legislators frequent “massage parlors” you wouldn’t be asking why they get an entire week. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/18 "2021-06-12T21:41:12Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > First what is it making me aware of, the very concept of Massages? Second, why does it have an entire week? If you don’t know these things, perhaps we need a National Massage Therapy Awareness Week Awareness Week. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/19 "2021-06-13T12:06:58Z")
Aye, there’s the rub. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822/20 "2021-06-13T12:19:47Z")
Just a reminder-Today is Talk Like A Drunken Longshoreman Day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822.md?page=2)