# Is Kwanzaa a joke? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 21, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290 "2016-05-21T09:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/41 "2016-05-21T23:03:41Z")
Isn’t there a word for people who feel the need to come down on others’ good times even though they themselves are not asked to do anything or be inconvenienced in any way? Maybe something like an orifice through which some type of waste might pass? ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/42 "2016-05-21T23:28:06Z")
So, which episode of Law and Order featured references to Kwanzaa? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/43 "2016-05-21T23:31:53Z")
Once–ONCE–I had an opportunity to celebrate Jews Eat Chinese Food Day the way it should. No family, no in-laws, just me and a Chinese buffet. We now have an Indo-Pak buffet. Where should I send the family? ETA: Oh, and **bombers warm too** , you’re fucked in the head. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/44 "2016-05-21T23:34:22Z")
As I understand it, it’s a “made-up” holiday. Like Mother’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/45 "2016-05-21T23:48:45Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > As I understand it, it’s a “made-up” holiday. Like Mother’s Day. All holidays are made-up, except for Talk Like a Pirate Day, which was ordained by His Noodliness the FSM in all his wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/46 "2016-05-21T23:59:06Z")
Hell, people expect me to do things on Mother’s day and Talk Like a Pirate Day. As far as I can tell, nobody expects me to do jack shit for Kwanzaa. I’m fine with that. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/47 "2016-05-22T00:41:37Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > As I understand it, it’s a “made-up” holiday. Like Mother’s Day. > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > All holidays are made-up, except for Talk Like a Pirate Day, which was ordained by His Noodliness the FSM in all his wisdom. [Maybe I told it wrong](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19347176&postcount=13). ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/48 "2016-05-22T00:45:37Z")
Why do sharks only get a week to celebrate their culture and black people get a whole month, its bullshit man! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/49 "2016-05-22T00:56:36Z")
All I’m sure of is that 9-1-1 is a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/50 "2016-05-22T01:01:06Z")
Well, the [Kwanzaa cake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2iWTJqo98) is a joke. (Remember that one?) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/51 "2016-05-22T01:01:14Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I was going to guess that you meant [perennial](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/perennial) until I remembered who posted the OP in this thread. The top contender for the correct spelling would then be [perineal](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/perineal). 'Taint right. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/52 "2016-05-22T01:27:54Z")
We dodged a bullet by not having Sandra Lee as First Lady of the United States. I dunno how New York manages. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/53 "2016-05-22T01:53:54Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > What the fuck is your problem? Tinsel, probably. It’s distracting. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/54 "2016-05-22T02:41:43Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Isn’t there a word for people who feel the need to come down on others’ good times even though they themselves are not asked to do anything or be inconvenienced in any way? > > Maybe something like an orifice through which some type of waste might pass? A mouth? A nose? Hey, carbon dioxide is a waste gas. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/55 "2016-05-22T04:37:46Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > All I’m sure of is that 9-1-1 is a joke. In which town? Yours? ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/56 "2016-05-22T11:18:05Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > A mouth? A nose? > > Hey, carbon dioxide is a waste gas. “Hey, quit being such a urethra.” ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/57 "2016-05-22T12:17:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > All holidays are made-up, except for Talk Like a Pirate Day, which was ordained by His Noodliness the FSM in all his wisdom. Huh. I always thought the FSM was a chick. Couldn’t tell you WHY I thought that, though. Again: huh. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/58 "2016-05-22T12:36:33Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > 'Taint right. I made two jokes in the thread, and only one got noticed. The TM are slacking. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/59 "2016-05-22T12:53:09Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > In which town? Yours? No, yours. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290/60 "2016-05-22T16:18:51Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > > [@bomberswarm2](#): > > > > Last time I checked I go to work 5 days a week > > What the fuck is your problem? Cut him some slack, man. He’s been scrubbing those toilets for six years now, and after five, they were supposed to give him a brush. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kwanzaa-a-joke/755290.md?page=4)