National Pig Day

[altivo]

...or not, I had to go to work. Boo

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[dogteam]

On a hunch, I Googled "National Beaver Day" and ,lo and behold, Canada does have such a holiday (I'd be shocked and appalled to learn otherwise).

The bad news is that it was last Friday, and I missed it. :/

[altivo]

You'll have to wait a whole year. Save up your beaver nickles. ;p

[cabcat]

Beaver nickles?

[altivo]

A nickel (or nickle) is a five cent coin here. The US nickel used to have an Indian chief on one side and a buffalo on the other, but now it has Thomas Jefferson and his home at Monticello. The Canadian nickel has the Queen, of course, but the back shows a beaver.

Canadian quarters (25 cents) have an elk on the back. The dime (10 cents) has a famous sailboat called "The Bluenose." The penny has a maple leaf.

[avon_deer]

National Pig day?!

[schnee]

Not a joke, apparently:

National Pig Day is an event held annually on March 1 in the United States to celebrate the pig. The holiday celebration was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley, a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina. According to Rave the purpose of National Pig Day is "to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man's most intellectual and domesticated animals." The holiday is most often celebrated in the Midwest.

National Pig Day includes events at zoos, schools, nursing homes, and sporting events around the United States. It is also recognized at "pig parties" where pink pig punch and pork delicacies are served, and pink ribbon pigtails are tied around trees in the pigs' honor. According to Chase's Calendar of Events, National Pig Day is on the same day as pseudo-holidays Share a Smile day and Peanut Butter Lover's day. The question of whether the holiday is a time to honor pigs by "giving them a break" or to appreciate their offerings (spare ribs

[avon_deer]

I quite like the idea of it now. :D

Now I've just got to look up "pink pig punch."

[schnee]

I'm not sure I even want to know. :) The last line also made me think of this:

Homer: Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Lisa honey, are you saying you're *never* going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: *chuckles* Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

[shadow_stallion]

I find this concept of paying him back very cute but also somewhat silly for a couple that has been together as long as you two have. :P

[shadow_stallion]

That's cute. Kevin and I will have similar conversations about him paying for something and of course I chime in and say something about how it's a joint account and all the same money.

[altivo]

It would be silly except that he's on very tight finances and facing another round of huge medical bills whenever the insurance companies get done refusing to pay for anything. We share household expenses but he has always been very stubborn about keeping other things separated.

[cabcat]

I argue with the old lady over the road when she asks me to get something and I say not to worry about paying me back. Oh the arguments we have :D She's a lovely ol dear, still plenty sharp upstairs.

[altivo]

Gary has arguments like that with his mom. She can't drive any more and he takes her shopping and to appointments. She wants to pay for the fuel, which is minimal really, and when he refuses she stuffs money into his pocket or whatever when he isn't looking. It's all very silly.

[cabcat]

Hehe she's like the Grandmother I never had on my Dad's side.