Daily Holidays - August 18

[Sherman A1]

National Ice Cream
 Pie Day National Ice Cream Pie Day is observed annually on August 18th. This food holiday honors this refreshing frozen desert that comes in many delicious flavors. http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-ice-cream-pie-day-august-18/

Bad Poetry Day Let’s face it – not everybody’s the best writer, lyricist or poet. But don’t let that stop you!

Bad Poetry Day encourages you to give it a go anyway by putting pen to paper and writing some terrible verse. If you’re feeling particularly cruel, you could read your bad poetry to friends, family and colleagues; hopefully they’ll enjoy good poetry more in the future! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bad-poetry-day/

Birth Control Pills Day, Cupcake Day,

Mail Order Catalog Day Although Benjamin Franklin has a good claim to be the world’s first mail order entrepreneur, it is the anniversary of the first Montogomery Ward catalogue of 1872 that has provided the date for Mail Order Catalog Day. Over the intervening years, it grew from a single page of products to a monster capable of striking fear into the stoutest of postal workers!

Alas, the Montgomery Ward behemoth is no longer with us, having faded away in 1985, but stalwarts such as Sears still carry the torch, whilst the catalogue with the longest run to date, the Hammacher Schlemmer, still plies tools and building materials (no doubt including torches, should Sears ever drop theirs).

Celebrate the day in style by signing up for a few mail order catalogues and ordering some goodies. Running shoes are a great place to start, especially if your postman is not of a forgiving nature. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/mail-order-catalog-day/

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/august18.html

[dorkzilla]

1. it's also my 50th bday...gonna eat ice cream pie and write bad poetry

There once was a man from Nantucket...

[femmocrat]

4. Happy Birthday to you, dorkzilla!

[dorkzilla]

8. Thank you! I got red as a lobster at the beach and got bit by a crab on my foot

So I am going to write some bad poetry about that. Who knew there is some sunscreen that isn’t waterproof? No ice cream either

[femmocrat]

10. Awwww, what a "crabby" birthday!

Here's some ice cream for you!

[dorkzilla]

11. Crabby birthday!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!

Thanks for the belly laugh!!!

[Sherman A1]

5. HaPpY BiRtHdAy!

[dorkzilla]

9. Thanks!!!! nt

[bigwillq]

2. Bad poetry is better than no poetry.

[Sherman A1]

6. There are those who may disagree with you

however, I will not be among them....

[femmocrat]

3. Happy Birthday to Robert Redford:

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/robert-redford.html

[Sherman A1]

7. Got to meet him once

a few years back after he spoke here. It was a great pleasure.