I have 57 posts in Drafts. Last night I had 96. They just seemed to grow and so I decided some pruning was in order. If they didn’t have titles I decided they weren’t worth keeping. Same for the ones with time sensitive titles. That still left me with a lot to open and check, though I may just wipe them without checking as it’s so much quicker. It’s just that I can’t escape the feeling I may be deleting a gem. Unlikely, but a worry all the same.
And that was how I came to find and use this post. It seemed good enough to complete, and it saved time. Maybe it’s good to look through old drafts.
Take the one labelled A Month of Months. It’s about all the different months we now have. We used to have 12 when I was a lad, including ones named after Roman Emperors. They seemed to have worked for a couple of thousand years, but we needed more, so we got Pizza Month, Black Cat Awareness Month, Mental Health Month, Family History Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Computer Learning Month, Fair Trade Month, Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month and Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Some of them are serious things, and I’m sure the promotion is worthwhile. Others I’m not so sure about. These days you have to have a day, a week or a month to get your message across as, without one, your message will be lost. The trouble is that they start to lose their meaning when there are too many of them. And some just seem absurd.
Have a look at National Breakfast Week. I just plucked it out of thin air, but was amazed at what turned up. We have National School Breakfast Week, National Farmhouse Breakfast Week, National Breakfast Week, National Breakfast Day, National Big Breakfast Day, National Better Breakfast Day, English Breakfast Day . . .
Olympic Breakfast
I could go on, but I’m feeling ill. The picture that accompanies English Breakfast Day is not an English Breakfast. That “sausage” is a travesty for one thing.
After that, scroll down to see how many things share that day – twelve organisations share that day.
A final note – despite my comments on Roman Emperors, it seems they didn’t exist. I know this for a fact because someone on Tik Tok says so. Now I know why the average intelligence of the nation is going down the drain.
I can’t keep track of all the special days and months aside from the the usual calendar ones. I agree, too many and the message gets lost in the noise of it all.
I like the dog photo. He has a cute face! I see a lot of dogs at the outdoor markets, some riding around in baby strollers or in special pavilions towed by bicycle.
I used the photo before and it seems to be the only dog photo I have. He does look cute, it is true.
I am quite happy if I can remember what day of the week it is so all these wonder days and months float past without impinging on my consciousness at all. Following your link, I find that I am very glad that I am not on TikTok. It wouldn’t be at all good for my mental health.
I’m not sure if TikTok is the cause of fallacies or merely the collecting point . . .
Well if it’s on tik tok….
That’s what I thought. I may revisit this subject after a quick walk round the flat earth.
Are you taking that walk with one of the astronauts who didn’t really land on the moon?
Well, I am of course sworn to secrecy, but can reveal that I will be borrowing transport from our reptilian overlords in Area 51 and spending time with my cousin Bigfoot at Jimmy Hoffa’s holiday home in Atlantis.
Or am I?
😉
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Yes. Old drafts are always worth a look. I am finding how much older posts remind me of.
Yes, it can be quite a surprise sometimes! 🙂
In the U.S., there is even a peanut butter and jelly day. 😉
I could support that one. 🙂