National days are weird. Pretty much every single day of the year is assigned at least one national holiday, and if you wanted, you could celebrate all of them, which might be kind of a fun bucket list of a year. And while some may be totally valid, there are also some pretty random and seemingly inane national days happening this month.
Not only is August recognized as National Panini Month (um yes please) and National Catfish Month (Tinder users beware), but it also hosts a few totally ridiculous national days that we couldn’t help but compile them in a handy-dandy, laughable list for you. So, while you’re using Romance Awareness Month as a mantra this August (because god knows chivalry is dead), take a gander at celebrating some of these peculiar national days, too.
National Grab Some Nuts Day
August 3
These assumed nuts are probably the kind you eat… I think.
International Hangover Day
First Saturday in August (4)
It definitely doesn’t help (or does it?) that International Beer Day comes the day before this holiday. So you probably won’t even have to really try to achieve a hangover in time. Also, the guy in this photo is passed out as a unicorn. That’s the right way to do International Hangover Day if you ask me.
National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
August 8
Suuuuuuure. Why not?
National Presidential Joke Day
August 11
Technically, this holiday is meant for the president to make a joke, but many think ours is one, so we might be at a bit of an impasse here…
National Thrift Shop Day
August 17
All you hipster thrifters can happily do what you probably do every weekend and head to your local thrift shop for some unexpected finds. Poppin’ tags with only $20 in your pocket.
National Bad Poetry Day
August 18
The creators of this holiday intended you to get together with some old high school pals and write bad poetry for your former English teacher. And then send it to them. World’s best prank? Eh. But definitely just as ridiculous as the image I found for this one.
National Potato Day
August 19
Girl, same. Whether you’re celebrating all the ways you can turn a spud into something delicious or your girlfriend, who constantly calls herself a potato, this is a national holiday I can get behind.
National Ride the Wind Day
August 23
Yo, this one is a great excuse to do something extraordinary on your ultimate bucket list, like hang-gliding or parachuting. But I guess taking your pup for a ride in the car is pretty much the same thing.
National Just Because Day
August 27
Do something just for the hell of it. ‘Nuff said.
Frankenstein Day
August 30
Besides being in celebration of Mary Wollstonecraft’s birth, Frankenstein Day has literally no point. You all know that’s not the name of the monster, right? Frankenstein is just the mad scientist behind him, and poor Mary’s probably rolled over in her grave at least a million times by now. Anyway, you should at least give this novel a read on this day, if you haven’t already.