On This Day: August 11th … Strange Holidays
Son and Daughter Day
Presidential Joke Day
Seems like an up and down series of holidays is taking place this month. But I’m not complaining.
Son and Daughter Day
Son and Daughter Day is a day to spend with your children. After all, your son and daughter are the joy of your life. We hope that everyone reading this has the opportunity in their life to see these joys born and raised happily, and successfully.
Today is a great day to spend with your son and daughter. It's not a day of gift giving, except for the gift of time. If your son and daughter are still young and live at home with you, be ever aware that time goes by quickly. So, spend as much of today and every day in their company.
"Parallel lines have much in common.
But it's a shame they 'll never meet."—Author Unknown
Presidential Joke Day
Other than saying Trump, do you have a presidential joke?
Even presidents have a sense of humor, too. Many people believe this is a day to make jokes about the president. On the contrary, this day is for presidents to make a joke. On this day in 1984, President Ronald Reagan made a doozie.
On August 11, 1984, just before his regular Saturday radio address, President Ronald Reagan was doing a voice test with the microphone. He thought the microphone and the feed was not live. He joked into the microphone: "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." To his surprise, he was speaking to a live feed.
This incident led to the creation of "Presidential Joke Day". However, we do not think American presidents will make it a habit to perform jokes on, or to, the American public on this day, or any other.
"Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt."—President Herbert Hoover (Truer words were never spoken as these were.)
”Did you ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.”—Lyndon Johnson
“I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy: Dear Jack, Don’t buy a single vote more than is necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.”—John F. Kennedy,
addressing complaints that his father’s money was buying the primary for him.
”My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.”—Jimmy Carter
“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘present’ or ’not guilty.'”—Teddy Roosevelt
”In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”—John Adams
“Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening.”—Bill Clinton
“If I were two faced, would I be wearing this one?”—Abraham Lincoln
More Strange Holidays Coming!