MTV Anniversary Doesn't Cut The Mustard
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| Photos: Mustard Museum |
This holiday is celebrated every first Saturday of August with a festival at the Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Mustard Museum. Though I would like to be there in person to hear musical performances by this year's line-up of Staff Infection and The Red Hot Horn Dawgs, I'm more confused than disappointed. How did mustard get its own day?
Surely it wasn't just declared as such by the brand managers at Oscar Mayer and French's. There must have been some sort of official committee that made careful deliberations about what we, as a nation, should honor on this day. What else was on that list that didn't cut the mustard?
| National Holidays That Apparently Don't Cut the Mustard National Video Killed the Radio Star Day in honor of the August 1 anniversary of the launch of MTV in 1981. National Dump Richard Burton Day commemorating Liz Taylor's sixth divorce, second time from Mr. Burton on August 1, 1976. National Rhyme and Rhythm Day honoring the August 1 birthday of rappers Coolio (1963) and Chuck D (1960). National Bowling Diversity Day because on this day in 1950, the American Bowling Congress ended their all-white male rule. National Drink Shots Day remembering the start of the Whiskey Rebellion, August 1, 1794. National Count Yourself Lucky Day commemorating the first US Census on August 1, 1790. National Deep Breath Day celebrating the August 1, 1774 discovery of Oxygen. |
But for some reason, mustard gets the honors. So if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go make a Dijon slathered ham sandwich. Happy Mustard Day.
Posted by TheWordWire at 8/1/2009 1:21 PM 
Categories: Observing Holidays
Tags: National Mustard Day French's Oscar Meyer
Categories: Observing Holidays
Tags: National Mustard Day French's Oscar Meyer
Can you let us know about this kind of thing in advance next time? I didn't see this in time, and had meatloaf with ketchup yesterday.
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