Bah. August.

01 August 2010 By Matt 0 In General Blog

Just in case you haven’t been outside, looked at a calendar, your computer or anything today, two things – One, it’s the 1st August today and two, pinch punch first of the month no returns (neah neah!).

I’ve always seen August as the month where nothing interesting happens. I reckon it must stem from all those school summer holidays and having it littered with homework all the time. It even just sounds like a boring month doesn’t it? Aw, gust.

So for my own sanity as well as yours, I thought I’d compile a list of stuff that’s awesome about August. I know exactly what you’re going to do, so I’ve made the boring ones the shortest just to trick you.

Back when the month lengths were more even, it was long thought that a bloke going by the name of Augustus stole a day from February to make August the same length as July, so he wasn’t inferior to the bloke called Iulius. Although that’s been proven as bollocks, now.
In Welsh, August is ‘Awst’ which, in my mind, sounds like that cleaning product.
August is American Adventures Month, which sounds like a theme park. Theme parks are fun.
It’s also Cataract Awareness Month, which aren’t.
Panini Month, however, is just delicious.
Zombie Awareness Month is just too cool, but it’s a shame that’s in May.
It’s birthstone is the peridot. That’s great news if you actually cared.
I’m not the only one who wants rid of it.
August 5th is International Beer Day. It’s customary on this day to hand someone a beer. So long as you say "I bring you the gift of beer!" they have to drink it. It’s the law.
August 9th is National Women’s Day in South Africa. It’s then when they get all uppity about their ability to move around. For good reason, I suppose.
It’s the month lots of countries became independent, like Ecuador, India and apparently Korea (well, we’ll see).
Sometime in this month, Twins Days occurs in Twinsburg, Ohio. It’s here where teams of biological twins battle in ‘twin based contests’ such as talent shows and what I can only assume is the inevitable three-legged race.
August is a boring month according to it’s Wikipedia entry… *shifty eyes*