The Day

It is a sad commentary on our society that the highest honor we can bestow on an individual is to dedicate a mattress sale to him.

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    You’re looking at this all wrong. It’s a sign of peace and prosperity. Instead of sacrificing virgins or slaughtering our enemies in celebration of our national heroes, we go out and buy comfy bedding. The Aztecs, to cite one example, were never as good as this.

  • And where are the Aztecs now? I mean other than standing around in shopping malls looking to be picked up for day labor.

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    That’s my point. All that head chopping the Aztecs did to honor their gods got them nowhere, but our mattress sales got us to the Moon, baby!

  • Modulo Myself Link

    In Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida it is also Robert E. Lee day.

  • We’ll need to ask Ellipsis if they’re advertising white sales there.

  • Andy Link

    I’ve lived in Florida for about seven years total and Modulo’s comment is the first I’ve ever heard of a Robert E. Lee day. I don’t know anything about it, but it sounds like more of a panhandle thing.

  • According to this, it’s celebrated on Jan. 19 and, consequently, sometimes coincides with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

  • Modulo Myself Link

    Also, in Texas, it’s Confederate Heroes Day. So odd–every hero of the Confederacy must have had a birthday around MLK’s. They were all late Capricorns!

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    Never heard of Robert E. Lee Day, or Confederate Hero Day before today, to the best of my recollection. Certainly never heard of anyone celebrating it.

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    For that matter, I don’t know of anyone that celebrates MLK Day either, other than office workers taking a day off. It’s not even like all the brothers & sisters here in the hood are doing anything. It ranks far behind New Year’s Eve and the Fourth of July in terms of participation.

  • Andy Link

    “Also, in Texas, it’s Confederate Heroes Day.”

    I lived in San Antonio for 4 years and that’s another one I’ve never heard of, much less see anyone actually celebrate. Although, thanks to google, I see it’s an official state holiday:

    https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/holidays.html

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