Feb 18, 2008
Presidents’ Day.
Where Presidents = Discount Sheets.
Originally known as Washington’s Birthday, this federal holiday was implemented in 1880 to honor George Washington the 7-Cup Cuisinart Food Processor at 15% off!
Later Washington’s Birthday was expanded to include Abraham Lincoln the
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Some states celebrate the holiday in their own way—such as Massachusetts, whose government recognizes John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge, and John F. Kennedy the Canon High Definition Camcorder with special one-day rebate!
And thanks to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Presidents’ Day was shifted from February 22nd to the third Monday in February so that all across the nation, citizens can gather to pay tribute to all 43 Presidents the Simply Vera Vera Wang Drawstring Skirt at an $11 savings!
We are celebrating cars today here in NY – huge deals & special financing! woot!
I think the greatest tribute on Presidents’ Day is the free cherry pie from KFC….the Colonel was a true patriot.
Oh, and I agree with dlyn, cars! It’s really about the discount on cars. Over the years three of my cars where bought over Presidents’ Day weekend…but really it’s because it takes three friggin days of haggling with the car salesman.
My university fails to recognize this very important shopping holiday, so no day off for me!
And here I thought it was Presidents Dais. I used to think Pres Bush was short, because it always looks like he’s the shortest one around, but really, he’s 5′11 3/4, the EXACT SAME HEIGHT AS YOURS TRULY. So maybe he needed a Dais to stand on, and today was the day they paid homage to it.
Sigh. . .funny but also kind of depressing. Everything is a retail holiday these days! (not that we’re really celebrating Presidents Day here, although cherry pie sounds pretty good right now).
My and my husband’s universities don’t recognize the holiday either, but my kids’ schools make up for it–they’ve been home since a 1/2 day LAST THURSDAY. While their peers are off on ski vacations, our kids get to go to law school for a day. Wheeeeee!
In addition to a bundle of white sale inserts, my local paper had a whole article about cars named after President’s (as in Lincoln and Ford). Fascinating bit of history…not.
Oh, and before anyone goes correcting me, I am aware that “Ford the president”, came after “Ford the car”.
My children are home celebrating with a Halo marathon, and they will break something wonderous or precious per the tradition so that I can come home and say “who did this?!?!?” and they can say “I can not tell a lie.” The Presidents would be proud.
And to think it took nearly 2000 years to commercialize whatshisface’s birthday. Now that’s progress!
Great men, all of them. I’m sure. At least we get sales galore. Except that I’m home with two littles and if I want to capitalize I have to drag them with me. Which they won’t like one bit. And neither will I.
It’s a little known fact that part of the Presidential oath of office includes the pledge that the President will work for better home decor for all citizens.
Yeah, my students didn’t believe me when I told them our 4-day (yes, we had Friday off, too) weekend was in honor of US Presidents.
It was satisfying to know that they do read the schedule board though – I had written “Thank a President!” across Friday and one of my sophomores asked, “So do we have to, like, write a note or something? Which ones are still alive?”
Happy home furnishings shopping
Who has the food processor on sale? I want to buy one!
But I can’t buy anything, because I’m at work. Stupid Presidents being to dumb for us all to get a day off anymore.
I will be spending the day celebrating J. Edgar Hoover which includes heading to the mall for a two-for-one sale on bras and and lacy panties.
Come on now. You know Bossy is going to go out shopping today…
lmao
All hail the chiefs!!!!
All hail the chiefs!!!!
I just wish I didn’t have to go to The Spanish Class from Hell tonight.
And don’t forget A! NEW! CAR! with $3,000 factory rebate and $0 due at signing! SIGN AND DRIVE! w00t!
Don’t forget, you need a BRAND NEW CAR to hold all those deals. Abe would be so proud, fer chrissake.
My children have already created marzipan likenesses of their twelve favorite presidents, written a letter to the Clintons, sung our national anthem in three part harmoney (twice since breakfast) and are just now putting the finishing touches on their play, “George Washington: Impetus of Change.”
You guys are all slackers.
There should be a Truth in Holiday Naming Act. July 4 = Fireworks Day. Labor Day = Last Chance to Wear White Day. Memorial Day = Get So Shit-Faced I Won’t Remember Any Of This Day.
Yeah, car sales are huge! Especially on Lincolns. Heh heh.
I just spent a half an hour pushing a cart around That Fancy Grocery Store while I waited for a prescription. Nobody told That Fancy Grocery Store about retail $ale$. Maybe I should have financed the Cheerios.
Just today we had to blow off The Mayor’s surgical appointment to hit the One Day Sale.
My company use to give us this day off with pay. But someone decided we didn’t need it off after all. As much as a drag that was it had a happy ending, they gave us a floating holidy instead! Yeaah baby! I’ll take that!
This has cleared up all my questions about Presidents Day.
Darn it. And I sat here enjoying my family when I could have been shopping Simply Vera Wang at a discount. Maybe next year.
Um, yeah. The county I live in does not celebrate Presidents. We celebrate… The Rodeo. That’s right! The schools were closed on Friday for Rodeo Day so the kids showing cows and pigs at the fair wouldn’t have to miss school. I kid you not. Also, I think they held the Miss Silver Spurs pageant on Friday. (Someone suggested I enter my daughter in Little Miss Silver Spurs! YIKES!) I have got to move out of this place. I am a vegetarian for Pete’s sake! And calf roping is cruel. However, there are a passel of Cowboy Josh types in town, so it’s not all bad.
You have a president?
Ah, that’s right, he used to take our Prime Minister for Walkies…
…right before he pulled him OUT OF HIS BUTT! We have a new PM now, it remains to be seen how long his leash will be…
KFC has free cherry pie today? And no one told me?!?
You have a president?
Ah, that’s right, he used to take our Prime Minister for Walkies…
…right before he pulled him OUT OF HIS BUTT! We have a new PM now, it remains to be seen how long his leash will be…
You have a president?
Ah, that’s right, he used to take our Prime Minister for Walkies…
…right before he pulled him OUT OF HIS BUTT! We have a new PM now, it remains to be seen how long his leash will be…
You have a president?
Ah, that’s right, he used to take our Prime Minister for Walkies…
…right before he pulled him OUT OF HIS BUTT! We have a new PM now, it remains to be seen how long his leash will be…
Aaaaahhhhh……. I see now why my stats are down. You lucky US bastards have a long weekend to go shopping and sleep in and have FUN.
Seems to me that sparx has perhaps been celebrating along with you. Methinks Sparx is an Aussie cause the world knows that our ex-Prime Minister was your soon-to-be-ex’s biatch.
Your post reminds me a lot of this video: http://www.scott-o-rama.com/2006/09/11/how-will-you-remember/
I celebrated President’s Day with 20% off the paint I need at Home Depot!
Happy Presidents Day! Great Sales.
All that Vera Wang is soooo uglah, isn’t it?
It’s Family Day over here in Canada.
Which means … absolutely nothing. But I have found myself wanting to run AWAY from my family as the kids continue to bicker nonstop…
We’re celebrating the current president. I’m going to invade my neighbor’s refrigerator for weapons of mass destruction (beer).
We here in Northwestern PA celebrate President’s Day with 0 percent financing for four years on all furniture! And by being sick and bed. Wah.
Yesterday? Not so much with the celebrating.
Today? Daddy took the day off and took the kids because Mommy is sick. in front of her computer. With Kleenex.
WooHoo! I work for the government so I had the day off with pay. If the mail don’t run neither do I. Okay, it’s Tuesday. Back to work.
Whoo hoo! Way to break it down Bossy! It’s all about clean, white underwear in case you are in an accident in your new car!
Now explain to me, please, why banks, libraries and post offices get President’s Day off? Is it because banks have many pictures of Presidents, libraries have info about presidents and post offices have to deliver all the info about those who want to be president? And why should school be closed? Those children should be there learning about presidents!
Instead I took my two to Chik-fil-a and then came home to make origami sharks for a school project.
I don’t get it.
Oh no, I missed all the celebrations yesterday, but I am baking my cherry pie right now.
Not that you need a 48th comment, since you’ve already got more comments than presidents (see how I did that, snuck in a little book learnin’ ?!?), but this is cracking me up. And how come I missed out on that skirt? Damn.
PS Any update on the plans for the road trip?
Don’t forget the 20% off dicount coupon at Linens & Things…