The creators of the French Republican Calendar selected the humble donkey (âne) to honor on 15 Vendémiaire, the date we call 6 October. My tie shows blue Eeyore, as imagined in the Disney animations of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Our garden ornament shows Eeyore with the words "Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." While that sentiment is clever, it's not actually from the writings of A. A. Milne. My tie bar holds a bowtie noodle because today is National Noodle Day.
On the French Republican Calendar, our date of 6 October is regarded as Donkey Day! So Eeyore is here to say "I thought nobody would notice or care." And the rotini on my tie clip recognizes today's celebration of National Noodle Day. I'm having some "tubettini" noodles in my lunch soup, and I hope you get to enjoy some noodles too!
Today is Âne, 15 Vendémiaire on the French Republican Calendar. That means it's a special day to celebrate DONKEYS. My tie features the blue donkey Eeyore from the Disney® animated productions of Winnie-the-Pooh stories, and we also have a house Donkey like the one in the Shrek movies. Late additional note: the answer for Final Jeopardy! this evening was related to the French Republican Calendar -- and all three contestants failed to write the right question "What is Thermidor?" for the month following Messidor (despite the clue that it was named for "good heat").
Our friend and former pastor Clyde David Burberry celebrated his birthday as usual on 3 September! I was on vacation, so his honor extends to today. He asked me to wear Eeyore, because he likes the blue donkey's attitude that "weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them." CDB's wife Susan thinks that dandelions are weeds, but he knows that it is a flower.
