September 1, 2018 – NATIONAL CHICKEN BOY DAY – WORLD BEARD DAY

[Bydo 20,165]

  September 1, 2018 – NATIONAL CHICKEN BOY DAY – WORLD BEARD DAY – NATIONAL TAILGATING DAY – NATIONAL NO RHYME (NOR REASON) DAY

 

 

Each year on September 1st, people across the United States recognize National Chicken Boy Day in honor of his September 1 ceremonial birthday.

Standing 22 feet tall and holding a bucket of chicken, this fiberglass statue of a boy with a chicken head stands along Route 66.  Named after the former 1960s Chicken Boy Restaurant, he is also known as the “Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles”.

The iconic statue remained in place at the restaurant until the owner died in 1984.  At that time, Chicken Boy was given to Los Angeles . Some twenty years later, Chicken Boy was moved to his new home.  The result of the restoration of Chicken Boy was a community effort and donated funds

 

A famous landmark on the historic U.S. Route 66, Chicken Boy was recognized by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with the Governor’s Historic Preservation Award in 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

If you have a real beard please feel free to post it . let celebrate with others .

 

 

History of this event ( yes its been copied from the main site for those interested )

 

 

The beard has been the symbol of manliness since time out of mine, close trimmed, full and properly manicured, even wild and bushy and out of control, the beard stands supreme. It has stood for many masculine virtues, including wisdom, strength, high social status, even sexual prowess, especially in warrior cultures. While there have been places that it hasn’t necessarily been in style, or even possible to grow for some, overall there has been a great deal of admiration and respect for someone sporting a fine beard. World Beard Day celebrates the beard and all it has been, become, and will be in days to come.

History of World Beard Day

Every year people gather in places all over the world to sport their beard, with various ways of celebrating all over the world. The origins of World Beard Day have been lost to history, which isn’t surprising considering that there is evidence that the Danish Vikings have held a day in honor of their beard going back as far as 800 AD. Back in those august days, there wasn’t a specific day held to honor the beard, but multiple celebrations throughout the region. Some of the celebrations are even a little crazy.

Take Dönskborg, Sweden for instance, where all those who lack a beard are banished from the town to spend a day and night in the nearby forest. In town their shamefully clean-faced visages are burned in effigy by those sporting amazing beards. In southern Spain there is a tradition of having a bearded man and a beardless boy engage in a boxing match, if you can call it a boxing match when the man is armed with a sharp pike. Regardless of where you are, shaving on World Beard Day is considered to be one of the worst acts of disrespect possible, and in some places those with beards are waited on hand and foot!

How to celebrate World Beard Day

How World Beard Day is celebrated varies from area to area, as mentioned above, but all of them share one thing in common. The beard is held in high esteem. Organize a World Beard Day in your community, and be sure to include that manliest of outdoor cooking methods, the BBQ. Beverages are always loved, and after everyone has feasted you can hold a competition to see who has the most magnificent beard! World Beard Day honors your face ferret, and that of everyone around you!

 

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2018 by Bydo

[Showbot 819]

Happy no reason day .. !

[Musa 5,352]

:mellow:

[monkeyburn 13,566]

 

 

[Heles 9,220]

Happy World Bread Day 

 

[Toby 2,938]

Happy World Beard Day, I guess. :)

 

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