when is fathers day ?

[jvd]

I think this is coming up soon... Anyone know when it is ?

Gotta get my dad a tie or something ....

 

[Diplo]

Whenever 'Halmark' says it is...

 

[_xxx_]

In the US it's sometime in June AFAIK. Here in germany it's beginning of May, I wonder why it's different?

 

[t0y]

In portugal is on the 19th of march, but I never give my father anything.
There's no need to. I'm a great present myself.

 

[Simon F]

In the US it's sometime in June AFAIK. Here in germany it's beginning of May, I wonder why it's different?

Probably so the card companies can even-out their production runs :?

 

[digitalwanderer]

Father's Day is the most important holiday of the year and you should all get down on your fucking hands and knees and thank you Dad's for being so freaking wonderful!!!

(That is, if'n your Dad is wonderful. )

Sorry, I just happen to like my one day a year off....

 

[_xxx_]

Father's Day is the most important holiday of the year and you should all get down on your fucking hands and knees and thank you Dad's for being so freaking wonderful!!!

(That is, if'n your Dad is wonderful. )

Sorry, I just happen to like my one day a year off....

So you also don't really know when it is?

 

[digitalwanderer]

June 19th in the US.

Google is your friend.

http://www.holidays.net/father/

 

[_xxx_]

It's changing every year, right? Like, always on the n-th sunday or so?

 

[RussSchultz]

It's changing every year, right? Like, always on the n-th sunday or so?

I believe its the third Sunday in June. And mothers day is the 2nd Sunday in May.

 

[hey69]

i dont know about fathers day but i know your birthday is september 6 no? i can just feel it in my bones

 

[Sage]

fvck fathers day, all fathers do is screw you up in the head by being assholes. now, mothers day- thats something to celebrate.


edit:
Digi, you should get mothers day as well...

 

[digitalwanderer]

Digi, you should get mothers day as well...

I agree, but try telling that to my wife.

 

[pcchen]

In Taiwan, Father's Day is August 8th (which sounds similar to father in Chinese). Mother's Day is the same as in US since we got the idea from the US. Of course, both are very good marketing opportunities for merchants.

 

[digitalwanderer]

Of course, both are very good marketing opportunities for merchants.

Believe it or not, Father's Day actually wasn't a marketing ploy:

http://www.holidays.net/father/story.htm

Father's Day, contrary to popular misconception, was not established as a holiday in order to help greeting card manufacturers sell more cards. In fact when a "father's day" was first proposed there were no Father's Day cards!

spaceMrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a "father's day" in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart. William Smart, a Civil War veteran, was widowed when his wife (Mrs. Dodd's mother) died in childbirth with their sixth child. Mr. Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

spaceThe first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. Finally in 1966 President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3rd Sunday of June as Father's Day.

spaceFather's Day has become a day to not only honor your father, but all men who act as a father figure. Stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, and adult male friends are all honored on Father's Day.

Everyone list up every countries Father's Day they know of, then I'll just mark 'em all on the calender and put it down to me new trend to be all internationally. 8)

 

[John Reynolds]

fvck fathers day, all fathers do is screw you up in the head by being assholes. now, mothers day- thats something to celebrate.

Are we conflating our own personal experiences a bit too much here?

 

[Sage]

Are we conflating our own personal experiences a bit too much here?

of course, duh

 

[jvd]

i dont know about fathers day but i know your birthday is september 6 no? i can just feel it in my bones

haha yea its sept 6th but the year is a mystery !

 

[Sage]

1979?

 

[jvd]

1979?

haha nope !

I will never tell. All i will say is that i'm not as old as that old foogie john renyolds