I’ve always wondered what exactly Labor Day was really for. When I was young my Dad woke us up early with The Cougar fight song and made us work. When we complained and said that it was a holiday, he’d reply that it was Labor Day and that meant we needed to labor. So we pulled weeds or something just as stimulating. We probably considered forming a labor union against holiday work. Then, is it to celebrate the formation of the first such union? I personally think it is to acknowledge all those billions of women who put their bodies through heck to keep the human race alive. “Labor” deserves at least one Monday off from work. But, then that doesn’t work either. The children are still home on that day because they don’t have school. When I’m POTUS, I’m going to make children go to school longer than the regular school day. Then that would really give the ones who labored to bring them into the world a break. Maybe I’ll even have a Labor Day Sleep-over Program. While we’re at it, there could be a 15-24 hour period of simulated labor for all males to endure. That would open their eyes, not to mention give them stretch marks and hemorrhoids. For at least a few days they would show gratitude for their wives.
Or, perhaps Labor Day is designed to allow road construction laborers a day off from doing and redoing the same projects. They’ve got to be just as sick of seeing the same drivers day after day as we are to see them. There’s always that darn sign holder who makes more money standing there than most lawyers and doctors. Maybe I should get a job doing that. Do you have to see to hold up the stop sign? I think I could direct traffic just fine.
But, I digress. What are your thoughts on why there is a holiday called Labor Day? Was it created just to have a limit to how long people could wear white? Was it the birthday of the first rail road laborer? Does anyone know, or are you all out pulling weeds?
5 comments:
For some reason, growing up I always thought Labor Day was another holiday saluting our armed forces. Like, "Thanks for laboring in the war zone!" Because somehow I couldn't fathom an American holiday that wasn't insanely patriotic, though I'm quite relieved as an adult to have one non-matching T-shirt holiday.
And why is Pioneer Day just the Fourth of July, Part 2? That's always bugged me. Come up with something new besides fireworks, people!
I've never been able to remember which holiday comes in September. Is it Memorial day, Labor day or All Saints day? I can never remember. There needs to be some sort of song to keep them straight. Sort of like the one we learned in kindergarden in order to learn our left hand from our right hand. "Up to the ceiling. Down to the floor. Right to the playground. Left to the door." Let's hear ya come up with something along those lines.
I always thought labor day was all about staining a really long house and throwing up outside Benihana after such said labor day. Hmm where was our union when we needed it. Some one needs more paint on their brush... David.
Hear, hear. Or is it here, here? I don't know.
I'm a little put off by the husband/father bashing that seems to always get by the PC police. Although we don;t have to push a large object out of our nether regions, we do have to take care of those that do. And that is not always a very pleasent proposition. While I don't mean to compare experiences, I don't think that we should be made sport of. (this is gettng a little whiny) anyway there you are. FHP
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