National Hangover Day

It's not a new idea, but it comes every year at this time. The day after the Super Bowl should be a national holiday. This year though, a couple guys from North Carolina are taking it to a new level. They've started an online petition.

In North Carolina, four men are collecting signatures for a petition that would seek national-holiday status for the Super Bowl.

That official day off would be observed on a Monday, in the grand American tradition of the three-day weekend -- and in recognition of the debilitating Sunday excess of unhealthy food, strong beverage, televised sporting violence, relentless commercialism and not a small amount of gambling. No need to call in sick if the office is closed.

By Friday, 7,401 "yes" votes had been cast at the SuperBowlMonday.com Web site in favor of a day-after Super Bowl holiday observation. (There were 268 "no" votes.) This self-proclaimed "grass-roots political campaign," begun shortly before the 2006 Super Bowl, is "serious," said SuperBowlMonday creator Robert Chute, 40, of suburban Charlotte, generating "hundreds of thousands of hits a day."

Well, there are now 7,402 yes votes thanks to me. You should get in on the action too.

This did however get the gerbil in our head to start running on his wheel, and start thinking of some other days that should be national holidays.

• January 29th-A day in remembrance of the death of our beloved Barbaro. He was an American icon along the lines of Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham Lincoln, and all the war veterans.
• March 18th-Cuz it absolutely sucks when St. Patrick's Day falls on a Tuesday, and you have to go to work the next morning. How can you truly celebrate the Irish if you can't get really drunk? Answer:You can't.
• May 13th-Also known as Stephen Colbert's birthday. We need to honor the American patriot who has introduced us all to the truthiness.
• December-Ok, so it's not one holiday, but December should be known as National Cablinasian History Month in honor of Tiger Woods, and his distinct heritage. I know that Christmas already falls in December, but c'mon, this is Tiger Woods here. He'd kick Jesus' ass.
• April 20th-Cuz potheads everywhere need another reason to just sit around the house and not do anything.
• The first Thursday and Friday of March Madness-I remember once while in junior college, I brought my TV with me to school so that I could ditch class and watch the early morning games of the first round in the Scholar's Lounge. If you're wondering how I got into a Scholar's Program, reread this entry, and you'll know. Bringing a TV to school is brilliance. (Thanks to Criminal Appeal for this. I can't believe I forgot March Madness.)

That's all I got for now, feel free to leave your own ideas in the comments.