The Top 8 Geek Holidays (Part II)

8> CD-ROM Kippur

7> Parents’ Wallet Day

6> RAM-add-in: Fast for a month to afford more memory chips.

5> Bully Boxing Day: A day of imaginary revenge.

4> The 12 Days of Star Wars: Standing in line for three days, seeing the movie, then complaining for nine days about how bad it was.

3> Microsoft Independence Day: The Open Source community celebrates freedom from proprietary software.

2> Sun Day: Turning on fluorescent lights to commemorate the geek who achieved martyrdom by opening the blinds.

and the Number 1 Geek Holiday…

1> Flamewar Veterans’ Day

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Credits:

Selected from 59 submissions from 21 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Nick Ellinger, Washington, DC — 1, 4
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 1
Nico Moser, New York, NY — 2, 4
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 3, 5
Marcelo Rinesi, Buenos Aires, Argentina — 4
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 4
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 6
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 7
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic