10 Unknown and Wacky May Holidays

National Sea Monkey Day is May 16.

Q: Why wouldn’t the sea monkeys share their treasure? A: Because they were a little shellfish.

Root Canal Appreciation Day is May 13.

Q: What does the dentist of the year get? A: A little plaque.Q: What does a dentist do on a roller coaster? A: He braces himself. Q: What did the tooth say to the departing dentist? A: Fill me in when you get back. Q: What was the dentist doing in Panama? A: Looking for the Root Canal.

National Pizza Party Day is May 15.

Want to hear a joke about pizza? Never mind, it’s too cheesy.

Also see: 13 Things Your Pizza Guy Won’t Tell You »

Limerick Day is May 12.

Try this one with friends:
If you catch a chinchilla in Chile
And cut off its beard willy-nilly
You can honestly have said
That you have just made
A Chilean chincilla’s chin chilly.

World Turtle Day is May 23.

Q: Why did the turtle cross the road? A: To get to the Shell station.

Hug Your Cat Day is May 20.

Q: Is there anything smarter than a cat that counts? A: Yes, a spelling bee!

National Nutty Fudge Day is May 12.

Q: Why is life like a pan of fudge? A: Because it’s full of nuts!

Also celebrate with a pan of Viennese Fudge.

National Chocolate Chip Day is May 15.

Q: Why is there no Chocolate Chip Cookies Anonymous? A: Because no one wants to quit!.

National Taffy Day is May 23.

Q: What did the taffy say to the cotton candy? A: You’re an airhead!

National Tiara Day is May 23.

A teacher was trying to explain how society’s perception of beauty had changed over the years, and pointed to a curvy, petite Miss America 1922 as an example. “How do you think she’d compare today?” he asked. “Not well,” a girl commented. “She’d be too old!”