The brightest star in the ancient sky was Sirius - it appeared to rise alongside the sun in late July. Known as the dog star, it is the origination of the term "dies carniculares", or days of the the dog star. This is how the Dog Days of Summer. started - in ancient times.
The days span from July 3 to August 11. So that's it for the dog days of summer - not panting dogs in the heat. And there are very complicated calculations. That's what makes for different spans of time.
That's a good intro to the summer dog jokes:
I heard that dogs tend to run in circles because they find it too difficult to run in squares.
I crossed a sheepdog with a rose, now I have a collie-flower.
I crossed a dog with a frog, now I have a croaker-spaniel.
I crossed my dog with a calculator, now I have a friend I can count on.
I tried to cross my dog with a computer but I ended with too many bites.
My dog really loves my smartphone. It has collar ID.
I finally figured out how to stop my dog from digging up the garden. I hid his shovel.
The other day a Policeman came to my door to tell me that my dog had been chasing a guy on his bike. That really threw me off, I did not know that my dog was even able to ride a bike.
There are lots of dog events for 2022 - The Woofa Roo Pet Fest in Essex County is still on today, and the PAWS-itively Elgin Pupper Festival is July 23. There's a Bark Bash the same day in Gananoque, All dog festivals have cute names, of course.
Here's the great dog fountain in Toronto's Berczy Park - perfect commemoration to the Dog Days of Summer.
How many chocolate days are there in the year? World Chocolate Day is July 7th. Or maybe October 28th, or December 28th. And there's International Chocolate Day on September 13th. Variants such as National Milk Chocolate Day, National White Chocolate Day and National Cocoa Day join the days.
EuroChocolate is an annual chocolate festival in Perugia, the capital of Umbria in Italy. It is such a good idea, that Rome and Turin also have chocolate festivals. But Perugia's is huge: it starts on October 16th and ends of October 25th this year and has over one million visitors. I guess chocolate is popular in Italy.
I decided to find out if there are chocolate days all year long. If it is this popular in Italy, it is popular everywhere. So the situation is that you can celebrate chocolate pretty well every week. The list of chocolate holidays is HERE - there are celebrations every month - think things like National chocolate cupcake day or bittersweet chocolate with almonds day. Don't forget Office Chocolate Day - that's the suggested day to give your colleague a vegan chocolate present.
What kind of candy is never on time? ChocoLATE
What is a French cat's favorite dessert? Chocolate mousse!
Why did the Oreo go to the dentist? Because it lost its filling
Today's Valentine was found in a back alley of Queen Street West.
