Hermits Oatmeal Cats
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
Canada
9 responses
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
29 Oct 15
Oops. I eat oatmeal. I like cats, and I live alone. But I don't think I am really a hermit. I work at going out and seeing people several times each week. Remember the TV show Cheers, where everyone knows your name? I have a few places like that.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
I live right next to a town like that, too. You can never go to the grocery store or the post office without stopping for at least five conversations. But where I actually live is quite remote -- if you remember, I take a boat to get to my house, and so the hermit designation is fairly accurate. Maybe a "friendly hermit"?
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
30 Oct 15
@Sheilamarie78 I live on a hill. There are really only a couple of streets where I have neighbors. Too bad I don't live on the one behind my house. They are more social than my street. Here, people drive into their garages, shut the doors, and stay inside. 
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
I've never celebrated hermit day, cat day or oatmeal day until now. You have to wonder why someone would name a day for any of those three. Now chocolate I would understand. I can understand cat day too...but hermit, ok I feel sorry for them when I see them and I give to the food bank and to the local charity shops but I've never met a hermit...yet.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
@Sheilamarie78 You are right, My dad had a great friend who was a retired farmer and he visited every once in a while but lived like a hermit. No running water, no electricity all by choice I loved that man and had forgotten about him so thanks for the reminder.
@41CombedaleRoad (5966)
• Greece
29 Oct 15
It seems an odd combination and I can't help wondering who gets all these bright ideas. Personally every day is a cat day, I rarely eat oatmeal and I wouldn't give a toss about hermits.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
There's got to be an economic connection, though it's an odd combination for sure. I heard it on the radio this morning while eating my oatmeal.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
30 Oct 15
I honestly think all these days that they have now are making them less special, just too many of them.
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
30 Oct 15
I don't know who makes them up. They could have been started by greeting card companies as a way to get people to buy more cards, but seriously, who would ever send anyone a "Happy Oatmeal Day" card?
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
30 Oct 15
Ha ha! Well ... I did eat oatmeal, so I celebrated on of the days!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
29 Oct 15
I don't eat oatmeal, not a cat person, so I guess I'll become a hermit for the day.
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@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
30 Oct 15
I find these random days a bit silly. Especially as people start sharing them on Facebook and are often months late by the time they've done the rounds.
