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Anyone who has worked alongside me in journalism over the last two decades will know one of my pet hates is the plethora of days that have begun clogging up the calendar over recent years.
I know many of them are meant as a bit of fun, but as well as many being incredibly cynical, I believe all this splurge of dedicated days has done, is take away from the ones that really matter.
Take May 12 for instance.
It s National Porridge Day, National Nutty Fudge Day and National Limerick Day, all of which sound to me like cynical events drawn-up by a marketing expert somewhere as a way to gain attention and make money.