Sometimes at the beginning of a month I like to look up what things that month is celebrating. Every month has some really goofy things to celebrate, but June has some of the weirdest.
For instance, did you know that June is Naked Bike Ride month? According to the Internet, “People ride bikes naked to celebrate cycling and the human body.” It also demonstrates the “vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against the car culture.”
Okay, it’s one thing to celebrate cycling and the human body, and cyclists on the road are rather vulnerable, especially if they’re naked.  But “protest against the car culture?” Isn’t that rather counter-productive?  If the poor, vulnerable, naked cyclist happens to get hurt, what will come to pick him up? An ambulance. How will the doctors and nurses get to the hospital to patch him up? In cars.  Seems to me, like many of those activist protesters, they only protest things until they need them.
Another thing June celebrates is National Turkey Lover’s month. This seems odd. Shouldn’t turkey lover’s month be in November when everybody is eating turkey? Or maybe they mean people who actually love the turkeys. Maybe this is for people who spoil and pamper them and never let them hear the word “drumstick.”

I’m sure if you tried, you could find a web site dedicated to vegetarian turkey lovers. On the other hand, maybe the turkey farmers are behind it all and they are trying to get people to eat turkey sometime other than Thanksgiving. This is smart. Go turkey farmers.
One more thing that is celebrated in June is National Adopt-a-Cat month. This is silly, of course. Nobody adopts a cat. The cat adopts the person.
You might pick it out, take it home, feed it, care for it and pamper it, but you don’t own it. If it decides it likes you, you will be its personal slave. If it doesn’t, it will run away the first chance it gets, no matter how much money you spent on it.
Cats are cats. They are cool, independent and they do whatever they want. That’s why Adopt-a-Cat month should be called “Become-a-Cat’s-Personal-Slave” month.
So there you are… three goofy things to celebrate in June, along with all the other things you have to do. But if you’re really feeling adventurous try taking your cat for a naked bike ride while eating turkey.
And please, let us know how
it went.