The Day of the Dude.

Elbowski · July 13, 2009, 12:31:07 AM

Pardon me for wandering in here like a child but I humbly submit to you good dudes that we address the question of the principal holy day of the Dudeists. I do not wish to exclude the fine choice of 3/6, the day of the opening, perhaps that could be the "christmas" to the "easter" of 8/6 or what have you.

I am aware of the pitfalls of the straight and narrow, I would rather avoid stepping into the dogma, dude's gotta keep his mind limber, but a few holy days would lend a little credence to our endeavor, in the parlance of our times.

Three holy days would be cool, perhaps one for Walter, (3/6); one for the Dude, (8/6); and a third for Donny?

Elbowski · July 13, 2009, 02:23:49 AM

It looks like they even left us a slice of the zodiac. The sign of the Dude?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus

sufidude · July 13, 2009, 06:28:13 AM

What about an unholy day for Ivan Turgenev, the father of modern nihilism?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_and_Sons

spytfyre · July 13, 2009, 07:50:22 AM

I think having a specific "day" is too much focus, I'd forget anyway being too busy takin it easy.
Any day is a dude day

greatspiritmonk · July 13, 2009, 12:54:56 PM

100% agree

Elbowski · July 13, 2009, 02:11:04 PM

Too ambitious for ya? I guess we'll just have the party without you dudes. As far as I'm concerned, every Wednesday is now Dude'sday.

Elbowski · July 13, 2009, 02:13:20 PM

A religion without a holiday is like a Johnson without a vagina.

spytfyre · July 13, 2009, 04:26:13 PM

Surely the dude saw every day as a holiday?

sufidude · July 13, 2009, 07:40:17 PM

Quote from: Elbowski on July 13, 2009, 02:11:04 PM
Too ambitious for ya? I guess we'll just have the party without you dudes. As far as I'm concerned, every Wednesday is now Dude'sday.

You got a date Wednesday baby!!!

Elbowski · July 14, 2009, 12:37:58 AM

Quote from: spytfyre on July 13, 2009, 04:26:13 PM
Surely the dude saw every day as a holiday?

Very true, and so do I, but I think that we need a special day, for the credence, ya know, cuz that's something that the square community gives a shit about, and we gotta worry about the tax bracket and such. I mean, new shit has come to light, man. The diem isn't gonna carpe itself, ya know?

Elbowski · July 14, 2009, 12:41:02 AM

Quote from: sufidude on July 13, 2009, 07:40:17 PM
Quote from: Elbowski on July 13, 2009, 02:11:04 PM
Too ambitious for ya? I guess we'll just have the party without you dudes. As far as I'm concerned, every Wednesday is now Dude'sday.

You got a date Wednesday baby!!!

I dig your style too, man.

Elbowski · July 14, 2009, 12:48:15 AM

I'm not trying to get all dogmatic on you dudes, but a few high holy days are a good excuse for a party. Gotta keep the laity satisfied, ya know? They aren't as dudely as us dudes, if they were they would be dudes like us.

sufidude · July 14, 2009, 01:10:00 AM

Gotta take 'er eady fer all the sinners out there...

greatspiritmonk · July 14, 2009, 01:54:30 AM

Quote from: Elbowski on July 13, 2009, 02:13:20 PM
A religion without a holiday is like a Johnson without a vagina.

You can still use it anyway

And in some funny ways too

Slerte · December 18, 2009, 11:44:05 AM

I came here looking to see if there was any Dudeist day(s) of observance around the winter solstice.

I like the suggestion that the principal high holy day be the 6th March : Opening Day.
A ritual for Opening Day could be to go to a movie and ask the hot dog vendor to, "Make me one with everything".

Having Dude'sday every Wednesday is also a splendid idea for a secondary holy day - that comes around at a much more attractive frequency.

I also tend to agree with the point that The Dude saw every day as a holiday. We could borrow from another code I heard and: Treat every day like Opening Day.