Happy Conversation Fear Day!

This was a post that originally ran four years ago today; behold my dorkiness.  Jeff R. already acknowledged the holiday at 11PM CDT.

9-9/Conversation Fear Day

Way back in the 80's, in the pre-Internet era, when trying to figure just what the fuck Muchael Stipe was saying was a hobby unto itself, we* created our own R.E.M.-based holiday. For those who are familiar with the R.E.M. song '9-9' (off Murmur) there's a bunch of nearly unitelligable lyrics and then, the last two words as clear as a bell: conversation fear.

We somehow saw that to be a sign, that those two words signified something important that we needed to heed. So, because of this (probably) meaningless lyric, coupled with what we thought was a reference to September 9th (9-9) we created 'Conversation Fear Day'. The only way we celebrated this holiday was to acknowledge it, as early into it as possible, by saying: "Happy Converaton Fear Day". I've always had a scheduling advantage in that I'm always up at Midnight, no matter the day, so I've been the undisputed leader of acknowledging it earliest, this post helping to maintain that streak. I've even pre-posted it on 9-8 to post up at Midnight on 9-9.

And for those of you scratching your heads thinking "What?", yes, we'll all acknowledge that we are, were and will always be dorks, but hey, today marks the 26th Anniversary of 'Conversation Fear Day', we need to celebrate.

* We, being Me, Jeff, Jeff, Jason & Andy

Comments

[Andy]

Ken and Jeff: A one-two punch, right on target.

Let us not forget that it is not just 9-9 but 9-9-9 today. As the ne plus ultra of Conversation Fear Days, this particular CFD deserves extra commemoration. We shall not see its like again.

[Jeff]

Agree that this is the CFD we've been waiting for our whole lives.

Strangely, though, I'm not afraid of conversation today any more than any other.

Someone kick jawhog and remind him...

[jeff w]

Hey, I didn't get an email from any of you. I just sent one out thinking no way was I the first to remember at 10:30 AM. But I believe the holiday was traditionally recognized through email....

[ken]

Jeff/Andy-

Jeff R. did acknowledge CFD on Facebook at about 11PM last night. But you're right, back in the day it was an e-mail thing.

Happy CFD!

[freakgirl]

You and my friend Jon are the only two of my friends that acknowledged this day! Happy 9-9.

[nancy]

like the retroactive effectiveness of this holiday day. it makes my past 9/9 days feel like they were more fun.

[Jay]

I came here specifically to see if anyone remember and was glad to not be disappointed. Happy ultimate Conversation Fear Day, everyone!