National Leave Us Alone Week
The first week of April was once set aside as "National Leave Us Alone Week," but observance of this week has fallen by the wayside.
The name suggests a celebration of anti-social curmudgeonliness. Unfortunately, the reason the week was invented was more prosaic.
It started in 1949 at the suggestion of PR consultant F. Lander Moorman of Douglas, GA. His idea was that, for one week, merchants should be left alone by solicitors.
Some details from the Congressional record of 1950:
Inevitably, the businessmen chose a Queen of Leave Us Alone Week.
Perhaps Leave Us Alone Week could be revived as a week in which all spammers and telemarketers have to leave us alone.
The name suggests a celebration of anti-social curmudgeonliness. Unfortunately, the reason the week was invented was more prosaic.
It started in 1949 at the suggestion of PR consultant F. Lander Moorman of Douglas, GA. His idea was that, for one week, merchants should be left alone by solicitors.
Some details from the Congressional record of 1950:
Inevitably, the businessmen chose a Queen of Leave Us Alone Week.
Greenwood Commonwealth - Mar 20, 1950
Perhaps Leave Us Alone Week could be revived as a week in which all spammers and telemarketers have to leave us alone.
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