National Catfish Day

Not a lot of people know this: Today is the 20th Anniversary of the first National Catfish Day, a star in the diary of all Americans. According to wiki,

The day was designated as June 25, 1987, by President Ronald Reagan, who issued the Presidential Proclamation after the U.S. Congress called for the day to be established in House Joint Resolution 178. President Reagan celebrated the newly founded holiday by tying up memebers of Congress and forcing them to watch Bedtime for Bonzo.

hmmm.

I'm not the only person to recognise it - last year Eric Rodenbeck took these photos as part of his celebration. But shock! horror! As this site reveals, they are not purely American after all.

Don't ya just love those yanks. True bottom-dwellers.

Oh, and today is also my birthday ;)


a catfish, not impressed