It's got to be August.

A very, very non event in the Calendar.

I mean is there anything to recommend this time of year? Let's face it, this month is pants.

Even the politicians are so bored that most of them bugger off on holiday.


Can anyone suggest a reason to be interested in August?
Or a month even more boring than this one??

I hate January the most of all, Deavon.
Cold, bleak, sterile and no one in the pub 'cos eveyones skint from Christmas:(
I prefer August :clap:

February. What happens in Feb, except Valentine's day? It's at the back end of Winter, when we long for some Spring sunshine. The snowdrops came and went in January, and the garden is still bare. The nights are still too short. It's boring.

(Apologies to my son Suprasteve, who's birthday is 1st. Feb).

Originally posted by Draggletail
I hate January the most of all, Deavon.
Cold, bleak, sterile and no one in the pub 'cos eveyones skint from Christmas:(
I prefer August :clap:

January - It's like the hangover from a rather fabulous party!

Only in this 31 day hangover you get to; make new and completely unkeepable promises, join a gym, open a new savings account, get up early on your days off, appreciate stark detatchment from usual routines... watch the Christmas lectures on BBC2, take yourself seriously for ... oh 5 to 10 days... then it's back to business as usual.

A very fine month, IMHO.

August aint so bad, at least it's got a bank holiday in it! I dread August because I've got at least 14 birthdays to get cards for - it's my busiest month. It's also usually the last month of the summer sun with any heat in it.

Now October, what's October got? It's no longer summer, It's not near enough to Christmas to feel festive but early enough to start fretting. I don't like October. In fact, the only good thing October has got is Halloween, and that's right at the end!

Not one redeeming feature in January for me Deavon. We'll just have to agree to disagree :P ;)

Originally posted by Hels


Now October, what's October got? It's no longer summer, It's not near enough to Christmas to feel festive but early enough to start fretting. I don't like October. In fact, the only good thing October has got is Halloween, and that's right at the end!

Oh Hels.... you forget that October has half-term holiday from school! Time for a trip to see the lights at Blackpool!

I still go to Wales for a holiday in October (even though the kids are now grown up). You can still get some pleasent weather, and the tourists have largely gone, so you get the hills, mountains, forests and beaches more or less to yourself. The leaves are beginning to turn into their Autumn colours, and you can go on a fungus foray.

The first Thu-Fri-Sat of Oct is also Nottingham Goose Fair - get yourself down there lass! :thumbsup:

Originally posted by redrobbo
February. What happens in Feb, except Valentine's day? (Apologies to my son Suprasteve, who's birthday is 1st. Feb).

and my 2 housemates and mine and my twins birthdays. Very eventful and fun for me. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by redrobbo
February. What happens in Feb, except Valentine's day?

Aww sweetie. Valentines day doesn't have to be something that just happens to other people... Get involved:clap:

(Joke)


No, I agree with you. February is just like August in so many ways. However February carries the promise of the year to come, whereas August can only signal the beginning of the end.

I'd send all the summer months to room 101 if I could :suspect:

I don't mean to be a killjoy but I've really suffered with the sunsnotties this year :gag:

*thinks longingly of Alaska....or the antarctic...or anywhere blanketed in snow...sigh

Oh no Deavon...... can't agree with you there. August is a glorious month!

Yesterday nobikejohn and I tramped the hills above Ladybower. The moors were swathed in purple heather, and the air was heavy with the scent of honey from the flowers, and swallows darted overhead. On Thursday, we walked through Alport Dale and Lower Lathkill Dale, observing the fat trout in the river, a dipper, and numerous flowers - delicate harebells, yellow balsam in profusion, late yellow flags, and much more. Last week we climbed to the top of Robin Hoods Stride, and enjoyed seeing the numerous small copper butterflies in the August sunshine. We often pop up to Stanage Edge or Carl Wark to see the setting sun over the Hope Valley in an August evening.

I refuse to go on holiday during August - there is so much glorious scenery in the Peak District to enjoy, plus the well dressings!

And at the end of the month - it's Manchester's gay mardi gras, when it's time to party! :partyhat:

can't be bothered to read all those posts (excuse me, just back from stag do),

Jan (no Nov ) - March - snowboading

June - Sep _ SUN

the rest, generally dull.

February and September

March is the worst name of any month, therefore, the dullest month for me!

Originally posted by Tiname
February and September

At least Feb is a short month...September is the most boring month. Summer holidays a distant memory, Christmas stuff coming into the shops but Christmas seems a long way off. Not summer, not really autumn.

Wake me up when September ends! :thumbsup:

Sorry - did I miss something? Is there such a thing as a boring month? Obviously I have missed something.

Every day is an adventure, full of excitement - if only you care to look for it and to recognise it. Depends on you.

Boring month - hmmmmmm! They do not exist.

Dragon

IMO opinion it is June. Although not exactly boring, the football season is over (next year World Cup is on so it's different! :D) and i suffer severe hayfever in June which means i have to stay in as much as possible. I cant socialise as my eyes are red raw, my nose streaming and my chest wheezing. Role on July!

January worst for me - stuck in between Dec (Xmas) & Feb (birthday).


Love November best, cold, foggy, dark nights, bonfire smells, fireworks, kicking through leaves, bare trees reaching to the low clouds, and a excuse to scoff parkin & baked spuds outside, toffee apples & well, everything about Nov!
Love it.

Bonfire Night used to be my favourite night. It seems practically non-existent now. When I was young I used to walk in a torch light procession through Crosspool to Coldwell Lane bonfire. All the kids with the 'torches' used to then stand around an unlit bonfire, and then one by one throw the torches on to the pile to light it. It was wonderful!!! Now it is considered dangerous and so good old England once again comes up trumps and scraps one of its' fun traditions. Bonfires alone are considered too dangerous and so many have ceased to exist. Why, as a nation, do we lose so much of our heritage cos it is no longer considered safe enough. Hey, knowing our government, they will probably start charging fines for people caught holding bonfires in the not too distant future! For our safety of course...not to get more money out of us you understand. I have not been able to go to a Bonfire Night for 5 years now and I HATE that as it used to be one of my favourite nights of the year. As a nation...we are so DULL!...I suppose that would be the start of another thread.

Originally posted by Fragonard
March is the worst name of any month, therefore, the dullest month for me!

Oh!
I get all optimistic and 'full of the joys of spring' in March ......
I generally walk around with the expectation that it 'will be summer next month'
It never is of course, I never learn :)

February. So boring and depressing and I usually suffer from S.A.D. around this time. January has also been crap the last couple of years with modular exams then, but no more thankfully (see A-level thread). Yuck February yuck.

Originally posted by redrobbo
Oh no Deavon...... can't agree with you there. August is a glorious month!

Yesterday nobikejohn and I tramped the hills above Ladybower. The moors were swathed in purple heather, and the air was heavy with the scent of honey from the flowers, and swallows darted overhead...


I was out in the Peaks today myself, and as we wandered past beautiful purple hills, your post kept coming back to me. I thought that today was one of the best days this year.

So after careful consideration I have decided to be persuaded that I was wrong. (Is that allowed on this Forum????).

(February still sucks though).