Funny holidays - International Day of blah blah blah (International Yada, Yada, Yada Day)

We all have friends who talk incessantly. Uninteresting and not particularly important details of a conversation with them are often ignored. This verbosity, which is denoted in Russian by the idiom “pouring water,” received the humorous name “yada, yada, yada” in English. The phrase originates from the American sitcom Seinfeld. In honor of the popular expression, a funny holiday was invented. July 23rd is International Blah Blah Blah Day. The first episodes of the popular NBC sitcom aired in 1989, and episode 153, entitled “The Yada Yada,” aired in April 1997. However, long before that, in vaudeville in the 1940s. and stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce, the phrase "blah blah blah" has already been used to refer to irrelevant and uninteresting details of a conversation. "Seinfeld", which the Writers Guild of America recognized as the second most important series for American culture after "The Sopranos", has become the source of many catchphrases. In honor of one of them, the humorous International Yada, Yada, Yada Day was established. The funny expression has other regalia. In 2009, the Paley Media Center, which stores audio and video content from radio and television, ranked "yada, yada, yada" number one in the top 50 funniest phrases introduced into the language through TV shows and films. . The rating also contains other phrases from the comedy sitcom, which has become an integral part of American pop culture. An unusual holiday is not only an occasion for jokes and chatter, but also a warning to anyone who is not attentive to details. Episode 153 of Seinfeld is about George's new girlfriend, who turns out to be a kleptomaniac who shoplifts to kill time, and Jerry's new friend is a racist and anti-Semitic. The heroes could have learned about all this much earlier if they had paid attention to the information, which they perceived as chatter from the “yada, yada, yada” series. Therefore, according to the initiators of the funny celebration on July 23, sometimes you need to pay attention to the details of the conversation, which at first glance seem insignificant. In English we use "yada, yada, yada" to indicate verbosity; in other languages ​​we use "blah blah blah". In 2006, this phrase was adopted by the Frenchman F. Mazzella, the founder of the international service for finding car travel companions "BlaBlaCar". The platform received its name as a result of an analysis of the talkativeness scale of car drivers. According to her, the "BlaBla" category includes motorists who like to talk with passengers. The playful name of the platform makes sense - on the road, fellow travelers really often chat, talking about various topics. International Blah Blah Blah Day encourages all talkative people to speak out. Many celebrities possessed the talent of unsurpassed orators. Thus, Fidel Castro is famous for giving a speech to the UN without stopping for 4 hours and 29 minutes. This longest speech, included in the Guinness Book of Records, for all its semantic load, contained a lot of “water”. Just like the speech of the Cuban leader in 1986 at the Communist Party Congress for 7 hours and 10 minutes. However, this is not a reason to deny talkers the pleasure of showing their talents. In honor of the holiday, they are invited to guests or cafes to enjoy the ability of some people to talk a lot and about nothing.