Matariki or is there a more fun option on offer?

Well seeing you asked.

While the Maori can do their thing with Matariki, as they clearly want too be separate from everyone else, why don't the rest of us have some fun instead.

We could get our French on and celebrate Bastille Day on friday. Eat frogs, long loaves of bread, fuck over nations that helped them stay French or possibly you could murder a Brazilian photographer. Personally I'm not over the Rainbow Warrior so I will not be doing fuck all with any cheese eating surrender monkey.

If you are a foodie what about celebrating World Kebab Day. Loads of fun to be had there and don't forget there is a good adventurous aspect to Kebabs, avoiding food poisoning. If mystery metal parcels aren't for you then what about Mac and Cheese day, alwqys a goodie when well made. As a FYI, the yanks pride themselves on Mac n Cheese, during our recent daddy n daughter central American and Dallas road trip we specifically investigated deeply the US love of BBQ which includes slaw and Mac n Cheese. We tried many and the best one was basically shit, Americans idea of Mac n Cheese is not to be celebrated, it's damn near a crime against food.

You may want to accompany your kabab or Mac n Cheese with some Grand Marnier as it is also world Grand Marnier day. If you want to start the day early and didn't have a momentary think 'Grand Marnier for breakfast?' then maybe you are best to stick to dry July.

Or maybe you could join Mr Fogg as he celebrates, or at least pretends to in a sort of self preservation way, Shark Awareness Day. One I tend to celebrate every time I go for a swim.

Or you can join me in celebrating a day that's awesome just in name let alone the rest, it is world Pandemonium day. Celebrate by freeing yourself from the stuffiness of orderly life, and let pandemonium reign. Wear what you want, eat what you want, and don’t do anything because you think you “should”. Oh FUCK Yes, that should be compulsory nation wide.

And once you have decided which day you'll be celebrating then enhance it one more step and get your gear off while you do it. It is also NZ's National Nude day. I bet some dude with a nipple fetish thought this day up. Mid winter, chilly which means what? Yeap, 'headlights' will on full beam.

As much as I'm sure Maori will enjoy Matariki I think rather than chanting at stars I'll take one of the less boring options available on the day.