Cheese Weasel Day: A Holiday for Techies... ?

Sean-Spiceworks · 2024-02-02T16:40:15.000Z

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Does anyone remember Cheese Weasel Day? And no, today is not Cheese Weasel Day… unless you’re reading this on April 3rd, and then, yes it is!

This actually came up the other day in a meeting, and I have to admit, I forgot all about Cheese Weasel Day, and what it even has to do with the tech industry.

Using a little Wayback Machine magic, I do come across this:

Cheese Weasel Day is a real holiday that started on the Internet sometime in the early days of the web in the 90′s. Like most holidays, CWD is filled with traditions that many celebrants may not understand. Like, “Why cheese?” and “What’s up with weasels?” But most people realize it doesn’t matter, since they don’t know what USB and URL stand for either. The holiday is just like the technology we use, some kind of magic. Magic that freezes up or crashes right when you need it most–which requires most of us to make a fast call to those IT wizards in our lives. The people we take for granted all too often.

But, I’m curious, does anyone actually remember CWD and why it is celebrated as a holiday for techies? Inquiring minds want to know… well, at least I do

Cheese Weasel Day: A Holiday for Techies… ?

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Repairatrooper · 2024-02-02T16:53:02.000Z

And here I thought this was about personal hygiene.

wyld · 2024-02-02T17:24:57.000Z

Never heard of Cheese Weasel Day before, but I do like the logo.

Suzanne-Spiceworks · 2024-02-02T17:30:47.000Z

There is a little bit of history in this post:

Happy Cheese Weasel Day! Water Cooler

To all the sysadmins and IT pros out there, thank you for what you do. [cwd_logo1.png] The Cheese Weasel Day story started in Silicon Valley in the early 90′s. A couple out for a day in the park on April 3rd noticed a weasel carrying a piece of wrapped cheese and wondered what was going on. They decided they must have had a rare sighting of the Cheese Weasel. Their story eventually morphed into the urban myth of the Cheese Weasel who brings cheese to the good little tech industry workers, le…

It was also in this SpiceQuest I wrote back in 2019, but unfortunately the link I put in there is now dead rather than just dated:

SpiceQuest: April, the cruelest month Holidays

Welcome to another episode of SpiceQuest! I am Suzanne, your host. It’s poetry month. I know everyone is super excited! We’re going to be writing a lot of poetry this month, but we’re also going to celebrate some excellent holidays as our contestants strive to earn a new badge. Let’s get started: Today is April Fool’s Day of course. For our first quest challenge, tell us about the a good April Fool’s Day gag that you have seen or done. Alternatively, work the word “glom” into a…

adam-h · 2024-02-02T23:13:33.000Z

It feels somehow familiar, but I’m drawing a blank.

cag16 · 2024-02-05T10:23:24.000Z

Yeah, I’ve never heard of “Cheese Weasel Day”. I’m okay with it being resurrected though. I do like me some cheese…

Suzanne-Spiceworks · 2024-02-05T11:19:57.000Z

Urban Dictionary is always suspect of course, but this seems like a good entry: Urban Dictionary: Cheese Weasel Day

This is a Tech Crunch article from 2014: Happy Cheese Weasel Day! | TechCrunch

Looks like the Facebook page is still up, and was active for last year’s Cheese Weasel Day: Cheese Weasel Day

They have a version of the origin story: Cheese Weasel Day

And the cheese song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT9RsNpciBI