Use Your Common Sense Day
November 4 · Level 1 · #2103 of 2238
This is a light-hearted, unofficial day that nudges everyone to pause and think before acting. It has no formal status, but the reminder is wonderfully practical.
How it is celebrated: people swap funny stories about times when plain logic saved the day, laugh at their own hasty decisions and try to pick the most sensible option in whatever they do.
The idea of a "common sense" that blends the signals of the different senses into one picture goes back to Aristotle. The Latin term sensus communis later gave English its phrase common sense.