Comedian spends his day answering people's questions about International Men's Day

Hopefully next year he'll get the day off.

Wed, 08 Mar, 2017 - 19:43

Year after year, International Women’s Day provokes many questions about the treatment of women in our society.

It also sees people raise the annual question of: ‘Oh yeah, well when’s International Men’s Day?’

Comedian Richard Herring has been doing Trojan work to cut these questions down to size with an all-day tweet-storm.

All was calm at first…

So far, in pre-IWD warm up, I am delighted to see there are very few tweets asking about IMD. Pray God it continues + this nightmare is over
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 7, 2017

Lots of tweets about NOT asking about IMD, lots about IWD. I have a dream that one day IWD will be just about women + I can rest.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 7, 2017

…But the rest didn’t continue…

Yes there is Kate. Nov 19th. RT @KOB0407: Controversial but; is there an international men's day? #feminism #equalitywhat
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 7, 2017

What you got planned for November 19th mate? RT @BradThompson83: Looking forward to International Men's Day.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 7, 2017

Half true. November 19th RT @grimesIoan: There is no 'international men's day' because men as a whole do not deserve to be celebrated.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

A man from 900 years in the future here. It will still be November 19th RT @jameseades: When is International Men's Day then? #IWD2917
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

Sorry to hear google is broken. It's November 19th RT @HarryHackford: When's international men's day? I actually don't know
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

November 19th. Exactly! RT @StevePeriBoss: Tell me this then when is international MEN'S day? Exactly!
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

We have one. Upon November 19th RT @ArkJaiswal: We need International Men's Day.. 😓😓😓 https://t.co/mrhgCUUjCN
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

November 19th, sweetie RT @samueIheyes: @RobGWarren @kellyu When is International Men's Day, love?
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

.@Nanks1109 November 19th. Still waiting for White History Month though. Equal rights and all that.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

It's on november 19th. Your dreams came true RT @Terry2Wheels: @MiSoulTweets I'm looking forward to International Men's Day #DreamOn 😉
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

It ended on November 19th, but will be back this year RT @ashepher_fp: What happened to international men's day? Sounds pretty sexist to me
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

Gonna take a punt here - November 19th RT @kemallewl: international men's day takde ke? lelaki pun nak rasa dihargai
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

And that only takes us as far as 9am!

He was pre-empting questions too...

Just to preempt you @realDonaldTrump, it's November 19th
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

And singing...

Baby Man, Baby Man, does whatever a baby can. Gets to huffing, over nothing, tweets away, about today. Oh yeah, here comes the baby man.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

And asking some questions of his own…

I notice it's Freddie Prinze Jr's birthday today. When is it MY birthday?
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

The men who want to know why IMD is not celebrated more... are they thinking it's up to women to promote it?
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

And giving to good causes...

Thanks for your offers of help, but I work alone (When's MY day?) You can if you wish make a donation to Refuge https://t.co/xY9Eb7BeME
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017

Fast-forward ten hours and it's still the same question over and over...

Wanna hear a joke? The punchline is Nov 19 RT @Vince__Merolla: Wanna hear a joke Twitter? Feminism. So when's international men's day? 🤔
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) March 8, 2017