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With the summer vacation season in full swing here in the northern hemisphere, it's time to recognized our recreationally challenged brethren.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

busman's holiday

SYLLABICATION: bus·man's holiday

PRONUNCIATION: bŭs'mnz

NOUN: Informal A vacation during which one engages in activity that is similar to one's usual work.


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A very dissimilar way of spending holidays is featured in a Swedish cartoon by the national icon of an author, Albert Engström. It is so well known by most Swedes, that only the punchline has to be quoted.

The station-master spent his holidays sitting in front of his station. "Here comes a train, and I don't give a d***. There's another train, and I still don't give a d***."