History Literature / HaveANiceDayATaleOfBloodAndSweatsocks

* TenMinuteRetirement: A second edition of the book was released several months after the original, with a additional chapter and epilogue covering his final few months as an active WWF wrestler up to his match at Wrestling/WrestleMania 2000, despite having been "retired" after losing to Triple H the month before. The final paragraph covers the morning after, where Mick leaves his hotel and was apparently approached by a news reporter who calls him out for giving in to do one more match and that Foley "crapped" on his entire career. The reporter then asked "What are you going to do now?"

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: When Mick was in college he invented an alter ego for himself named "Dude Love," who would be a better, cooler version of himself who could get the girls Mick couldn't get as himself. He finally got to wrestle in the persona in 1997, which was turned into a NewAgeRetroHippie. He [[FaceHeelTurn turned heel]] and joined Wrestling/{{Vince McMahon}}'s [[Wrestling/TheCorporation Corporation]] in 1998. Mick described this new version as a "disco-dancing corporate hippie."

* TakeAThirdOption: He writes about how, at [[Wrestling/HerbAbramsUWF Herb Abrams' UWF]]'s last chance at a supercard, ''UWF Blackjack Brawl I'', September 23, 1994, he, as Cactus Jack, was in a [[GimmickMatches Lumberjack Match]] against Wrestling/JimmySnuka. Herb didn't want Cactus to lose, "and there was no way I was going to let Jimmy lie down for me." So, they did exactly what Lumberjack Matches are designed to ''prevent'': They fought to a double-countout. When the other wrestlers said they couldn't do that, Cactus replied, "Hey, it's Herb's show, we can do anything."

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Including many you'd never expect to encounter in a book with the Wrestling/{{WWE}} logo on it.

* AboutTheAuthor: From the book jacket:
-->"MANKIND is one of the three deranged personalities of Mick Foley, onetime [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html World Wrestling Federation Champion]]. This is his first book."

* TenMinuteRetirement: A second edition of the book was released several months after the original, with a additional chapter and epilogue covering final few months as an active WWF wrestler up to his match at Wrestling/WrestleMania 2000, despite having been "retired" after losing to Triple H the month before. The final paragraph covers the morning after, where Mick leaves his hotel and was apparently approached by a news reporter who calls him out for giving in to do one more match and that Foley "crapped" on his entire career. The reporter then asked "What are you going to do now?"

It would be followed by three sequels: ''Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling'', ''The Hardcore Diaries'', and ''Countdown to Lockdown: A Hardcore Journal''.

''Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks'' is {{professional wrestl|ing}}er Wrestling/MickFoley's first [[{{Biography}} autobiography]], published in 1999. He wrote the entire book himself in ''longhand''.

* CrazyAwesome: {{Invoked|Trope}}. This is Wrestling/KevinSullivan's reaction when Wrestling/JimCornette tells him that Cactus Jack's FinishingMove is him running off the ring apron and dropping an elbow on the concrete.

-->"The name has been changed to protect my bank account."

->"Bischoff had once been quoted as saying, 'I used to really look forward to Tuesday mornings to see the ratings, but lately, we've been kicking their ass so bad that it's just not that fun anymore.' I guess Eric must have never heard that old proverb about counting your chickens before they hatch. Also, if kicking the other company's ass so bad isn't any fun, I feel real sorry for Wrestling/{{Vince|McMahon}}, he must be miserable."

-->''"I can't believe I lost my fucking ear! Bang bang!"''
''Have A Nice Day: A Tale Of Blood And Sweatsocks'' is {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er Wrestling/MickFoley's first [[{{Biography}} autobiography]], published in 1999. He wrote the entire book himself in ''longhand''.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Invoked. Mick rips WCW for squandering his feuds with Vader with a lame amnesia angle in 1993 and after losing his ear.

* CrazyAwesome: {{Invoked}}. This is Wrestling/KevinSullivan's reaction when Wrestling/JimCornette tells him that Cactus Jack's FinishingMove is him running off the ring apron and dropping an elbow on the concrete.

* TheChewToy: {{Invoked}}. His treatment of his friend Wrestling/AlSnow. He also mocks Wrestling/{{Test}}.
* CrazyAwesome: This is Wrestling/KevinSullivan's reaction when Wrestling/JimCornette tells him that Cactus Jack's FinishingMove is him running off the ring apron and dropping an elbow on the concrete.

* TheChewToy: His treatment of his friend Wrestling/AlSnow. He also mocks Wrestling/{{Test}}.
* CrazyAwesome: This is Wrestling/KevinSullivan's reaction when Wrestling/JimCornette tells him that Cactus Jack's FinishingMove is him running off the ring apron and dropping an elbow on the concrete.[[invoked]]

* TakeThat: A lot to WCW, particularly Wrestling/RicFlair and Wrestling/EricBischoff.

* TakeAThirdOption: He writes about how, at Herb Abrams' UWF's last chance at a supercard, ''UWF Blackjack Brawl I'', September 23, 1994, he, as Cactus Jack, was in a [[GimmickMatches Lumberjack Match]] against Wrestling/JimmySnuka. Herb didn't want Cactus to lose, "and there was no way I was going to let Jimmy lie down for me." So, they did exactly what Lumberjack Matches are designed to ''prevent'': They fought to a double-countout. When the other wrestlers said they couldn't do that, Cactus replied, "Hey, it's Herb's show, we can do anything."

''Have A Nice Day: A Tale Of Blood And Sweatsocks'' is {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er Wrestling/MickFoley's first [[{{Biography}} autobiography]], published in 1999.

* TheSpartanWay: Mick Foley wrote the entire book himself, in ''longhand''.