We all hear how Monday’s are blue, dreary and I certainly don’t want to be at work on a Monday after a good weekend.
So I checked up the etymology of the word Monday and here’s what I found:
Monday: The day is the first day of the week (if you follow the business calendar; geographically and culturally it varies in importance and sequence) and is derived from the Moon and is also known as the Moon’s day.
It isn’t my day, I’m not sure if it is your day but it is the Moon’s day!
This day is named after a celestial body which does not emit light, has a dark side, has been pretty beaten by a multitude of thrashings received by meteors over time, rotates from west to east (DUH!!) and in some terminologies we may (or may not) have used in school or college, means BUTTOCKS! (Now I am not sure how many of you have mooned someone in your youth but heck; if that body part has a day named after it, that just sets says it all for me anyway)
Hence my question. Is it logical that Monday, a day that is allegorically named after a body part none of us can easily turn and see (except with the aid of a mirror), really be considered as a day to be out and about, being active, starting the work week and slaving our way to a long awaited 6 pm closing bell; or, should we give it the due credit it deserves and . . . well just sit on our behinds and wait for Tuesday.
p.s. Friday is a day connected with the planet Venus which associates Friday with love, peace and relaxation.
Hysterical! Certainly puts it all in perspective. . :)
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ReplyDeleteremember rocket monday's? poor hashmi... he got the worst of monday's! i loved the post. i am trying not to laugh out loud in the computer lab!
ReplyDeleteOmar I believe your comments are very Euro centric and dont capture the plurality of various cultures. For instance what you call a Monday is in fact correctly called a Saturday in KSA. Therefore, when the US propaganda throws out movies such as Saturday Night Fever we must denounce them as western cultural imperialism. The movie should be called Thursday Night fever and it should not be showing women dancing. I hope you would keep Muslim sensitivities the next time you blog without keeping in mind the true Islamic values. Maulvi Adnan Mansoor Jibran Ejaz. (yes that is what i am called these days)
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