Fun Facts About Wednesdays

Wednesdays suck as far as days of the week go (If you need to see why again, you can view the reasons I listed here).

But as I was listening to the radio today, I heard that statistically fewer accidents happen on Wednesdays than any other day of the week. So if you are going to be alive at the end of the day, its more likely to happen on a Wednesday.

Wednesday is associated with the colour green apparently. Not sure who decides which colours belong with which days of the week, but green is a nice neutral colour, its kind of calming.  According to research I did on the internet*, the colour green is favoured by well-balanced people. However this same article also says that Green is associated with Fridays. Confused much?  Also green is associated with jealousy so not sure what that does to the well-balanced theory.

Apparently, women look their worst every Wednesday at 15h30. This is because (a) Wednesdays are the  most stressful days of the week, and by Wednesday afternoon energy levels plummet.  And (b) its because people drink more on Sundays and this takes about 72 hours to work through your system plus people sleep worse on Mondays and this affects you on a Wednesday. Its all very serious and scientific.  You can read the article here because I know I did a bad job of summarising the facts: http://seriousfacts.com/women-look-their-oldest-every-wednesday-at-330pm/.  

Wednesdays are the best day of the week to ask for a raise at work.  Or any other favour I guess.  According to more research I did on the internet, in a survey of 1,500 bosses, most revealed they were more receptive to requests a Wednesday. On Mondays they are too busy preparing for the week ahead and by Thursday and Friday they are thinking about the weekend.**

Um ... bad news though, same article says that most car accidents happen on a Wednesday.  So maybe not such a good day for staying alive?  

As per the childhood rhyme we all know and love, Wednesday's child is full of woe***.

Wednesday is spelled kind of weird though: "Wed-nes-day", and I hate it when words have silent letters.  Like, what is the point. Actually, I've written Wednesday so many times in this post that I'm beginning to doubt its spelling.  Or that its a real word.  But I digress ... Wednesday comes from the Old English word “wodnesdaeg.” or "Woden's day". Some sources link Woden to Odin, but actually Woden was either an Anglo-Saxon god, or an important king.  I'm not sure which and I can't be bothered to fact check that.

Wednesday is associated with the planet Mercury. You can see this association in a number of the Romance languages such as Spanish (Miercoles) and French (Mercredi).

And in other languages ...

The German name for the day, Mittwoch, literally translates to “mid-week,”
In Portugeuse it’s called Quarta-fiera, or “fourth day.” (I guess their week starts on Sunday)

In Scandinavian countries in "Onsday" which means "Odin's day" which puts a spin on the whole Odin/Woden debate.

And last but not least ... Wednesday is known as the hump day, cos once its done you are over the "hump" of the week.  Ofcourse, this can only be celebrated once the day is over.  Which it is now.

And that is all.

*Gotta love Google.  I don't know how I did research projects when I was in school without the internet or Google.

**I have to remember this next time I want to bombard my boss. Or when I need to borrow money from someone.  I got my facts here, so don't blame me if it doesn't work out for you.

*** Apparently this is where Wednesday Adams (from Adams family) got her name.