Monday is the day of the week between Sunday and Tuesday.  According to the traditional Christian, Islamic, and Hebrew calendars, it is the second day of the week, and according to international standard ISO 8601 it is the first day of the week.  In the West, it is the first day of the work week, whereas in most Muslim countries and Israel, it is the second day of the work week.  The name of Monday is derived from Old English Mōnandæg and Middle English Monenday, which means "moon day".

Quotes

Monday burn Millay
~ Guy Montag in
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
  • Barry:  Here's the thing: I made that tape special for today—my special Monday morning tape for you—special.
    Rob Gordon:  Well it's fuckin' Monday afternoon, you should get out of bed earlier!
In all possible universes, Monday was the same.
~ Philip K. Dick's Eye in the Sky

Lyrics

  • Monday's child is fair of face
    • "Monday's Child," first recorded in A. E. Bray's Traditions of Devonshire vol. II (1838), pp. 287–288).
  • Monday, we held it together
But then, a Monday morning quarterback never lost a game
~ Frank Sinatra
  • Monday, back from the dead
    I'm letting it go, back for another one
  • Monday's gone
    Tuesday's fadin'
    Wednesday's gone
    Thursday's all but wasted now
    • Stone Temple Pilots, "Days of the Week," Shangri-La Dee Da (19 June 2001), tr. 2.
It's just another manic Monday
~ The Bangles
  • It's just another manic Monday
    I wish it were Sunday
    'Cause that's my fun day
    My I-don't-have-to-run day
    It's just another manic Monday
    • The Bangles, "Manic Monday," Different Light (January 1986), tr. 1.
  • Tell me why I don't like Mondays
  • Oh, Monday morning, the cracks become quite clear
    Oh, Monday morning, take me back, leave me here
Monday you can fall apart
~ The Cure
  • I don't care if Monday's blue
  • Monday you can fall apart
  • I don't care if Monday's black
  • Monday you can hold your head
  • Monday, Monday, so good to me
  • Monday, Monday, can't trust that day
  • But whenever Monday comes
    You can find me crying all of the time
  • Oh, Monday, Monday, won't go away
    Monday, Monday, it's here to stay
Monday had a sad child
~ The Monkees

Quotes from Office Space (1999)

Uh-oh.  Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.
~ Office Space
Peter Gibbons:  I gotta get outta here.  I think I'm gonna lose it.
Female Temp:  Uh-oh.  Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.
Brian [Chotchkie's waiter]:  So can I get you gentlemen something more to drink?  Or maybe something to nibble on?  Some Pizza Shooters, Shrimp Poppers, or Extreme Fajitas?
Peter:  Just coffee.
Brian:  Okay.  Sounds like a case of the Mondays.
Peter:  Let me ask you something.  When you come in on Monday and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?"
Lawrence:  No.  No, man.  Shit no, man.  I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.

See also

  • Encyclopedic article on Monday at Wikipedia
  • The dictionary definition of Monday at Wiktionary
  • Media related to Monday at Wikimedia Commons
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