I want to get an idea how many people know something about themselves. But I don't want the results skewed by people who don't answer because they don't want to admit that they don't know. So you don't have to read the following question, but if you do read it, please answer.
* * * * * * Okay, ready? * * * * Here goes... * * * * On which day of the week were you born?
I'm just curious how many people have this piece of useless trivia rattling around in their heads. Someone just asked me, and I realized that I knew, although I hadn't thought of it in so long that it surprised me.
My answer: Thursday.
Thanks. Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I have no idea.
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
Monday
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I don't remember. I was awfully young at the time.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I think it was a Wednesday. But I just checked, and it was a Thursday. So, I guess I did not know. But now I do!
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Thursday
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Saturday.
My brother was born on sunday.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Tuesday, but only because I remember when I turned 11 (I think it was 11) my mom made a comment to me about how she read that your 11th birthday is on the same day that you were born on. She said that today was a Tuesday and told me I was born on a Tuesday. Otherwise, I wouldn't know.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
I know it was a Thursday, because my mom has told me a number of times, and I've never really cared. But look! In the end it payed off, because I was able to answer your question.
Mostly Thursdays so far. Everyone knows Thursday-born babies are the best.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Wednesday, I think.
*checks* Nope, I was wrong. It was a Monday.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
At least Tuesday-born babies are unique And I don't think thursday-born babies are the best, so there Posted by Speed 2: Cruise Control (Member # 6765) on :
Another just-curious question: where's everyone going to double-check?
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
I believe I was born on a Monday. And after double checking, looks like I'm right.
I only know this because of a porcelain doll I had that was "Monday's Child" (from the poem) and I remember my Mom telling me that I was a Monday's child.
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
gaal, I don't think it would always be the same age because of leap years and stuff, but 11 would be close.
Whenever my birthday is on Monday it's Martin Luther King day, so I think I knew that way. Also it's the date president's are inaugurated (not a happy birthday in 05).
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Tuesday. Almost 100% sure.
According to Rain Man, I am correct.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:Another just-curious question: where's everyone going to double-check?
I just looked at the calendar in the "Date and Time Properties" box on my computer and ran it back to the correct month and year.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
I just posted a link.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Huh. This is weird. According to Valentine's link my 11th birthday was on a Wednesday. According to the calendar on my computer, it was a Tuesday. I was born March 27, 1990, which was definitely a Tuesday. But what day was March 27, 2001?
Posted by Airguitarist (Member # 2647) on :
no idea
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
Val's link gives you the day of the week for 1901, not 2001, so it's whatever your calender says I'm sure.
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Well, march 27th 2005 was on a sunday. That means in 2004 it was on saturday, 2003 on thursday, 2002 wed, 2001 tuesday.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
no idea
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
Paul, did you remember leap years?
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Thats why there is a 2 day gap between 2004 and 2003, but not the other years Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Does anyone else know if their 11th birthday was on the same day that they were born on?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Edit: in response to GaalDornick's post a few up
edit again: sarah's (lucy hummer) explanation may be correct, instead
Definitely a Tuesday. The calendar on Valentine's link fails to take into account the exception to the exception to the every four years is a leap year rule, I suspect. Basically, ever four years is a leap year, except every year divisible by 100, except every year divisible by 400.
So the online calendar would be a day of the week off.
[ December 03, 2005, 07:05 PM: Message edited by: fugu13 ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I don't know.
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
my 11th was yes, because it was the year clinton was inaugurated for the second time, and we went to a hotel, because it was martin luther king day, so yeah.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
No clue
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Lucy, I think everyone who wasn't born on a leap year or who's 11th birthday wasn't on a leap year has their 11th birthday on the same day they were born.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I don't know.
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
Hah! Didn't really even care either, now you've got me wondering.
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
Yeah, I'm thinking that, but that doesn't make it everyone. That makes it 1/4th the population.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Wednesday! Same as both of my dogs!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I have been told numerous times, but I cannot recall really. My best guess would be Monday or a Wednesday, leaning towards Wednesday.
EDIT: Well, it was a Monday. But I did have some idea.
Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go. Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living, But the child born on the Sabbath Day, Is fair and wise and good and gay.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Monday.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
I thought I was born on Monday, but I wasn't sure. so I called KrabbyPatty to check, and it was, indeed, Monday.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
Monday.
Checks thread. I wonder if it's really statistically true that more babies are born on Mondays and less on Fridays? We need a bigger sample.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
I don't like that poem much. Either that or my birth day. Everyone but Wednesday seems decent. Ah well..
Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
I was born on a Wednesday.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
No... I meant that the poem made Wednesday out to seem.. worse than the others. I don't take "full of woe" to be a positive statement.
Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :
Saturday
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
Wednesday.
I was always amazed growing up when people *didn't* know what day of the week they were born. Or exactly what time of day. My mother made such a big deal out of it - she would tell me I wasn't really 5 (or 6 or 7, but 5 is when I first remember her making a big deal out of it) until 9 pm.
I have an awful lot of useless trivia bouncing around in my brain.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
The "Wednesday's Child is full of woe" line always made me so sad. It became something of a self-fulfilling prophecy for me, I'm afraid.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
No idea.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
I've always heard that Sunday's child is "bonnie and blithe and good and gay"
Bonnie is similar to fair, but is blithe anything like wise? I don't think so...
(Am Sunday's Child)
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I am a Monday person. Yes, I was born on Monday, March 16, 1987.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
Blithe = happy, carefree. Also a pretty name for a girl.
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
My aunt said something about this before, but I don't remember. I think I was born on a Thursday.
:checking: According to my computer's clock, I'm correct.
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
Saturday and so was my daughter!
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
Maui, my mom made a pretty big deal about the age thing to, but it was better because in elementary school I got out at 3:15 and I was born at 4 something, so I got my presents as soon as my dad got home (around 4)
Posted by citadel (Member # 8367) on :
I was born on Saturday.
Just for fun I built a web page that generates a calendar for any year. Free Calendar Lookup
Check it out!
Posted by K.T. (Member # 8665) on :
Tuesday...And 11th was a Tuesday.
Blithe= The last name of Gilbert in Anne of Green Gables!
Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :
I was born on Monday. I know for sure because I was actually born on Labor Day (which is always a Monday), but just to be sure I checked a calendar from 1984 and I was right.
Edit to tell citadel, that his calendar is off by a day at least for 1984.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Blythe = The last name of Gilbert in Anne of Green Gables. :B
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Sunday.
Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
Saturday (had to look it up)
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
No clue whatsoever. I don't think I've ever thought about it, or ever been told.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Thursday. And I always knew that because of the rhyme.
I was also always jealous of my little brother who was born on a Sunday.
Has anyone here read the Polly and the Wolf kid's stories?
The Wolf had an alternate birth-day poem which I always liked.
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
I was born on a Sunday.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
NO clue
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Friday, prime time.
or so I'm told. I should go check.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Nope, wrong. Monday.
But I'm sure it was during prime time. I'm pretty sure of this because every time I complained about missing some show when I was little, my mom would tell me that I was born DURING PRIME TIME and she had to miss her favorite show for me!
I'm pretty sure she was just trying to make a point.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Thursday, I think.
I mean, my twenty-first is on a Thursday, so...
-pH
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Nope, it was a Saturday. But I do remember that it was sixteen minutes after the hour on March 16th.
-pH
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Oh that's a toughie.
No idea.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
My wife was born on Friday.
The 13th.
Which is the only reason I remember.
I had no idea what day I was born on until I went to the Rain Man site.
My Mother in Law was also born on friday the 13th, but not in the same month as my wife.
For an odd coincidence:
I have the same birthday as my Aunt Ruth.
Her son has the same birthday as my son.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
"Tuesday's child is full of grace."
When I was growing up, at the point where there were five kids capable of saying grace, we were each given the day of the week we were born on. Counting my mom and dad, we had each day of the week covered.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
No idea. My guess: Friday.
Correct answer: Thursday.
Checked on my computer clock thingy.
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
Tuesday.
I only know this because my dad remarked that my brothers were also born on Tuesdays, and he thought it was strange.
My daughter was also born on a Tuesday.
--Mel
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
When I called to check, Mommy said we were in order by reverse age. Dad, the oldest, was born on Friday, then Mom on Saturday, Dana on Sunday, me on Monday and Brian on Tuesday. Kinda weird.
Posted by Zarex (Member # 8504) on :
Monday, October 13, 1986. At 1:13 P.M. (No I didn't need to check.)
It's always fun when my birthday fall on friday the thirteenth though.
Posted by BGgurl (Member # 8541) on :
No idea
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
quote:Originally posted by citadel: I was born on Saturday.
Just for fun I built a web page that generates a calendar for any year. Free Calendar Lookup
Check it out!
Your calendar is wrong for 1973 at least...
Posted by Theaca (Member # 8325) on :
Thursday.
Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :
Audeo, we're three days apart! I'm excited because I don't know anyone so close to me in age.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Saturday. And I know this because we used to discuss it often.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Monday, and although I remembered correctly, I double-checked it before posting. I probably wouldn't have posted that I was wrong had I been.
My eleventh birthday was on a Sunday. Ha.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Thursday. I had a suspicion it might be, but I didn't really know.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Sunday. And like Dawnmaria, my daughter was too.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
No idea.
Checking.... Thursday says the Raymond's webpage. Saturday says my calendar app. Saturday says my computer's date and time preferences. Raymond's webpage is wrong.
And what do you know, my 11th birthday was on a Saturday too. So was my 17th and 28th. And my 34th will be when I have it.
I don't know if I work hard for a living. I sit in a chair all day staring at a computer screen, often slouching so bad I should get a recliner (I've caught myself with my mid back the only thing on the seat...).
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
I'm a Weds. I thought so before trying both Gaal's suggestion of 11 years and Val's link, both of which confirmed it.
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Didn't know without checking.
Born on a Friday. Straight into the weekend. Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Saturday, sure of it.
--j_k
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Tuesday
(I know the time I was born too, 12:24 PM. I really like my bday because it's 4/24/84 at 12:24)
[ December 04, 2005, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: kojabu ]
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
Wednesday, but I had to look it up.
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
I'm fairly sure I was born on a Tuesday. I also know that I was born at 12:20am.
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
I was born on a Friday the thirteenth.
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
I have no clue. Sunday? I think in the middle of the night, too. But I'm not sure.
*looks at baby book* Oops. 5:41 p.m. Dinner time, not the middle of the night.
The Rain Man site says it was a Sunday, so at least I was right about that! Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
I dunno. Monday, I think.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
I checked. I was right.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I don't know, but for some reason I'm inclined to guess Tuesday.
And for some reaons my computer's clock/calendar won't let me set it earlier than 1980 to check! I must be too old.
--Enigmatic
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
"Monday, and although I remembered correctly, I double-checked it before posting. I probably wouldn't have posted that I was wrong had I been.
My eleventh birthday was on a Sunday. Ha."
Was your birthday or 11th birthday on a leap year?
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Thursday.
EDIT:
quote:Does anyone else know if their 11th birthday was on the same day that they were born on?
Nope. 11th birthday was on Wednesday, according to aforelinked "Rain Man".
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
I'm a Friday baby, as Hoffman kindly confirmed.
Let's see . . . I recall Friday kids are supposed to grow up to be party people, and Monday babies are passive-agressive . . .
Posted by socal_chic (Member # 7803) on :
Friday for me
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
I think Wednesday.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Saturday
(and no, I didn't have to look it up - I just read the first post of the thread and posted)
(EDIT: like KQ says above - we talked about this type of thing off and on in my family)
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Wednesday. I remember because I always felt slighted by the nursery rhyme:
Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace, Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go, Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe and good and gay. Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Ditto to Scott R.'s post.
Also Rainman confirms:
quote: That was a Wednesday... yeah definitely Wednesday.
Wednesday is fish sticks, green lime jello for dessert.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Didn't know. Turns out, it was a Friday (which makes sense since I was induced on the last possible day before my mom's OB/GYN went on an extended vacation.)
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Uprooted -- I love that movie (we find ourselves quoting from it fairly often...)
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
I know the day, because I calculated it after reading the "Monday's Child" rhyme.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Wednesday, I think.
Checking: "10 January 1961 was a Tuesday." Oh, well.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
Amanda was also born on a Tuesday, and Cayla on a Wednesday. My explanation for "Wednesday's child is full of woe" is this: Cayla is very compassionate, to a fault. She feels things very deeply and takes them to heart. As a result, events that have no or little effect on Amanda (at least, to all appearances) affect Cayla deeply.
And, in line with Bob Scopatz's birth during PRIME TIME, my mom complained that because of the time I was born, in the late afternoon, she didn't get supper that night. Imagine - you give birth and miss supper, then they don't feed you til breakfast. Doesn't seem fair, does it? Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Saturday. I'm sure because I was born the day before Father's Day, which is always a Sunday. Rainman confirmed it.
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Tuesday. I thought it was but wasn't sure, so I checked Rain Man, also. Tuesday, definitely Tuesday.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
quote:Originally posted by citadel: I was born on Saturday.
Just for fun I built a web page that generates a calendar for any year. Free Calendar Lookup
Check it out!
Psst, citadel, there was no February 29 this year.
-----
I was born 12:38 am on a Saturday. I knew, but I double-checked anyway.
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Sunday.
And I always loved that poem, talking about the days of the week and what the child would be like... "sunday's child" was totally the best one.
Posted by WhtTigress (Member # 8123) on :
I instinctively thought Monday, but then I thought, no that can't be right, my daughter was born on a Monday. Then I looked it up, and sure enough it was Monday
Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
I thought it was wednesday, but alas, it was Tuesday.
Posted by CRash (Member # 7754) on :
Wednesday. My parents told me so...and look, they were right!
I've always been woeful simply because the "Monday's Child" poem gave me such a depressing outlook on my future.
Posted by afterthought (Member # 7750) on :
I thought it was Tuesday, but I checked and it was Sunday.
Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
I thought that it was a Thursday, but it was a Wednesday.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
Wednesday. 2:12 pm.
I also grew up hearing "Wednesday's child is full of woe," and determined not to have any of my babies on Wednesday. My first child was born at 12:51 on Thursday morning. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Monday. I was C-section, and the surgeon scheduled c-sections for Mondays.
Posted by Deus (Member # 8861) on :
I have no idea, but it was early in the morning, I know that much
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Everyone but Wednesday seems decent. Ah well..
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