# Happy birthday your Majesty - and thanks for the long weekend! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788 "2004-06-11T07:26:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788/1 "2004-06-11T07:26:28Z")
I just love the relaxed feeling in the office as we approach 6.00pm on the Friday evening before a long weekend. Officially the holiday on Monday is to celebrate the birthday of HM Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia (which is actually in April I think). For most of us though it’s just a great excuse to go away for the weekend, or simply enjoy having a good sleep-in on Monday morning. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788/2 "2004-06-11T08:09:28Z")
\ I’m sitting less than a kilometre from the Queen’s digs, but we aint getting no holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788/3 "2004-06-11T08:15:02Z")
\*\*Jervoise \*\* - I suppose I could say something clever like it’s the Queen of Australia whose birthday is being celebrated, not the Queen of the UK, even though the same person happens to be both. But instead I’ll just say - tough luck 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788/4 "2004-06-11T09:47:57Z")
Well, we don’t get public holidays and weekends in my work, so I never would have known it was a long weekend until I read this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788/5 "2004-06-11T10:17:30Z")
> [@1920s Style "Death Ray"](#): > > Well, we don’t get public holidays and weekends in my work, so I never would have known it was a long weekend until I read this thread. Actually, WA doesn’t get the Queen’s Birthday holiday until October. June is too close to WA’s Foundation Day. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788/6 "2004-06-11T12:40:41Z")
Ahh, I see. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-your-majesty-and-thanks-for-the-long-weekend/249788/7 "2004-06-11T13:24:09Z")
She needs to make up her mind – it’s May 24 here. (Well, in most places it’s Victoria Day, but there are a couple of provinces where it’s actually called the Queen’s Birthday. In French, they fudge by calling it Fête de la Reine – when they’re not throwing the whole thing out the window by calling it Fête des Patriotes.)