# Internet Mind Reading Test **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337 "2013-05-14T18:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/61 "2013-05-16T03:53:33Z")
I went with my actual first thought. It was Thanksgiving, and Halloween was the next observance to pop into my head. Had I been going for obscure, I’d have said Maundy Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/62 "2013-05-16T04:21:20Z")
I went for Kenm Day. ---
**Author:** ![nion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/63 "2013-05-16T04:42:29Z")
Mark me the second to come up with Hanukkah ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/64 "2013-05-16T21:22:16Z")
Well, you didn’t ask for the first name that came to mind, so I discarded my first two (Thanksgiving and New Year’s) figuring these were almost surely your first two guesses (who’s reading whose mind, here). The next one that came to mind was Boxing Day. Not fair because it’s not a US holiday? Okay then, President’s Day and that was my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/65 "2013-05-16T21:25:09Z")
I got ANZAC Day… which is weird because I’m American. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/66 "2013-05-17T08:51:24Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > You’ll notice that St. Swithuns is [referenced often in literature and drama,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Swithun_in_popular_culture)often with a comical twist. It’s a funny sounding name and he’s an obscure Anglo-Saxon saint on top of that. It is overwhelmingly spelled Swithins for some reason. I’m not sure but I think I heard the first reference ages and ages ago on a episode of the British show Doctor in the House. > > Hard to believe you’ve never noticed the annual celebration. Ha, ha, ha. An obscure throwaway joke on Frasier is supposed to be enough for me to know about it. I can [check Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#Veneration), too. Even in countries where the holiday is common, there doesn’t seem to be much of a celebration anymore–it’s just a day to think about the weather. I’m so sure that’s going to be popular in the U.S., less than a couple weeks after something as big as the Fourth of July. I definitely should have seen a celebration somewhere before. Y’all just thought of an obscure holiday to try and outwit the test. Heck, you even admit the saint is obscure. Why would he be if his holiday wasn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/67 "2013-05-17T08:59:50Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Ha, ha, ha. An obscure throwaway joke on Frasier is supposed to be enough for me to know about it. I can [check Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swithun#Veneration), too. Even in countries where the holiday is common, there doesn’t seem to be much of a celebration anymore–it’s just a day to think about the weather. > > I’m so sure that’s going to be popular in the U.S., less than a couple weeks after something as big as the Fourth of July. I definitely should have seen a celebration somewhere before. > > Y’all just thought of an obscure holiday to try and outwit the test. Heck, you even admit the saint is obscure. Why would he be if his holiday wasn’t? “I don’t know about something, so no-one else does either” is not a convincing argument. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/68 "2013-05-17T09:03:53Z")
Well, there’s also St Crispin’s Day - I have no idea who St Crispin is but the big speech in _Henry V_ goes on about his day. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/69 "2013-05-17T13:41:19Z")
I said, “New Years,” because I thought it was a holiday that _starts_ with the letter “N”. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/70 "2013-05-17T20:53:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, there’s also St Crispin’s Day - I have no idea who St Crispin is but the big speech in _Henry V_ goes on about his day. In my mind Henry always says St. Swithun’s day even though I know it’s St. Crispin’s. That speech is the only bit of Shakespeare longer than a sentence that I really like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337.md?page=3)