# Just for laughs: What's your favorite day of the week? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958 "2015-07-12T18:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/41 "2015-07-14T18:25:16Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > I’m retired. What do those names mean? I call my dad once a week. A couple of months ago, I called him on a Wednesday and caught him in the middle of a nap. He proceeds to say to me, “How’s your weekend going?” I was like _Papa_, it’s _Wednesday_. Must be nice to be retired! ETA: My least favorite day is Tuesday, not Monday. My rationale is this: on Monday you still have the weekend behind you. On Tuesday you just have Monday, and it’s forever till the weekend again. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/42 "2015-07-14T22:50:04Z")
I said Sunday; I spend a big part of my Saturdays running errands and such, and by late afternoon I’m tired. Sunday is more MY day to do what I want. Sort of. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/43 "2015-07-14T23:44:10Z")
Definitely Monday. The start of a fresh week - new lessons to teach. The kids are usually doing an activity, so I really don’t have to be engaged all the time. Review the previous weekend’s tournament, hand out accolades, update all the standings…Mondays are just cool. Plus our school has “late start” on Mondays, so it is also a chance to meet with fellow teachers and swap stuff. Half the meetings seem to involve things I am not part of, so those days I get another hour of prep. What’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/44 "2015-07-15T00:43:07Z")
Okay, then. Here’s a checkpoint: View Poll Results: What’s your favorite day of the week? This poll will close on 09-10-2015 at 01:03 PM ```auto Saturday 30 37.50% Friday 20 25.00% Thursday 10 12.50% Wednesday 7 8.75% Tuesday 6 7.50% Sunday 4 5.00% Monday 3 3.75% ``` Voters: 80 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/45 "2015-07-15T02:43:21Z")
C’mon Wednesday people! Tuesday is right behind us…let’s get the vote out and win this thing! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/46 "2015-07-15T05:24:25Z")
Now that I’m retired, I like Mondays the best. The weekends just have too many people out and about, there’s nothing on TV, and nothing seems right. On Monday, everything is back to normal. And Monday’s during the school year are the best because I’m back in my weekday routine and because I really can go to the grocery store or go a restaurant without crowds. Before I was retired my worst day was Sunday. It would be fine until the afternoon when I’d start doing lesson plans and grading papers, and I’d start getting ready for school on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/47 "2015-07-15T05:39:16Z")
I went with my gut and ‘Thursday’ popped out as the answer. Why? Don’t know. I’m currently unemployed (but hopefully, that will change soon) so each day is about the same. Maybe b/c when I did have a M-F job, I was just happy to be on the other side of humpday? Sunday afternoons as always are the worse. Thank you, Douglas Adams for the phrase, ‘the long dark tea-time of the soul’. Sunday afternoons with no Walking Dead to look forward to are worse. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/48 "2015-07-15T07:00:58Z")
Just for laughs? Tuesday. Ha ha ha, hee hee hee, guffaw, snort, chortle, ha ha ha! OMG, **Zeldar** , stop it, you’re killing me! Ha ha, snerfle, gasp. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/49 "2015-07-16T12:18:35Z")
More snickers for the easily amused: 😉 View Poll Results: What’s your favorite day of the week? This poll will close on 09-10-2015 at 01:03 PM ```auto Saturday 34 38.64% Friday 22 25.00% Thursday 11 12.50% Wednesday 7 7.95% Tuesday 6 6.82% Monday 4 4.55% Sunday 4 4.55% ``` Voters: 88 ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/50 "2015-07-16T14:10:31Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Thursday. The next day is Friday, which is usually a lighter day and then the weekend ahead. I’ve always loved Thursday nights especially. Me too. I think there’s some residual feelings from my childhood, in which some awesome TV shows were on Thursday nights. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/51 "2015-07-16T18:34:18Z")
Right now I work a M - F, 8 - 5 job so Saturdays are the best. Don’t have to go anywhere and there’s still another day off before I have to go to work… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/52 "2015-07-16T21:14:52Z")
All those days ending in ‘Y’ are pretty much the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/53 "2015-07-17T12:00:15Z")
View Poll Results: What’s your favorite day of the week? This poll will close on 09-10-2015 at 01:03 PM ```auto Saturday 38 39.18% Friday 23 23.71% Thursday 13 13.40% Wednesday 7 7.22% Tuesday 6 6.19% Monday 5 5.15% Sunday 5 5.15% ``` Voters: 97 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/54 "2015-07-17T19:43:41Z")
Next Voter is #100! 😃 Here’s another way to look at our preferences: View Poll Results: What’s your favorite day of the week? This poll will close on 09-10-2015 at 01:03 PM ```auto Sunday 5 5.05% Monday 5 5.05% Tuesday 6 6.06% Wednesday 7 7.07% Thursday 13 13.13% Friday 24 24.24% Saturday 39 39.39% ``` Voters: 99 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/55 "2015-07-18T11:33:29Z")
For a while there it looked like nobody wanted to be #100. 🙂 View Poll Results: What’s your favorite day of the week? This poll will close on 09-10-2015 at 01:03 PM ```auto Sunday 5 5.00% Monday 5 5.00% Tuesday 6 6.00% Wednesday 7 7.00% Thursday 13 13.00% Friday 24 24.00% Saturday 40 40.00% ``` Voters: 100 ---
**Author:** ![Subtlety\_Wrecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@Subtlety\_Wrecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subtlety_Wrecks)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958/56 "2015-07-18T11:54:06Z")
Saturday should win for most of us office drones. Friday night is the best but you have to work to get there. Sunday conjures the dread of Monday and the start of the hamster wheel. Saturday is a 1 day vacation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-laughs-whats-your-favorite-day-of-the-week/724958.md?page=2)