# Wednesday is WHATNOW!!?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661 "2003-05-21T22:31:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZenMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c4cdca/32.png) [@ZenMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/1 "2003-05-21T22:31:26Z")
i always wondered. Why is wednesday hump day and not, say, thursday? What does it mean? Who said this? Where was it first recorded? -ZeN, waiting for wednesday ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/2 "2003-05-21T22:52:47Z")
I can’t tell you coined the phrase, but Wednesday is “hump day” because it is the middle day of a typical 5 day work week. Everything from Monday to Wednesday seems like an uphill battle, and from Wednesday on it’s easy street. MtM ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/3 "2003-05-21T23:02:28Z")
Wednesday is No-Pants Wonderday. Or is it Thursday… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/4 "2003-05-21T23:13:23Z")
Not to be confused with Free-Ball Friday 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/5 "2003-05-21T23:18:37Z")
Or whip 'em out Wednesday.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yuki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@Yuki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yuki)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/6 "2003-05-21T23:23:33Z")
I remember when my gramma told me Wednesday was hump-day. I was about 12 and I just stared at her in shock. See, she’d always talk about Saturday being laundry-day, Monday was grocery-day and so on. So when she said that, I couldn’t believe my ears. She actually had a day designated just for humping? My poor little mind couldn’t handle that. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/7 "2003-05-21T23:25:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \* > \*\*Not to be confused with Free-Ball Friday 😉 \*\* Is that the same as free-bagging? Once the clinic nurse at my job said “Strip down to your shorts, I’ll be right back” 😃 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Phouchg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/41988e/32.png) [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/8 "2003-05-22T00:52:59Z")
actually, for those of us who grew up in the Boston area [Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti day](http://www.princepasta.com/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/9 "2003-05-22T01:45:20Z")
Wednesday is full of woe. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/10 "2003-05-22T02:35:14Z")
“They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday’s just as bad Lord, and Wednesday’s worse… and Thursday’s oh so sad…” T-Bone Walker I gotta tell you, the guy must’ve been having the worst week ever when he wrote this. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/11 "2003-05-22T03:06:51Z")
Wednesday is “Hawaiian Shirt Day”. Oh, wait. . . That’s Friday. So anyone with a Hawaiian Shirt can go ahead and wear theirs on Friday. [sub]After they get their TPS reports done, of course[/sub] Not to be confused with Alternate Super Tuesdays, nor the Quarterly Magical Mondays following the Alternate Super Tuesdays on odd numbered leap years. Tripler It’s all based on the tides and the moon. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/12 "2003-05-22T03:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rabid\_Squirrel \* > \*\*Not to be confused with Free-Ball Friday 😉 \*\* _Free-lancers…Hah!_ 😉 Free Bird In The Hand! Free Zing! Free Huey! What? Oh, well, never mind.😕 ---
**Author:** ![MarsBandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@MarsBandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarsBandit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/13 "2013-09-13T23:55:08Z")
I heard this expression in Georgia in 1983 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/14 "2013-09-13T23:56:35Z")
> [@MarsBandit](#): > > I heard this expression in Georgia in 1983 So, you heard it 20 years before this thread was started, but 30 years before you posted to the thread? Cool beans. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/15 "2013-09-13T23:59:20Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Cool beans. [Cool beans](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTMT_eVOKdw). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/16 "2013-09-14T00:07:37Z")
_Every_ day is “Hump” Day when you live in Thailand. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wednesday-is-whatnow/176661/17 "2013-09-14T00:31:45Z")
Since old threads should only be raised to contribute significant new information, I’m closing this. Colibri General Questions Moderator