# What day of the week were you born on? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729 "2012-09-25T01:09:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/1 "2012-09-25T01:09:53Z")
Pretty obvious. If you don’t know, you can find out [here](http://mistupid.com/months/weekdaycalc.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/2 "2012-09-25T01:11:53Z")
Saturday. I’ve always known this because my mother put great stock in the following poem: Mondays child is fair of face, Tuesdays child is full of grace, Wednesdays child is full of woe, Thursdays child has far to go, Fridays child is loving and giving, Saturdays child works hard for his living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/3 "2012-09-25T01:12:57Z")
I was born on a Friday, which is supposed to be unlucky. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/4 "2012-09-25T01:12:59Z")
Trivia note. When I was young, my mother told me I was born on a Saturday. But one day I looked it up and I was actually born on a Sunday. Apparently, I was born in the middle of the night and my mother thought of it as Saturday night even though it was actually Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/5 "2012-09-25T01:16:12Z")
My brother is an interesting case. When Mom was expecting, she was first told she was due in August, and then it was revised to July. She decided she wanted an August Baby. And by golly, she had one–by six minutes. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/6 "2012-09-25T01:21:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Pretty obvious. > > If you don’t know, you can find out [here](http://mistupid.com/months/weekdaycalc.htm). Neat! I realized that while I know what day I was born on (Tuesday), I couldn’t for the life of me remember what day of the week my son (Tuesday) or daughter (Wednesday) were born on! ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/7 "2012-09-25T01:23:34Z")
Saturday. Probably ruined my parents’ weekend. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/8 "2012-09-25T01:25:03Z")
Saturday. And I can attest the rhyme is true ☹ Most Wednesday babies I’ve known have been pretty emo, too. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/9 "2012-09-25T01:51:32Z")
Sunday ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/10 "2012-09-25T02:02:25Z")
Monday. But I’m not particularly fair of face, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/11 "2012-09-25T02:39:12Z")
Far to go, dammit. Actually, since I’m currently 2712 km from home, maybe it’s correct. ---
**Author:** ![shemarstan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@shemarstan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shemarstan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/12 "2012-09-25T02:43:20Z")
okay Monday…but what does fair of face mean? ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/13 "2012-09-25T02:49:10Z")
Since I was born on Easter morning, I guess it must have been a Sunday. > [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > And the child that is born on the Sabbath day > Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. Inaccurate poem. I don’t know if I’m bonny or blithe, I hope I’m good–but I’m definitely not gay. The percentages wouldn’t match up for the populations estimated homosexuality rates, anyway. 😃 (“What sign is he?” “Um … Capricorn.” “So, what does that mean? What will he be like?” :eek: “He is the prophesied Messiah! The chosen one! The Son of God!!” “Oh … That’s Capricorn, is it?” “No, that’s just him!” “Ah. I was going to say otherwise, there’d be an awful lot of them.”) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/14 "2012-09-25T02:53:14Z")
> [@shemarstan](#): > > okay Monday…but what does fair of face mean? An attractive/pleasant face. Thursday here. According to the poem, I have far to go. But it’s been almost 40 years. Am I there yet? Wherever “there” is? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/15 "2012-09-25T02:58:32Z")
Well, it says Thursday, but I was born in Scotland; what time zone does this calculator assume? I think I was born in the wee hours of the morning. Can someone adjust for Scottish Mean Time? ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/16 "2012-09-25T03:08:53Z")
I am born on a Wednesday only because of Daylight Savings time (12:31am PDT). This throws everything out of whack for my mom the numerologist. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/17 "2012-09-25T03:19:54Z")
My father was a minister, and Sunday morning service was cancelled abruptly when my mother went into labor. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/18 "2012-09-25T03:23:49Z")
> [@shemarstan](#): > > okay Monday…but what does fair of face mean? Pretty. Or pale, I guess. But the usual interpretation is pretty. > [@SCSimmons](#): > > (“What sign is he?” > “Um … Capricorn.” > “So, what does that mean? What will he be like?” > :eek: “He is the prophesied Messiah! The chosen one! The Son of God!!” > “Oh … That’s Capricorn, is it?” > “No, that’s just him!” > “Ah. I was going to say otherwise, there’d be an awful lot of them.” [Actually…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Was_a_Capricorn) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/19 "2012-09-25T03:25:24Z")
I’m one of a pair of “identical cousins.” My mother wreaked me upon the world at the same time (to the hour) that her sister damed a daughter. Life is weird. ---
**Author:** ![shemarstan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@shemarstan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shemarstan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729/20 "2012-09-25T04:10:00Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > An attractive/pleasant face. > > Thursday here. According to the poem, I have far to go. But it’s been almost 40 years. Am I there yet? Wherever “there” is? Well since you helped out with my interpretation…I will say that maybe far to go means…YOU will live a very long life.. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729.md?page=2)