Cultural References
In the folk rhyme, "Monday's child is fair of face".
In Thailand, the color associated with Monday is yellow, see Thai solar calendar.
A number of songs feature Monday, often as a day of depression, anxiety, or melancholy. For example, "Monday, Monday" (1966) from the Mamas & the Papas, "Rainy Days and Mondays" (1971) from the Carpenters, "I Don't Like Mondays" (1979) from the Boomtown Rats, and "Manic Monday" (1986) from the Bangles.
There is a band named the Happy Mondays and an American pop punk band Hey Monday.
In the Garfield comics and shows, the title character hates Mondays, and is frequently harmed during them.
Monday is the most popular day to commit suicide, call in sick, and surf the web in the Netherlands.
During July 2002, the consulting firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting announced that it would rename itself to Monday, and spend $110 million over the next year to establish that brand.
In the film Office Space (1999), character Nina says to Peter "sounds like someone's got a case of the Mondays" suggesting Peter is not in a good mood.
A code-word racial epithet towards African Americans and Blacks by Whites.
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