Monday The Day
By Ryan Fyfe, Sat Dec 10th

The day of Monday is either considered the first or second dayof the week. It comes after Sunday and before Tuesday. The name"Monday" comes from Mani, who is the Germanic Moon god. Mondayis often considered to be the first day of the week. It isconsidered as this in most of Europe, Australia, parts ofAfrica, and South America. ISO 8601, the international standard,also defines Monday as the first day of the week. Thetraditional view held by Canada and the United States, haveMonday as the second day of the week.

In modern culture Monday is usually looks at being the beginningof a work week. This is because it is usually on Monday whenadults go back to work and children go back to school after a"weekend" (Saturday & Sunday)

In America Monday is never viewed as being a good day, as itmeans going back to the daily grind of another work week. Atypical work week in North America is 40 hours long. That 40hours is eight hours over five days, with normal office hoursbeing between 9am-5pm. Because of this image as being the worstday of the week Monday's are often made the enemies of severaljokes, and comments.

An example of this is Garfield, a comicstrip cat, who constantly is at war with Monday. Alot ofcompanies try to cash in on this image, and give peoplesomething to look forward to on Monday's. Who has heard of "Monday Night Football", or "Monday Club"?

Monday is home to several important dates throughout past andpresent history. Dates such as Easter Monday (hard to get thatone wrong), and Black Monday, Blue Monday, Easter Monday, FirstMonday, Handsel Monday, Manic Monday, Miracle Monday, PloughMonday, Wet Monday, Whit Monday.

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Ryan Fyfe is the owner and operator of Monday Spot- http://www.mondayspot.com, which is the best site on theinternet for all monday related information.