What child are you?

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:45 pm

Sunday's Child Is Full of Grace

Sunday's child is full of grace,
Monday's child is full in the face,
Tuesday's child is solemn and sad,
Wednesday's child is merry and glad,
Thursday's child is inclined to thieving,
Friday's child is free in giving,
And Saturday's child works hard for a living.

Does the child's poem above describe what kind of child you were and the person you are? Inquiring minds would like to know.

No, this isn't a pub quiz but I did partake in this exploration at a bar in a pub a while back..it got real interesting.

Moi? I'm a Sunday's child.

MarkB

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:49 pm

Is this based on your birthday, or what?

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:49 pm

What does "full in the face" mean exactly?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:50 pm

Does "solemn" mean the same as "serious" here?

I'm often told I'm too serious, so I think I'd fit in as Tuesday's child, but I feel like Saturday's child a lot, too.

My best friend here on campus lives near a girl named Sunday. If she ever has a child, I wonder if s/he will be full of grace?

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:50 pm

Cynth wrote:What does "full in the face" mean exactly?

The opposite of your avatar?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:53 pm

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on a Tuesday,
Married on a Wednesday,
Took ill in Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:56 pm

MarkB wrote:Sunday's Child Is Full of Grace

Sunday's child is full of grace,
Monday's child is full in the face,
Tuesday's child is solemn and sad,
Wednesday's child is merry and glad,
Thursday's child is inclined to thieving,
Friday's child is free in giving,
And Saturday's child works hard for a living.

What's that, the p.c. version? This is how it goes:

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for its living,
But the child that's born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

I was born on a Wednesday.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:58 pm

Walden wrote:
MarkB wrote:Sunday's Child Is Full of Grace

Sunday's child is full of grace,
Monday's child is full in the face,
Tuesday's child is solemn and sad,
Wednesday's child is merry and glad,
Thursday's child is inclined to thieving,
Friday's child is free in giving,
And Saturday's child works hard for a living.
What's that, the p.c. version? This is how it goes:

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for its living,
But the child that's born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

I was born on a Wednesday.

Your version sounds so much better, Walden.

I must have been born on the Sabbath.

djm · Post by **djm** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:58 pm

MarkB wrote:Monday's child is full in the face,

I think that might be "Monday's child is full in face", as in open, honest (sometimes brutally so

).

I have calculated my birthday and, whuddaya know.

djm

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:00 pm

jsluder wrote:
Cynth wrote:What does "full in the face" mean exactly?
The opposite of your avatar?

Okay, my avatar is a French bulldog. Opposite. What is the opposite of French? English? Bull, opposite is cow, I guess. Dog? Well, is that a cat? An English cowcat?

It is an animal. A human? I don't seem to really be picking up on that hint, do I?

Is "full in the face" like plump? I thought it would have a more non-physical meaning.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:02 pm

djm wrote:
MarkB wrote:Monday's child is full in the face,
I think that might be "Monday's child is full in face", as in open, honest (sometimes brutally so ).

I have calculated my birthday and, whuddaya know.

djm

Sometimes it's easy to confuse "brutally honest" with "platitudinous."

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:08 pm

Friday's child...though I'm not very inclined to be generous these days, I used to be. These days, cynicism usually gets the better of me.

My boy on the other hand, Monday's child, and quite the cutie

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:10 pm

Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace.

See how they run.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:31 pm

Cranberry wrote:Sometimes it's easy to confuse "brutally honest" with "platitudinous."

No, it really isn't. This is where a dictionary comes in handy.

brutal, adjective
1 cruel, violent and completely without feelings:
- a brutal dictator

- He had presided over a brutal regime in which thousands of people had 'disappeared'.

- He was imprisoned in 1945 for the brutal murder of a 12-year old girl.

2 not caring about someone's feelings:
- She spoke with brutal honesty - I was too old for the job.

brutally, adverb

- The old man had been brutally attacked/murdered.

- To be brutally honest/frank, you look fat in that dress.

Plat`i`tu´di`nous

Adj. 1. platitudinous - dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"
corny, platitudinal, bromidic
unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:32 pm

Cynth wrote;

What does "full in the face" mean exactly?

I think it means that the person is constipated

MarkB

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