Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 22, 2016

We’ll never get to celebrate Neptune Day.

Well, that would explain why I feel so wiped at the end of the week.

Happy Mirthday, everybody….BTW, Mirthday = everyday….

By Thor’s Hammer, that makes sense!

Great Odin’s Raven, I wish I had thought of this!!

These kids are clever.

URANUS

Third Rock from the Sun

@varnes: great idea!

Why is Frazz sweeping the lawn? Is this a metaphor for cleaning up the planet?

Good one, Jef!

I like that.

French..Lundi (moonday) Mardi (Marsday) Mercredi (mercuryday)

TGIED!

Well then Earth Day could be on Thursday as well, as that is the third day before Sunday. They both orbit Sunday, Caulfield!

I saw this same gag yesterday. Still funny.

Actually, Thursday (Thor’s – aka Jupiter – Day) is Jupiter’s day and is the fifth day of the week when Sunday is considered the first day of the week. But What of Venus, the first rock from the sun, competing with the Moon? It’s all too confusing! I’ll wash my solar panels today anyway.

Sunday—Sun day—Sun dayMonday—Moon day—Moon dayTuesday—Mars’ day—Tyr’s dayWednesday—Mercury’s day—Odin’s dayThursday—Jupiter’s day—Thor’s dayFriday—Venus’ day—Fridge’s daySaturday—Saturn’s day—Saturn’s day

Clever, yet somehow worthy of a groan …

Actually, it’s Woden. Wotan is Germany. But most people don’t know the English names Tiw, Woden, Þunor, and Frige, or the German names Cyo, Wotan, Donner, and Frija.

Friday is not related to Frey, a male god, but to Frigg (“Fridge” above an an Autocorrect goof), who was perceived as the Norse equivalent of classical Aphrodite/Venus. There was a long pagan tradition of reasoning, “Their god X is just another name for our god Y.”

I love this one

Except that Friday is actually Venus Day and Thursday is Jupiter Day!