Me and Her Indoors disagreed over the meaning of this last night. I take it to mean that even in the topsy turvy world where the rules of reality are so bent and such impossibilities could happen that there could be a whole month where each day within it is Sunday, I would not be able to achieve this feat.
She takes it to mean that in the normal passage of time, after a period of 31 weeks has elapsed, so there have been enough Sundays to fill a whole month, I would not be able to achieve this feat.
Who is right?
Month where every day is Sunday
Normal passage of time and there have been enough Sundays to fill a month
IMO the 31 Sundays explanation is too literal. It sounds more like people trying to explain the origin of a phrase than how phrases actually develop. To me it seems more likely that itâs another âonce in a blue moonâ or âwhen pigs flyâ or ârare as hensâ teethâ or âwhen hell freezes overâ, a thing that never happens or doesnât exist.
I mean it isnât used to mean 31 weeks is it, itâs an emphatic way of saying never. You donât need an elaborate way of saying âa fairly long time, but not that longâ
Yeah feels absurd to say it means it will take 31 weeks
Iâve always thought of it as âitâs as likely to happen as this very unlikely occurrenceâ but now coming round to the idea of a month of Sundays being a month where you have all the time in the world to do something (but still wonât)
Yeah I think thereâs also something in that Sundays are traditionally the only day off people would get, but also agree itâs a ânever going to happenâ phrase as there would never be 31 Sundays/free days in a month.
My vote is still for âunlikely occurrenceâ. In the olden days you werenât allowed to do anything on Sundays except read the bible probably, so you definitely wouldnât get whatever it was done. Unless it was reading the bible
I always thought it meant something to do with Sundays dragging, being a kind of slow day. Never in a month consisting only of days that drag, i.e. a really long month. So thatâs my theory, if youâd like to add it to the poll if thatâs not too much trouble thanks.
