Today (19 January 2009) is "officially" Blue Monday Day, the worst day of the year. I'm not sure whether it applies to the Southern Hemisphere though. It is "calculated" by means of a "mathematical" formula by a Dr. Cliff Arnall. The formula reads as follows:
where:
W = weather; d = debt; T = time since Christmas; Q = time since failing our new year’s resolutions; m = low motivational levels; Na = the feeling of a need to take actionD is not specified and no units are mentioned. My mathematics is somewhat rusty, but if this is considered mathematics, the discipline has surely changed since my varsity days.
Some apparently take the Blue Monday idea quite seriously. Vaughan from Mind Hacks reported on a transparent attempt by Green Communications, the PR company promoting it for mental health reasons, to anonymously delete criticism of the idea from Wikipedia. Vaughan (I think) has appropriately re-named the day Bullshit Blue Monday. Mind Hacks had a number of interesting posts on the Blue Monday idea up to now during January 2009.
Well, I thought to get in on the act and make Bullshit Blue Monday applicable to the Southern Hemisphere and the restaurant and the end of the universe, if you happen to be there. I have slightly changed Arnall's formula for universal application. As can be seen below, I have added a Quantum Consciousness Constant (QCC) to the formula. By just thinking about your current or preferred location, your thoughts will instantly through quantum mechanics generate the QCC and synchronize Bullshit Blue Monday over time and space with that location. Be careful though, it could ruin your day!
Have a good Bullshit Blue Monday, wherever you are!
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