A Basic Lesson in History

I think this is how it happened. It was a very long time ago, though, so no one can be sure.

There were these brothers who ruled the world. They were named, Sunny, Thirsty, Fiery, Money, and Two Stars (because his eyes shown like stars). All of them were very eligible bachelors (not that anyone would have been interested), except Two Stars who was married to Ness. Sunny was the eldest, but they ruled things together.

At that time, the capitol of the world was Tur. Always, on the last day of the week, they would sit down in Tur and make decisions--not that there were ever many decisions to be made. One day as they all sat in Tur, trying to decide what decisions they could make, a request came from a peasant that they should name the days of the week. Up until this time they had simply been numbered as the first, the second, and so on. Thirsty thought that this was a great idea because it would give them something to decide on, and they hated to sit in Tur all day and not make some sort of decision.

So they sat deciding on the names they would choose for the days of the week. Fiery suggested that they name them after themselves. Everyone agreed that would be easy enough. So they set about picking which name would go with each day. It only took them a few hours before they figured out that there were seven days in the week and there were only five brothers. So they would have to come up with two other names.

Money suggested that Two Star's wife Ness could have a day named after her, but they weren't sure how to decide which day until finally Thirsty suggested, "Why not on the fourth day, because that is the day that Two Stars wed Ness." Of course, they all agreed.

They named the other days in order of their ages. And so the days were named as follows:

The first day, Sunnyday.
The second day, Moneyday.
The third day, TwoStarsday.
The fourth day, WedNessday.
The fifth day, Thirstyday.
The sixth day, Fieryday.

That left only one day to be named. And so they sat in Tur for the rest of the day trying to figure out a good name for it. Finally, as the sun was going down, Sunny said, "We have sat in Tur all day and we still don't have a name!"

"That's it!" Fiery screamed as he jumped to his feet.

And so, the last day was named (you knew all along didn't you, you smart little thing you) SATURDAY!

And that's just how it happened. Well, it was something like that, I'm sure.

Jake-isms

I have a four year old grandson named Jacob. We usually just call him Jake, unless he is in some sort of trouble! Jake has an amazing mind and frequently comes out with some very intelligent statements. We have started calling them "Jake-isms."

Just this afternoon, my wife Nan was at Jake's house visiting. She told Jake that she was going to color his momma's hair.

So naturally, Jake said, "Can I help? I'm a good painter! I can color!"