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Forks are female and knives are male

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CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 18:57

And spoons are female too.
Or is it just me?

I also think letters and numbers are gendered and some of them have quite specific personalities. Eg. Both G and H are older matriarchal women.

I am aware I am coming across as an absolute loon.

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TheKittenswithMittens · 22/03/2026 19:42

In German knives are neuter, forks female and spoons masculine

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 22/03/2026 19:42

Not all knives are male or forks female as it depends on the cutlery set

Monday is Pink
Tuesday is White
Wednesday is Green & Red & Blue depending what mood he's in
Thursday is Turquoise
Friday is Purple
Saturday is Gold
Sunday is Silver

Auroraloves · 22/03/2026 19:41

Circles are female squares are male

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 22/03/2026 19:41

When cats are sitting up with their tails tucked in, the word "town" is created.

TheKittenswithMittens · 22/03/2026 19:40

takealettermsjones · 22/03/2026 19:00

Well, in French, you are correct ☺️

But not in German

yellowgecko · 22/03/2026 19:38

Spooning leads to forking. Does that make them male?

Nosejobnelly · 22/03/2026 19:35

boatyardblues · 22/03/2026 19:08

Well, this thread is proving to be catnip for MN’s synaesthetes. It’s fascinating seeing how much you all disagree about the colours for days of the week.

weird. I gave my cat catnip just before I read this and it freaked me out!

GoldenCupsatHarvestTime · 22/03/2026 19:35

I mean you’re basically going off what cutlery has indents or no indents there. Hardly mindbending.

mumuseli · 22/03/2026 19:34

I love this!

Applecup · 22/03/2026 19:34

Monday white, Tuesday blue, Wednesday white, Thursday pink, Friday brown, Saturday green, Sunday yellow.

NigellaDelia · 22/03/2026 19:33

Soup spoons are pregnant women

Serving spoons are giants

And never leave empty coat hangers together overnight . . . they will breed and you'll be inundated with millions of them

P.S. Days of the week follow the colours of the rainbow ~ Sunday is red, Monday is orange etc

Applecup · 22/03/2026 19:32

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 18:59

No, but Monday is pink.

Noooo it's white. I see words in colours too.

Sideorderofchips · 22/03/2026 19:31

Wednesday is orange. Thursday is red. Friday is green

ObelixtheGaul · 22/03/2026 19:28

Friday is purple. Saturday is lilac. Sunday is a rich, sunsetty orange. Monday is beige. Tuesday is primrose, whilst Wednesday is a shimmering blue, like the Mediterranean. Thursday, for some reason, for me, has no colour. But is tastes like sherbet lemons.

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 22/03/2026 19:27

Sunday is white. Saturday is apple-green. Monday is slate-blue.

Knives are policemen.

idontknowwhattodo2026 · 22/03/2026 19:27

Lowercase e is always smiling 😊

OpheliaNightingale · 22/03/2026 19:26

@ is purple male or female? That’s what I struggle with!

flagpolesitta · 22/03/2026 19:26

Yes and the month May

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CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:26

Saturday and Sunday are both female though obvs.
Friday is the alpha male but not in a horrible Andrew Tate way just sporty vibes, outdoorsy and green. Thursday is an academic kind of guy, dark blueish and Tuesday is a lily-livered cowardly yellow.
Monday, Wednesday and the weekend all female. (Is this just to do with how I view their initial letters? Maybe)

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ImFinePMSL · 22/03/2026 19:26

January - White
February - Pink
March - Sage Green
April - Pale yellow
May - Light Blue
June - Yellow
July - Red
August - Gold
September - Brown
October - Orange
November - Purple
December - Black

rebeccachoc · 22/03/2026 19:24

I feel so at home here. Nobody I know is a sufferer (if that's the right word), so nobody understands when I say days of the week have colours for example, they think I'm mad. But FYI people the week is a rainbow starting at red, it fits perfectly.

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CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:21

How on Earth can Saturday be black? Saturday?!

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BelleEpoque27 · 22/03/2026 19:21

Numbers and letters absolutely have genders. I only discovered most people don't see them when I was a teenager.

Some numbers and letters are the same in my head, and I really struggle to remember the correct order if I need to remember them. For example, 5, B, G and H are the same.

PlumPlumb · 22/03/2026 19:20

ImFinePMSL · 22/03/2026 19:19

Thursday, October, the number 7 and the colour orange are all the same.

January, March, July, August, September, October - Male

February, April, May, June, November, December - Female

Yes yes yes all of this yes

Except February is also orange

Kwamitiki · 22/03/2026 19:19

Even numbers are definitely female, odd ones are male.