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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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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

Weeelokthen · 22/03/2026 19:18

LittleGreenDuck · 22/03/2026 19:14

Monday is red
Tuesday is blue
Wednesday is yellow
Thursday is orange
Friday is green
Saturday is black
Sunday is brown.

Your weekend colours are correct, your weekdays are all wrong!!
Is your Sunday a tanny colour, my Mondays are dark brown

PlumPlumb · 22/03/2026 19:17

CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:09

Wednesday is red in my eyes. And I like it when Christmas falls on a Wednesday - it feels right.

It's clearly green, but the bottle green of Christmas.

Monday is white, Tuesday is blue, Thursday is orange and Friday is Red. Saturday's colour depends on which season it is (currently brown) and Sunday is always yellow.

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 19:17

I've found my people (even if I disagree with them) .. The year is like a calendar with months two at a time.
Jan Feb
Mar Apr
May Jun
Jul Aug
Sep Oct
Nov Dec

but then the following January turns 180 degrees..

Weeks run in squares left to right forever..

Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun >>>>>

vincettenoir · 22/03/2026 19:16

Yeah for me all numbers and letters are gendered. Not coloured though.

Weeelokthen · 22/03/2026 19:15

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 18:59

No, but Monday is pink.

No it's not, it's brown. Tuesdays are pink!!😁

LittleGreenDuck · 22/03/2026 19:14

Monday is red
Tuesday is blue
Wednesday is yellow
Thursday is orange
Friday is green
Saturday is black
Sunday is brown.

rebeccachoc · 22/03/2026 19:14

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 18:59

No, but Monday is pink.

Absolute rubbish! Monday is red! You've clearly got Synthesisia like me.

Holdinguphalfthesky · 22/03/2026 19:12

I didn’t realise it until you said that knives were male, but my reaction was “no, knives are female. Forked are male. Spoons are also female.”

So YABU but only for that reason.

Monday is red. Tuesday is green or blue and Wednesday is yellow. However, only the actual words. The days themselves have different colours depending what’s happening on them.

The year is round, with Christmas at the top. Weeks are rectangular when you look at the whole week, but when you look more closely at the front (Mon-Weds) or back (Thurs-Sun) of the week they join up…

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 19:12

Hmmm...Christmas "should" fall at the weekend (with additional bank holidays to compensate)

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CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:09

Wednesday is red in my eyes. And I like it when Christmas falls on a Wednesday - it feels right.

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TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:08

Sminty2 · 22/03/2026 19:06

I always eat pudding with a tiny spoon. It tastes so much better that way.

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Yes! My husband has never understood this.

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.

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CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:08

I do think with the numbers and letters thing it stems from learning the alphabet/order of the numbers. A way my tiny brain helped itself to remember them.

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Evaka · 22/03/2026 19:07

The Bakerloo line is a posh older gent.

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:06

Coconutter24 · 22/03/2026 19:05

Tbh I sat waiting for some loon to come along and tell you that you can’t call them male and female because you don’t know how they identify

Way to bring down a fun thread.

Sporks!

Sminty2 · 22/03/2026 19:06

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:04

I love little spoons. I'll take those and you can have the rest.

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I always eat pudding with a tiny spoon. It tastes so much better that way.

Mymanyellow · 22/03/2026 19:06

Thursday is a lovely bottle green. Nice and cool.

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 19:06

boatyardblues · 22/03/2026 19:04

Do you have synaesthesia? I have two friends with it. One sees whole words in colour and the other sees individual letters as different colours.

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I don't know, I think it's some sort of small person word association! It made sense at 4.

Coconutter24 · 22/03/2026 19:05

Tbh I sat waiting for some loon to come along and tell you that you can’t call them male and female because you don’t know how they identify

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 19:05

Monday is not blue, it's the same colour as a PINK dress I had at 3/4 years old. Tuesday and Thursday are a meh grey colour, Wednesday is dark green, Friday is black, Saturday blue and Sunday orange obvs..

TicklishReader · 22/03/2026 19:04

mumofoneAloneandwell · 22/03/2026 19:03

Yes knives are male and forks and spoons are female

Small spoons are ick inducing, latte spoons only

I love little spoons. I'll take those and you can have the rest.

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 22/03/2026 19:04

What?!

Yabu

Sunday is deep egg yolk yellow. Monday is lemon yellow. Tuesday is blue. Weds is green.

boatyardblues · 22/03/2026 19:04

Mummyratbag · 22/03/2026 18:59

No, but Monday is pink.

Do you have synaesthesia? I have two friends with it. One sees whole words in colour and the other sees individual letters as different colours.

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CoheedandCambria · 22/03/2026 19:04

Tea spoons are the babies 💕

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