>>Because I am a relentless pursuer of useless information...
>>
>>http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2488
>>
>>But, I found this excerpt interesting:
>>
>>"Except for the Sabbath, Jews simply number their week days.
>>A related method is partially used in Portuguese and Russian."
>>
>>I never knew that. They have no names for days other than Sunday?
>
>Why not?
>I count Sweetmorn, Boomtime, Pungenday, Prickle-Prickle and Setting Orange.
>
>Agnes

For lurkers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordian_calendar

The Erisian week consists of five days: Sweetmorn, Boomtime, Pungenday, Prickle-Prickle, and Setting Orange. The days of the week are named after the five basic Discordian elements, Sweet, Boom, Pungent, Prickle, and Orange. There are 73 of these weeks per year.

SweetMorn. A word whose value is less than 35, A Cabbage.
Boomtime. A word whose value is between two manifest holy numbers.
Pungenday. A word whose value is equal to a manifest holy number.
Prickle-Prickle. A word whose value is equal to more than one manifest holy number.
Setting Orange. A word whose value is greater than 2624, Illuminate the Opposition.

English Letter Numeric Value

A 000
B 001
C 002
D 010
E 011
F 012
G 020
H 021
I 100
J 022
K 101
L 102
M 110
N 111
O 120
P 121
Q 200
R 201
S 202
T 210
U 211
V 221
W 212
X 220
Y 222
Z 122
$ 112

Not sure of accuracy...