{"id":4086,"date":"2021-01-18T20:47:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4086"},"modified":"2021-01-18T20:47:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:47:09","slug":"blue-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4086","title":{"rendered":"Blue Monday!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I read that today is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year (I think it was a marketing ploy by a travel company!) Although it could be argued we have had many depressing days over the last year! Still the vaccine is going well, England won the Test Match and the days are getting longer!<\/p>\n<p>I came across these old \u00a0pictures below. They are pictures of me with <strong>Luton<\/strong> players in <strong>2018<\/strong> and <strong>2019<\/strong> I had won successive competitions when I had hospitality as part of my season ticket. The first year I predicted the score correctly and the second year I predicted the crowd. One of the pictures was in the match day programme as well -FAME!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s quiz on <em><strong>Mondays<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>a) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Solomon Grundy<\/strong> <\/span>was born on a Monday, but which day was he married?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b) Which <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>cartoon cat<\/strong> <\/span>has a known disdain for Mondays?\u00a0 c) If Tuesday&#8217;s child is<span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong> Full of Grace<\/strong><\/span> what was Monday&#8217;s child?\u00a0 d) Who said <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>&#8220;On Saturday I was a surgeon in South Africa very little known and on Monday I was world renowned&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> ?\u00a0 e) Who sang <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Like Mondays&#8221;<\/strong><\/span> ?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2183-rotated-e1611002436726.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=4087\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2183-rotated-e1611002436726.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1611000636&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2183\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2183-rotated-e1611002436726.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2183-rotated-e1611002436726-300x225.jpg?resize=354%2C269&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2182-rotated-e1611002510574.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4089\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=4089\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2182-rotated-e1611002510574.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1611000614&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2182\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2182-rotated-e1611002510574.jpg?fit=584%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2182-rotated-e1611002510574-300x225.jpg?resize=367%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read that today is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year (I think it was a marketing ploy by a travel company!) 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