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01/22/2007: "Blue Monday? Puleeze ..."

Leave it to a Briton to come up with this one. A researcher at Cardiff University has used mathematical equations to determine that today is the most depressing day of the year, dubbing it "Blue Monday".

Psychologist Cliff Arnall said he was driven to designate Jan. 22 as Blue Monday by mathematical equations that accounted for bad weather, debts from Christmas overspending and failure to keep New Year resolutions, The Independent reported Monday. Other experts expressed agreement with Arnall's assessment.

Maybe it's my cold medicine talking, but I'm betting if we hang Dr. Arnall up and beat him like a pinata, we'll all feel a little better ...

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On Thursday, January 25th, Purple Rav (not purple rain) said:

STRANGELY ENOUGH, almost exactly the same "report" came out about a week earlier (presumably different source, but I won't bother checking) and a lot of news providers picked it up.

There seems to be an increasing number of 'foolish' (that's the politest word I could use) surveys/reports/"scientific" formulae coming out which are picked up and promulgated by far too many news media.

Some of them are (obviously) "pushing" something [e.g. the recent "scientific" report that men will evolve bigger plonkers turned out to have been sponsored by an adult TV station]
others....not so obvious (is this one by the makers of Prozac and Seroxat ? by the Weather Girls...? by ...umm... )

bags second bash at the "pinata" !