An elusive Flunk sent me searching for more data, and duh, I hadn’t even considered the library, where I work.
One of the librarians has been keeping track of the dates since 2000. Good people of Knox, I give you the updates:
- 2000: Monday, April 24
- 2001: Wednesday, May 2
- 2002: Tuesday, April 16
- 2003: [unknown]
- 2004: Wednesday, April 28
- 2005: Monday, April 18
- 2006: Tuesday, April 11
- 2007: Tuesday, May 8
- 2008: Thursday, May 1
- 2009: Wednesday, May 6
- 2010: Monday, April 26
- 2011: Wednesday, May 2
- 2012: Tuesday, May 1
So, for 12 years, the new counts are: Monday 3 times, Tuesday 4 times, Wednesday 4 times, and Thursday once.
I still think it would be silly to put Flunk Day on May 1 for the third time in such a short period of years. I also think it would be silly to continue the Wednesday-Monday-Wednesday-Monday pattern for the fifth year in a row.
I also still want Flunk to be next week simply because that works better for me.
But Flunk Day is never when I want it to be.