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> Actually, the world _does_ stop turning because it's Sunday. Incorrect. In Islamic countries, which are a part of this world, like Saudi Arabia and Oman have
by davyjones 15y ago
> Actually, the world _does_ stop turning because it's Sunday.
Incorrect. In Islamic countries, which are a part of this world, like Saudi Arabia and Oman have Thu-Fri weekend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend#Islamic_countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend#Islamic_co...
- why-el 15y agoNot all Muslim countries do though. All north african countries have a saturday/sunday weekend, except Egypt. and even in Egypt some companies make sure a subset of their employees work on their weekend because, well, most of their partners are working.
- freehunter 15y agoI think it could be reasonably inferred that when someone says "the world stops turning", it's being used metaphorically. Kind of like "stop the presses".