#930: Days of the Week

((The whole comic is a single panel, with a circular diagram of the days of the week.))

Polar graph of what stuff happens on which days, based on number of Google results for phrases like “company meeting on .”

The relative frequency of in is shown by the distance from the center at which ’s line crosses .

Each curve is normalized to have the same number of total hits - they’re not on the same scale.

((Not easy to reproduce the actual plot, these are the phrases, in order of popularity on Wednesday.))

company meeting

so drunk

((Thursday, from most common to least common: 11, 2, 1, 3, 9, 4, 5, 7, 10, 6, 8))

((Friday, from most common to least common: 10, 4, 6, 7, 5, 9, 11, 3, 2, 1, 8))

((Saturday, ditto: 6, 7, 5, 11, 9, 10, 8, 3, 2, 1, 4))

((Sunday, ditto: 8, 9, 7, 11, 10, 5, 6, 2, 3, 4, 1))

((Monday, ditto: 4, 2, 9, 11, 3, 5, 10, 6, 7, 8, 1))

((Tuesday, ditto: 3, 2, 4, 5, 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 8, 6))