I still laugh when I think of that term … “Hump Day” – I’d never heard of it before moving to Aussie, and remember the first time I ever saw it … sitting at my desk in the call centre, a ‘flasher’ went up on the wall advising it was Hump Day today … bearing in mind, a Flasher isn’t some pervert in a raincoat (well, not in this situation anyway!) – in the call centres many have a neon display on the walls on which messages flash up during the day. Mostly it is in relation to the number of calls on hold etc, so you can time your rise in blood pressure according to the colour of the wall display – green static text means all is good in the world and customers aren’t getting hot under the collar (aside from those that awake in a whingeing state and continue like that 24/7 regardless of the situation) … when the text turns to red, wait times are starting to build up somewhat … then when the red text starts to flash, it’s time to reach for the blood pressure medication (which is probably what the customers are doing at the same time!).
Anyway, I digress … I remember sitting at my desk watching that little neon board glowing green with “Welcome to Hump Day” text, and smiling to myself while raising one eyebrow (I’m so multi talented doing two things at once), thinking how cool it is that Aussies are so organised that they have an entire day devoted to … um … humping. It also means that everyone has a fair chance at it LOL. It was days later before I finally had to cave in and ask someone what it actually meant – giving them no end of amusement at my expense!!
For enquiring minds, according to Wikipedia they have the following to say about Hump Day:
An American English idiom for Wednesday is “hump day”, a reference to making it through to the middle of the work week as getting “over the hump.”
Quite boring when I found out the true meaning … I much preferred my version (even though I did realise there was not a day dedicated to humping – just my perverse sense of humour interpreting it that way) 😉
Anyway, enough of the waffle and twaddle – and on to MUCH more important things! Tonight I managed to find my temporarily misplaced Lumix camera (perfection-plus for those stitching macro shots – I’ve missed it heartily!) … which means I can finally take some decent photos of recent scissor fobs and stitching … aaaaand I’ve decided to offer a little giveaway just for the hell of it (well, kind of a mini blogaversary, seeing as I actually missed my anniversary a couple of weeks ago!) of one (or maybe a couple) of my scissor fobs. I’m going to create a separate post just for the prize draw comments, so watch this space very very soon …
In the meantime, I’m off to find a glass of Chardy and put my final stitches into my Acorn Needlebook pincushion – might even squeeze in another episode or two of Season One of Buffy 😀
Feather Stitching 
I remember when I was around 15 – so naieve and yet so worldly – quietly asking my mom if grownups were only allowed to ‘do it’ on hump day or what? LOL!!
I actually never heard of the term “hump day” until I moved from Australia to the US. 🙂
I think I prefer your interpretation of the day, and yes, it is nice, when you only have to work one day before hump day is here!
Hump Day is used here in Canada as well. At the moment, Hump Day to me is more about posture as my day was so crazy at work that I am slumped over the keyboard instead of sitting up straight, causing my back to hump!