On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, Joel Walker wrote:

> TGIF is much older than you might suspect, dating back to pre-Roman days.
> it originally was
> 
> Tempus gratias in fugit
> 
> which is a variation of the simpler 'Tempus fugit' (Time flies).
> TGIF, however, was normally spoken in exasperation, after long periods of
> tedious and boring labor.
> 
> Loosely translated, TGIF means 'by the grace of Time in passing', or even
> more loosely, "Thank God we don't have to do THIS any more!". One might even
> suppose it could be interpreted as "Can you imagine doing THIS the rest of
> your life!!".
> 
> All translations would, however, have in common the theme of 'gratias' or
> thankfulness/grace at the ability/condition of time passing/not-staying-still,
> i.e., we are glad that time passes ... we would be unhappy if time were
> stagnant (and we had to do this crap forever).
> 

translations just aren't what they used to be.

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