xkcd #3232: Countdown Standard
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Anyone who is caught counting 'three ... two ... one ... zero ... GO!' will be punished with a lifetime of eating only ISO standard food samples.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3232/
I feel strongly that "next" Thursday should be not the next instance of a Thursday but rather the first instance of a Thursday past the contained set of the current week (so the next row on a calendar). I.e. if it's Tuesday, "next Thursday" isn't the Thursday two days from now but the Thursday 9 days from now.