Boris said:

Boris said:

dv said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_transit_strike_of_1944

They went back on a Monday and some wit at the Philly Tribune came up with the classic headline. Sick transits glorious Monday.

of course as you all probably know this is a play-on-words of the latin phrase Sic transit gloria mundi
“Thus passes the glory of the world.”

whilst some of this is true the reality it thus

A headline “SICK TRANSIT’S GLORIOUS MONDAY” from a New York Daily News front-page caption on a photo (1979) reporting an agreement to avoid fare increases on city transit services, making a multi-word pun on the Latin phrase.