Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Happy Leap Year Day guys. May we sail our the sun an extra few thousand miles today. Today seems like it should be way more of a holiday than it usually is.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn My mom's a nurse midwife. This is her favorite day to deliver babies.
Originally Posted By jonvn I think leap year is a communist conspiracy designed to lull us into a complacency whereby they will attack and destroy our freedoms and banking systems.
Originally Posted By friendofdd The people on our morning news/entertainment program were a bit whackier than usual today. For me, this is the first anniversary of my retirement date. Which happened in 2004.
Originally Posted By DAR My friend's son was born today. He's four but techinically one. Though I have to ask why February, give me an extra day in June or July. I don't want another day of winter. I want another day of summer. The Romans really screwed that one up.
Originally Posted By jonvn "He's four but techinically one. " The basis of the story of Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. Everyone should go and see Pirates of Penzance on leap year day.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Today seems like it should be way more of a holiday than it usually is. << Hey - we finally found something we can agree on. I was saying this very thing earlier today. The oddness of this day - and it's infrequency - should be acknowledged somehow. It's a ripe opportunity for some kind of quirky celebration. 02/29 exists outside of any religious influences so it could be a more pagan type of hedonistic celebration (my favorite kind!).
Originally Posted By friendofdd ^^^^^^^ Obviously has hever heard of the Southwesteastern Unorthodox Church of the Most Holy Leap Day.
Originally Posted By officerminnie The security guard at work today was wishing everyone "Happy Sadie Hawkins Day". Is it really called that?
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>Is it really called that?<<< No it isn't. He was mixing up two "traditions". One is that a woman may ask a man to marry her during leap year (any year divisible by 12). The other is explained in this link. I, sadly, was never asked by a girl for Sadie Hawkins Day activities. But then I mostly got turned down each time I asked somebody on a date. Geekiness at an extreme. Fortunately, when in my early twenties, just overnight, I looked like a young Robert Redford. <a href="http://www.lil-abner.com/sadiehawk.html" target="_blank">http://www.lil-abner.com/sadie hawk.html</a>
Originally Posted By gadzuux Robert Redford? And all this time I pictured you more like Robert Young. <a href="http://www.spivack.com/images/content/spivackvisioncenter/RobertYoungMarcusWelby.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.spivack.com/images/ content/spivackvisioncenter/RobertYoungMarcusWelby.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By friendofdd Actually, on that program, Sam Jaffe probably has a closer resemblence to me.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 <<Fortunately, when in my early twenties, just overnight, I looked like a young Robert Redford.>> Odd. I was picturing you as James Dean. But what do *I* know? Especially on February 29. This day always makes me feel stupid. I don't understand why we need an extra day in February every once in a while. And why does February have so few days to start with? Couldn't a couple of the "31-days" months have each donated a day to February? And, while I'm at it, could somebody please explain how this whole stock market thing works?! I mean, if there's a company that's a finite size but then a lot of people want to "buy" a piece of it, how does it instantly become "bigger"? And, okay, okay, I'll also admit that I don't get this: why is the guy called "Cartoon"Man but he's not very funny?! Too many mysteries in life. I'm just glad I was born in September. None of this weirdness on MY birthday.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "Though I have to ask why February..." Well, it used to be later in the year, but when Julius Ceasar decided to name a month after himself (July), he shortened all the other months. He took extra days from February, since he didn't like the guy who it was named after (though I've forgotten who that was). So, when it came time add in that extra day, they just decided to add it to the one that was shorter than all the others to begin with. Why they just didn't make the calendar so all the months were 30 or 31 days, I don't know.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>And, okay, okay, I'll also admit that I don't get this: why is the guy called "Cartoon"Man but he's not very funny?!<< Why i oughtta....
