# answer me?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 14, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119 "2010-06-14T11:17:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119/1 "2010-06-14T11:17:21Z")

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One was born on February 28, just before midnight, the other was born March 1. On leap years there’s an extra day between those dates.

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### Author: ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119/2 "2010-06-14T11:19:56Z")

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One likes to celebrate on the date of her birrthday, the other waited until the weekend, when more people could come to the party. No law says you have to celebrate on the exact date.

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### Author: ![udlander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/43a26b/32.png) [@udlander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/udlander)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119/3 "2010-06-14T11:34:44Z")

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Or they might even have been born two days apart (not usually a good plan if the twins are carried to term, but more successful with premature delivery).  
This link goes to pubmed for a relevant cite:

[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15343223](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15343223)

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### Author: ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119/4 "2010-06-14T11:43:27Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> answer me?

What’s the question?

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### Author: ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119/5 "2010-06-14T11:48:24Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> One was born on February 28, just before midnight, the other was born March 1. On leap years there’s an extra day between those dates.

😕 Is this like _Jeopardy_, where you give the answer and we have to guess the question?

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### Author: ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119/6 "2010-06-14T11:59:25Z")

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The OP seems to have been terminated with extreme prejudice. There \*was \*an “Ask Marilyn” type question about twins celebrating birthdays a half hour ago, I swear.

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### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-me/543119/7 "2010-06-14T12:08:44Z")

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Sorry, guys. A spammer started this one, and I removed his ten posts from the board but overlooked that this one had replies. I’ll close it.

**samclem**