# Any plans for Leap Day?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 28, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522 "2007-12-28T21:12:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/1 "2007-12-28T21:12:46Z")
I realize I’m a little bit early, but I was glancing over next year’s calendar and noticed that Leap Day\* falls on a Friday in 2008. Great excuse for a party, eh? Maybe I’ll work on a Dope Fest for that evening. 🙂
At any rate, I’m just wondering if any of you do anything to signify Leap Day, either out of tradition or just for fun. And if you haven’t in the past, will you this year? Also, are there any general traditions associated with Leap Day?
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- I discovered while searching for similar threads that [there is some dispute](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=241568) about when Leap Day actually is, but I mean February 29th by my statement.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/2 "2007-12-28T21:16:08Z")
It’s my boyfriend’s birthday. He’ll be, what, seven?
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/3 "2007-12-28T21:16:39Z")
First, I’m going to look. Then, I’m going to \_\_\_\_\_!
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### Author:  [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/4 "2007-12-28T21:24:32Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia]
It’s my boyfriend’s birthday. He’ll be, what, seven?
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You know, I’m guessing that for the “On This Day In History” sorts of things people like to read on their birthdays, the list is significantly smaller for people like your boyfriend.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/5 "2007-12-28T21:56:03Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian]
You know, I’m guessing that for the “On This Day In History” sorts of things people like to read on their birthdays, the list is significantly smaller for people like your boyfriend.
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Roughly a fourth of the size of everybody else’s, one would imagine.
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### Author:  [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/6 "2007-12-28T22:12:37Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth]
First, I’m going to look. Then, I’m going to \_\_\_\_\_!
[/QUOTE]
Play the saxophone?
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### Author:  [@GoodGrief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodGrief)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/7 "2007-12-28T22:12:48Z")
I’ll be recuperating from my first root canal. The root canal is scheduled for the 28th, and going by various experiences from other people, thought it might be a good idea to take Friday off as well-just in case.
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### Author:  [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/8 "2007-12-28T22:43:10Z")
It will be my first wedding anniversary and the husband and I are wanting to do a vows-renewal 😃
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### Author:  [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/9 "2007-12-28T23:15:05Z")
I’ll be spending it with my mom. She is coming out to visit for a week. (Anyone that remembers me talking about my family knows this is a huge deal and a large step forward in our relationship)
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/10 "2007-12-28T23:17:53Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris]
It will be my first wedding anniversary and the husband and I are wanting to do a vows-renewal 😃
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So you were married in 1996?
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### Author:  [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/11 "2007-12-28T23:19:01Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth]
So you were married in 1996?
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My guess would be 2004.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/12 "2007-12-28T23:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
My guess would be 2004.
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:smack:
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/13 "2007-12-28T23:22:15Z")
I’ll be seeing Regina Spektor in concert in Atlanta.
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### Author:  [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/14 "2007-12-28T23:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth]
:smack:
[/QUOTE]
Not to worry, you just leaped over 2 of them. 😉
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/15 "2007-12-28T23:27:07Z")
…
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### Author:  [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/16 "2007-12-28T23:39:58Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
Not to worry, you just leaped over 2 of them. 😉
[/QUOTE]
No, just one.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/17 "2007-12-29T00:21:03Z")
2000 is divisible by 400, which makes it an exception to '00 rule
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### Author:  [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-plans-for-leap-day/431522/18 "2007-12-29T00:27:37Z")
I think that one of the local musical companies is doing performances of \*\*The Pirates of Penzance \*\* around then. Clearly the performance on Friday 29 February would be the ideal one to attend.