# Beware the Ides of March! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568 "2010-03-15T18:39:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/1 "2010-03-15T18:39:31Z")
So - is everyone suitably wary? Personally, I’m celebrating the day by working for an administrative agency in a large Republic. Indeed, my agency answers (in part) to the Senate, safely nestled atop the Capitol Hill. Hurray for the Republic! ---
**Author:** ![Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bag_of_mostly_water/32/1029_2.png) [@Bag\_of\_Mostly\_Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bag_of_Mostly_Water)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/2 "2010-03-15T20:29:12Z")
Pay no mind to the Ides of March; beware the soothsayer. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/3 "2010-03-15T21:30:07Z")
I’m wary. Our road is closed due to flooding about a mile and a half away and it’s still raining. Our end of the river hasn’t flooded before, but we got six inches of rain so far… ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/4 "2010-03-15T21:54:07Z")
I was just stabbed by a bunch of conspirators, my best friend among them. _Et tu?!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/5 "2010-03-15T23:44:23Z")
Ides of March is my birthday wOOt for me ! Lordy Lordy I just turned 40. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/6 "2010-03-16T01:40:58Z")
The Ides of March are come. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/7 "2010-03-16T04:21:22Z")
From another online conversation with some friends: _Friend #1:_ Beware the ides of March _Me:_ Caesar: Well, the Ides of March have come Soothsayer: Ay, they have come, but they are not gone _Friend #2:_ Caesar: It’s okay. I’m just going to take my chances and go hang out with the Senators anyway. Yay for the Senate!! They love me. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/8 "2010-03-16T13:04:58Z")
It was my daughter’s birthday! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/9 "2010-03-16T13:29:15Z")
It’s interesting because one year, I had one of the best weeks of my life starting on the ides of March. At first, I thought it defeated the concept of being wary of the day. But then I realized that on every March 15 after that, I’m reminded that that time is past and gone and it makes me a little sad. Now I kinda beware the ides of March. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/10 "2010-03-16T13:42:49Z")
I celebrate the Ides of March as the anniversary of quitting smoking. I don’t remember the exact date, just that it was sometime in mid to late March, so I figure the Ides has it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/11 "2010-03-16T13:44:55Z")
At a business meeting this morning, someone referred to yesterday as the Ides of March. One of my co-workers, a 50-something busybody, had no idea what he was talking about. “What’s the eyes of March?” It was explained to her and she claimed to have never heard of it. How do you go fifty-plus years on this Earth without ever hearing about stuff like that? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/12 "2010-03-16T13:47:00Z")
Brutus: “Hey, Caesar - have you been to the new hot dog stand in the Forum yet?” Caesar: “Yeah. Ate two, Brutus.” ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/13 "2010-03-16T13:52:38Z")
Somehow you never hear anything about the Nones and the Kalends. I imagine they feel a bit put out. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/14 "2010-03-16T14:07:22Z")
Homer: I’ve always wondered if there was a god. And now I know there is – and it’s me. Marge: You’re not a god, Homer. Lisa: Remember Dad, “All glory is fleeting.” Homer: So? Lisa: “Beware the Ides of March.” Homer: No! Lisa: Dad, I know you think you’re happy now, but it’s not going to last forever. Homer: Everything lasts forever. Lisa: Don’t you see? Getting what you want all the time will ultimately leave you unfulfilled and joyless. Homer: Remove the girl… Lisa: Dad, you’re not with your Stonecutters now. There are no lackeys around to carry out your every – [Bart covers her mouth, drags her away, then salutes] ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/15 "2010-03-16T23:35:35Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > At a business meeting this morning, someone referred to yesterday as the Ides of March. One of my co-workers, a 50-something busybody, had no idea what he was talking about. “What’s the eyes of March?” Same here, with the woman who sits next to me at work. I think she’s closer to 60, though. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-ides-of-march/532568/16 "2010-03-17T03:11:56Z")
[Rinse The Blood Off My Toga](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_5h8CzRcI) I always seem to watch this one on the Ides. I never remember it the rest of the year.