# Google Homepage Feb 29, 2012 -- Google, Rossini and the Barber of Frogs

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 29, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage-feb-29-2012-google-rossini-and-the-barber-of-frogs/614334 "2012-02-29T12:11:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage-feb-29-2012-google-rossini-and-the-barber-of-frogs/614334/1 "2012-02-29T12:11:12Z")

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Go to the Google home page today. In honor of Rossini’s 220th birthday, they seem to have staged _The Barber of SEville_ with frogs.

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**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage-feb-29-2012-google-rossini-and-the-barber-of-frogs/614334/2 "2012-02-29T13:37:06Z")

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I believe the joke is that it’s also February 29 in a leap year (frogs leap).

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**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-homepage-feb-29-2012-google-rossini-and-the-barber-of-frogs/614334/3 "2012-02-29T14:56:58Z")

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> [@SecondJudith](#):
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> I believe the joke is that it’s also February 29 in a leap year (frogs leap).

:smack: Thanks a lot for the explanation - I’d \*never \* have that figured out on my own.  
In my defense: the doodle mouseover is German for me and the german expression is “Schaltjahr” (Switchyear), so the pun doesn’t work.