# Happy Leap Day!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484 "2016-02-29T06:19:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484/21 "2016-03-01T01:38:27Z")

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Check out today’s Google Doodle; it’s adorable.

No, I didn’t do anything special today.

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### Author: ![appleaday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@appleaday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleaday)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484/22 "2016-03-01T03:42:42Z")

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I didn’t do anything special. My cats, however, did some leaping. Target: forbidden dining room table. Object: pen and papers carelessly tossed there. Result: everything on floor.

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### Author: ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484/23 "2016-03-01T05:49:12Z")

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I leaped.

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### Author: ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484/24 "2016-03-01T11:18:04Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Yes, it’s that once-every-four-years day! Are you doing anything special?

Yesterday, I pointed out to a few folks that’s not the actual frequency of leap days.

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### Author: ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484/25 "2016-03-01T13:37:56Z")

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I guess there are no living members of the “eight years without a birthday club”. They would have to be 120 years old. On the other hand, someone born yesterday would have a reasonable chance of being a member (they would have to live to 92).

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### Author: ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-leap-day/747484/26 "2016-03-01T13:56:07Z")

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Nobody proposed to me. Le sigh. ☹

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