Fuck february. Months are supposed to have 30 days or more.
edit: why can’t I edit the title of this post?!
So, who shot February stupidly now?
Yes. I know. For some reason the software won’t allow me to edit the title to threads.
I thought only mods could edit thread titles. Am I mistaken?
No! Now goddamn it I pit februari in this thread.
Maybe the OP is from Boston…
If we had 13 months of 28 days, which would mean an even four weeks per month, we’d have 364 days a year, which is pretty good going and would only need a tweak, an extra special holiday day to make up the missing slot.
But nooooo, 13 months is unlucky or something. So they made it twelve months for some crazy mathematical reason, but had to bugger about with the number of days of each month to make it fit. Poor February got the brunt of that.
Seriously, you want February to last longer?
Fuck that noise. Let’s cut it down to 14 days and add an extra week on to May and June.
“For such a beastly month as February, 28 days as a rule are plenty…”
I think that discusses all one need to know to explain why February takes it up the ass.
Yes, lets start a campaign for Smarch!!!
If there ever was a bastard who should take it up the ass, it’s February.
I agree, screw February. I just moved recently, and to get the place, I had to pay the security deposit and half a month’s rent back in the beginning of February. But because of work, I couldn’t really move until the last week of Feb when I had a week’s vacation. Low and behold tomorrow is the end of the month, which means another month of rent of due. Its killing me! Having to write two big checks in one pay period means I’m flat broke :mad:
Good thinking. This never occurred to me before, but I find it brilliant. Why the hell not? Can we trim some off November as well? November is effing depressing.
First July and August were brutally stabbed to death, and now this.
Make it July and August and I will join your religion. Or at least have a look at your newsletter.
Another February pitting? Why do you hate black people?
We need to add in the month of Octember. I have it on good authority that the First of Octember will be the most awesomest day ever.
Not only does it have 28 days, who ever decided to spell it “feb r uary” can blow me.
Well, the one good thing about Feb is that the shorthand we normally use (4 weeks = month) is actually true. I agree that we should have had 13 months of 28 days, for not only would that give us nice perfect 4-week months, but it would make the equinoxes and solstices happen at fairly different days of their respective months (I don’t like how now, they’re always at days 21-23). And maybe 13 would become a “calender’s dozen”, shortened to “caldozen”, shortened to “caldoz”. And that would make me happy, because “caldoz” would be a nice word to have for Scrabble.
Hear, hear!! I have had a hate on for February for decades now – I’m a bit superstitious about it because bad things seem to happen to me in February, but more than that, it’s such a crabby month. Winter has been going on for about 6 months at this point, the days are longer but not yet long enough, it’s dark, it’s grey, it’s crap weather, everyone’s either sick or coming down with something, and Spring is clearly never going to arrive.
I fucking hate February, and I’m reasonably certain the feeling is mutual.