# The Earth and its Seasons

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-and-its-seasons/688559>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 15, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-and-its-seasons/688559 "2014-05-15T23:48:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-and-its-seasons/688559/21 "2014-05-17T03:23:34Z")

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Thanks everyone. I see a sci-fi short story in my future. 🙂

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-and-its-seasons/688559/22 "2014-05-17T03:32:31Z")

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> [@md2000](#):
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> Yes, a young man’s fancy would not turn to love in the spring. They’d have sex on their minds all year round instead…

Reported for taking up the Glass of Time. Put it back down please.

There also wouldn’t be anything as rare as a day in June. April wouldn’t be the cruelest month, nor would it pierce the drought of March to the root.

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**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earth-and-its-seasons/688559/23 "2014-05-17T04:00:56Z")

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Lancelot would finally [leave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTveSQoKZE) Guinevere.

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