# The Ides of March have come! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804 "2011-03-15T16:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**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 15, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/1 "2011-03-15T16:59:45Z")
Couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/2 "2011-03-15T17:00:25Z")
Only 60 more shopping days till Armegeddon! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/3 "2011-03-15T17:30:04Z")
Et tu, Brute? ---
**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:** [March 15, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/4 "2011-03-15T17:40:31Z")
Aye, Caesar, but not gone! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/5 "2011-03-16T00:24:32Z")
And a happy birthday, if I may, to me. Anyone else share this natal day? mmm ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/6 "2011-03-16T00:40:16Z")
…and the buzzards have returned to Hinckley! Spring is sprung and all is right in the world! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/7 "2011-03-16T00:46:08Z")
[You should only be afraid of the Ides of March if you have a bucket o’ chicken.](http://www.comicssherpa.com/site/feature?uc_comic=csquz) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/8 "2011-03-16T03:43:43Z")
My one and only acting role was the soothsayer in Julius Caesar, in a High School production. 33 yrs ago. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/9 "2011-03-16T11:50:06Z")
I always consider the Ides of March to be lucky, coming the day before my birthday and all. And I get to wear green the next day. ---
**Author:** ![A.Gwilliam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@A.Gwilliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.Gwilliam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/10 "2011-03-16T16:28:05Z")
Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me! \ ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/11 "2011-03-16T21:51:53Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > And a happy birthday, if I may, to me. > > Anyone else share this natal day? Yes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ides-of-march-have-come/574804/12 "2011-03-17T02:56:53Z")
Crap. One of these years I’ll remember to get that Caesar party thrown. I suppose I can be forgiven for forgetting it this year, however. I barely remembered White Day!