<<maybe it’s may, 33, as in 33AD.
That’s the year Jesus was crucified.>>
Then it would be "What happened". The present tense implies that even this coming May 33rd (provided that the calendar in question has this year as a leap year) would feature the answer to the question..
Heres the link with the wrong answers, still no winner–
…I mean, I thought that I was smart, but I feel like a featherweight around you all. It’s like being the caterer at a Mensa meeting. Nevertheless, I thought I would offer an opinion on this question. It occurs to me that there’s one other avenue that hasn’t been explored…: Could “Leap Year” be the name of some sort of publishing company/record label, etc? If so, that would explain why they used the term ON Leap Year (as In, “on Leap Year Records.”). And, if it’s a regional press, maybe they wouldn’t be listed online (stranger things have happened). That wouldn’t explain the library, though. Unless it was to check the copyright/service mark for a “Leap Year” records/publishing, etc. But is it possible that the “May 33” or “May 33rd” refers to a title to something, or a publicity stunt for a release? Just my thinks, and they could be wrong. But I thought we should try to cover all our bases.
Could it be that that’s the original Saint Swithen’s Day? Supposedly, if it rains on that day it rains for 40 more days (or maybe Aunt Helga gets more kippers?)?
With the clues provided, this doesn’t seem that hard. Obviously, someone invented a calendar that had a valid date May 33rd. Something would happen on that day but only on leap years. Perhaps a newly invented holiday, or the repositioning of a current holiday.
So here’s how to solve it. Go to the library. Read all you can on alternative calenders. You probably will find the answer.
So why don’t I just do this if it’s so simple? Well, it’s simple, but time consuming, and I don’t have the inclination to do it.
I have located a librarian (I’m one myself) who says she knows the answer and says it’s a question commonly asked of librarians (which I dispute). If you live a good-sized city (Chicago, say), please give a call to your local reference librarian and ask if they’ve ever heard the question before. It’s not in the FAQ-type librarian places I know of, but I’m not necessarily a paragon in my field. 
The librarian who makes this claim runs a message board at Bella Online. It’s possible you can read the thread without registering with Bella (or its sister site Delphi Forums) here:
http://forums.delphi.com/be-libraries/messages?msg=37.1
And, although she is hoarding the actual answer, she did post a link to the Genesis calendar here:
http://peaceday.tv/genesis-7day-12-months.htm
which has a May 33rd.
BTW, I tried to post an apology for asking where this thread was, but that thread was closed. Many thanks to whoever it was who pointed me here.
So, why hasn’t she entered the contest? How do you enter the contest?
Anyway, am I reading that calendar wrong, or is Sunday March 22 followed immediately by Sunday April 1? Except in leap years, I guess.
I believe that to enter the contest, you just have to call in to the radio show. I assume she doesn’t know about it, or doesn’t want to make the long-distance call.
This librarian is either full of it, or completely stupid. Why doesn’t she call in and claim the prize?
sorry for the simulpost
sigh This question is so damned annoying that I’m seriously considering watching that Jerry Lewis film just on the off chance that it might be the proper solution.
However, the wankers who invented this obscure and unfairly judged question suggest that there is a real calendar, and that the library might be the key to the answer.
Could this possibly be a proposed solution to rectify the discrepancy between the Gregorian and the Julian calendars, possibly for the Russians in the 1800s or the English in the 1700s?
As a WAG using the aforesaid librarian’s genesis calendar a leap year will put you at the 147th day of the year on a leap year (whatever happens then)
ie via linked Genesis calendar
Jan 28 days
Feb 28 days
March 23 days (with extra leap year day)
April 35 days
May 33 days (terminating at day 33)
147 days on leap year
So whatever the 147th day of a standard year is on a regular calendars leap year might have some meaning.
Lets see on a regular calendar’s leap year
Jan 31 days
Feb 29 days (leap year)
March 31 days
April 30
May 26th
What happens on May 26th of a leap year / 147th day of the year. Astronomical event perhaps?
I got May 26th also, assuming a leap in one calendar will also be a leap year in another calendar. I’m going to check Chase’s Annual Events to see what falls on that day.
This guy thinks it’s important
The main purpose behind the Day of Yahweh is get respect for His name. Mankind knows they are sinners and sin without regret at times (Jer. 14:7) In this Sodom and Gomorrah world of today many leaders are in harmony with it all (Gen. 14:7-8).
Do you want to know what that Great Day of Yahweh is going to be like? The prophet Jeremiah wrote about it and someone put it after Zechariah 9th chapter at Zechariah 14:4-9:
"On that day Yahweh's feet will stand on the mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the mount will be cleft in two by an immense valley running east and west; half the mount will move northwards and half southwards. The valley between the hills will be blocked, for the new valley will reach as far as Asal. It will be blocked as it was by the EARTHQUAKE in the time of Uzziah of Judah (Amos 1:1). Then YAHWEH WILL APPEAR attended by the holy ones. On that day there will be neither heat nor cold nor frost, it will be one continuous day, whose coming is known only to Yahweh; there will be no distinction between day and night; even in the evening there will be light... On that day Yahweh will be the only Yahweh and that name the only name", (that God is called by). "If only -deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!(Psalm 14:7) It will"
etc etc and lots more etc
The other hints from the selfsame wankers suggest not. There are quite a few clues by now.
Besides, it doesn’t fit well. Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar at the time of the their revolution, around 1917, give or take (Turkey waited until 1924). I don’t know what adjustment they made in what month, but logically they would have had to remove 13 days somewhere, like England had to remove 11 when they converted in 1752 (In England’s case, they shorted September that year so that September 2 was followed by September 14 - if you are on a UNIX machine or have UNIX look-alike utilities on your PC, run “cal 1752”).
Whatever the answer is, at this point, I think people will be ready to strangle them.
Jeesh, I didn’t expect all those simulposts!
I was addressing myself to Sofa King. I sometimes wish vBulletin supported a fully threaded interface.
So. It’s the day of Judgement. Interesting.
And where the fck* is pkbites in all of this,
Are we just working our asses off for him or what?? Doesnt he have ANY ideas of his own??
…spfffff…
Nuff Said
That’s one of the problems with this contest. Several of the answers submitted were NOT wrong IMHO: they just didn’t meet the ‘criteria’. Contrary to some of the previous questions asked, there obviously isn’t just ONE correct answer to this. Not only do we have to guess the answer, we have to figure out what they had in mind when they asked it in the first place. So until someone succeeds in doing the equivalent of a ‘mind-meld’ with one of the two ‘brains’, we can keep on guessing til the cock crows, the cows come home, or whatever.
P.S.: RexKatWA could be on to something…