but
2010 is less than 10 years from 2001, when the last decade started.
( Invisible Wizard - 9th Level Pissant, Fri 1 Jan 2010, 9:40, 1 reply)

Herein lies the problem.
It started at the beginning of 2000, no? I would hazard a guess you're of the XX chromosome set?
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 1 Jan 2010, 9:42, closed)

Ackcherly...
Apparently 2011 is the first year of the new decade and not 2010 - in the same way 2001 was the first year of the century.

It's because there was no `year zero' (well, not outside Cambodia) so the first year was `1' and the first decade ended when 10 did.

Of course, this is all tree hugging hippy crap and its cool watching the numbers all go round.
(Audax Victor, Fri 1 Jan 2010, 10:08, closed)

Mornin' pedant!
How's things over there?
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 1 Jan 2010, 10:13, closed)

That's Mr Pedant to you
Not bad matey...now in the deeps of Wales with a nice Iron Age fortress behind my back garden.

Now...get thee back to the Campfire!
(Audax Victor, Fri 1 Jan 2010, 13:53, closed)

There was a lot of innumerate people
partying like it was 1999, on 31 Dec 1999. They had a big party, the Queen was there and they even built a big dome to mark the event.

They must all have felt pretty stupid when they realised that they were a year early.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 1 Jan 2010, 11:58, closed)