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# It's nearly that time of year again...
time to offer a friendly warning..

Clicky for biggy
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:31, archived)
# nnyrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggg
*twitches*
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Kitteny Berk almost certainly drunk, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:32, archived)
# GAH!
ouch!
that hurts
*dribble, shake*
(I helped save b3ta! jiva nearly always up for a game of scrabble, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:33, archived)
# perhaps
a wee bit fast??

nice though - woo et yay!
(I helped save b3ta! Darkedge, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:34, archived)
# What
my birthday?
(Mattyboy, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:35, archived)
# I thought it was the 12th?
so much for them classics classes..
(I helped save b3ta! whizzbang, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:35, archived)
# The ides
simply means "middle" - so actually, it's the 16th, with March having 31 days...

/pedant
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:37, archived)
#
The Romans did not count the days of the month from 1 through 30. Instead, three days in every month had names:

the Kalends fell on the 1st
the Nones on the 5th or 7th, according to the rhyme
the Ides on the 13th or 15th.

And before you ask, there's no such thing as a single Kalend or None.
When a Roman wanted to say "March the 14th", she had to say: "the day before the Ides of March" ( It goes faster in Latin). March the 6th would be: "The day before the None of March." (you never couted after, always before). April fool's day fell 'On the Kalends of April." After the Ides (the 13th or 15th, according to the month) you counted the days to the Kalends of the next month. March the 16th was "17 days before the Kalends of April." (with March 16 and April 1 in ancient fashion counting as full days). It was complicated stuff. A Roman had to know the rhyme In March, July, October, May; and when the date fell after the Ides, he hadda be able to manipulate "thirty days hath September" pretty quick too.
(I helped save b3ta! thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:39, archived)
# :-Þ
Still, the rhyme would have been much shorter, what with there being no february to worry about...
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:45, archived)
# well, no
its actually the 15.5th. Or really, the time between 23:59:59.999 (recurring) on the 15th of march, and 00:00:00.0 on the 16th of march.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:39, archived)
# beware your eyes
in march?

le ouch.
(I helped save b3ta! Oscar Wildebeest, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:37, archived)
# Beware the ides of march
You blocks you stones you less than senseless things!
(Braindeadleper, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:38, archived)
# i would have
responded earlier but i've been too busy biting my tongue off and choking on vomit
(I helped save b3ta! aaarrgghh...wasps! !spsaw...hhggrraaa, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:39, archived)
# Good, good
As long as you're all prepared.
(I helped save b3ta! butchbint, Tue 4 Mar 2003, 12:49, archived)