February 29th
This is one of those days that I would be happy if it didn’t exist.
When you think about it, is it fair the women only have one day in every 1,461 where they can propose to a chap? If they could pick any old day it might have solved the queues of Young Wans outside my door [not that there are that many these days].
Today has been an absolute disaster from the start.
I had a bad night on the night before last so was itching for a really good sleep. This was not to be. I headed for bed early, forgetting that I was heading into Leap Day. The mayhem started pretty soon after midnight and as a result I got very little sleep. A some stage I did manage to grab a couple of hours of blissful oblivion before the mayhem started again. Only now am I able to sit down, prop my eyelids open with matchsticks and pretend it’s a normal day.
So Leap Day should be scrapped. It’s a nuisance and I would be a lot happier now if February stopped its nonsense and agreed that this is March the 1st.
Come to think of it, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to play around with a few other days? Look at Christmas for example. It is the cause of the frenzy of commercialism that starts around the end of September. I would suggest it is a day that’s picked at random and could be on any day of the year. The day would be announced only three or four days in advance which would allow the festivities but stop those endless tacky Christmas advertisements.
The year should start on a sensible day too. Why not on the Winter Solstice which is a logical day and would start Spring that little bit earlier?
The Celts and Druids had it right all along.
Re Christmas – your modest proposal.
Do the same with all elections. Then the wankers will not be able swing the employment, economy, health, and the rest, statistics on run up. And we would be spared all the media waffle.
Excellent idea! Programme a computer to randomly select Christmas and elections dates. No one would access these selected dates until the computer announces a three day warning.
Better still say it was last Thursday.Better luck next time.
This leap year thing always takes me by surprise. This morning my watch was insisting that it was the 29th. Now I know good and well that February has only 28 days…unless this is a leap year, damn!
I’m all for doing away with this leap year crap. Now, I know there would be consequences to this. At my age I will be long gone by the time it snows in July and August.
(Take that Gretta.)
Actually there wouldn’t be any progression of the seasons. The Winter Solstice would always announce the start, and if that meant adding or subtracting a day from the old year then the problem is solved.
That makes complete sense.