h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*makes notes*

So here's a puzzle - everyone knows that Christmas Day and New Year's Day are always on the same day of the week - they're exactly one week apart.

But in 2000, Christmas Day was a Monday and New Year's Day was a Saturday - why?

Easy - 1st of January and 25th of December in 2000 etc.

Pity, you're smart

What did you expect?

True, true

mm.. quite interesting that year, as it was a leap year and all other multiple of 100 years are not leap years .. 1900 wasn't, 2100 won't be for example. 2000 was..

I forgot the at the end of the previous message

Oh, I thought it was supposed to be .

From a LED or two back:

>Pierce .. you may be able to cook yourself.. but I decided I'll not eat the result

Speaking of that:

Much to his dad and mum's dismay
Horace ate himself one day
He didn't stop to say his grace
He just sat down and ate his face
...

the rest at http://bertc.com/haggispoem.htm
(decided not to upset the mods by pasting the full text here)

So maybe it is better that Pierce doesn't cook himself

Burns night is two weeks from now Santra

the year in which jesus was born does not exist in our calendar. unlike the year before he was born and the year after he was born and many other years.

hence follows, of course, that jesus was never born.

however, that is not my point.

my point is: would it have been a lap year?

(slowly eating himself, at least digesting his own fat and proteines, since he's on a diet)

But Jesus was already about 5 years old in the year 0, and was born in summer, to boot

says who?

says Mala

odd in a way, I've been to so many of his B'day party but I don't know his age

Mala knows apparently

Mala doesn't know anything at the moment

oh .. .. not good eh?

At least it's the weekend

it is so that means early up tomorrow