On Fri, 11 May 2001, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > Um, Alberto, there are only 30 days in April.
> >
> Uh? Yes, I guess I remember now. April has 30 days, except
> in leap years [once every century - or is it opposite?
> once except every century?] when it has... hmmm... 28?
Something like. ;)
> > p.s. Speaking of numbers, I started using the
> > word "proctonumerology"
> >
> This is a barbarism. The correct word should be
> "proctoarithmology".
No, the thing is, we're not pulling SUMS out of our butts, we're just
pulling NUMBERS out of our butts. :) At least, some people are. One guy
in particular. (And I don't know if *he's* familiar with the term....)
Julia
