[USMA:31276] A response to Metric day from an imperialist

[Euric]

Tony Bennett Octo means, er, 8 October 12 2004, 10:33 AM  re (Anonymous): "Today, 2004-10-10, is Metric Day. It is celebrated on the tenth day of the tenth month". REPLY: But this is *OCTO*ber - the *8th* month. Surely the time for metric celebration of their beloved decimal system is *DECEM*ber - the 10th month? But then any day of the year is a good one to celebatre duodecimal sense because, hey, we have *12 months* in a year! Pity Julius spoilt it all by insisting on his own personal month and requiring that it had 31 days. That brought February down to 29 days. Then Augustus came along and said: "I want *MY* month as well, and it's got to be at least as long as Julius's", so then we had *another* 31-day month created. Problem. They had to take another day away from somewhere else on the calendar. Poor old February suffered again - now down to 28 days. Personally, I suggest they have 'metric day' on the same day as Europe Day - viz., May 9th - and get the whole thing over with in one period of, er, 24 hours