Frazz by Jef Mallett for January 31, 2009
January 30, 2009
February 01, 2009
Transcript:
Caulfield says, "Whose bright idea was it to make different months different lengths?" Frazz says, "That would be Pope Gregory XIII" Caulfield says, "Well, Greg 13 wasn't too smart." Caulfield says, "A smart pope would have made all the months a nice, round 30 days." Frazz says, "leaving you with 5 extra days, " Caulfield says, "Which a really smart pope would trun into an extra long weekend in June."
NJ Lyon over 12 years ago
Aloysius Lilius created what is known as the Gregorian calendar. Lilius came up with it, “Greg 13” took the credit.
Keep on keepin' on over 8 years ago
How About months based on the lunar cycles, with still the occasional “leap year” calculated in to rebalance when needed? What’s wrong with tha… Oh. That’s right. Those Godless pages had something like that, didn’t they? Gee… wonder if science could have saved this?Oh. That’s right. …..;-)
hazel power over 7 years ago
greg 13. i like that nickname