Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 24, 2011
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March 25, 2011
Transcript:
Danae: Hey, Jeffrey... I'd like to run a couple of scientific theories past you. Jeffrey: Um... really? OK. Danae: Winter is over, but we still have snow. So I figure it must be due to either, A: nature is mad at us or B: it's a practical joke by calendar companies. Jeffrey: I'm gonna go with, C: girls make my brain hurt... Danae: My dad says that a lot. Must be a guy thing...
@yuggib, your comment gruntled me–like when I read “How I met my wife” by Jack Winter, from the New Yorker, July 25, 1994.
@emory, blame the Romans. They had a very odd system, counting backwards from the Calends (now the 1st of each month), the Nones and Ides, making months of 29 or 31 days, except February, which had 28, but 23 or 24 in leap years followed by an extra month of 27 days. So it could be worse, much worse…