Strange Brew by John Deering for December 23, 2009

Give it another year, really.

The new decade begins in 2010. Rhey can take their heads out of the sand then - until they feel the need to put ‘em back in.

Must be time for some decadence then.

Dubya rulz !!!

Decade starts in 2011. When did people start counting ZERO? Go show people go for eye candy verse actual thing.

Colt And the 1950’s included 1960 and not 1950? Get real.

The new decade begins with 0. End of discussion.

http://clipmarks.forbes.com/tag/when-does-the-decade-end/

they are supposed to have 3 toes

How many of us have to take our heads out the ground to make a difference?

ThankQ, BC13. The centuries start with 1 tho….

I can already hear the squabbling….

All I can say is Whoopee for the Zero.

pearlandpeach y2k was not part of the 20th century either.

And the 0 can’t be any worse than the previous year…I hope.

Right on, bpshand.

Both are right. It depends on whether you mean cardinally or socially. Cardinal decades and centuries start with the one (there was no year 0) and go to the next 10 or 100, and would be used when referring to the age of something. Socially, decades refer to years in which only the last digit differs, centuries the last 2, and would be used when referring to a social period of time (eg. the 80’s, last century)

Hopefully, that deflects the debates - let’s keep a happy spirit going here.

we are cheerful, happy = it has to be five o’clock somewhere!

Sheesh!!! With all the jabbering about the numbering system, you think some are missing THE BIG PICTURE of the cartoon??

“The bad news is we’re being dragged into giant anthills…”

BTW, aside from the missing toes here, ostriches only put their heads along the ground, not *in* it. They’re not trying to hide. They can see predators more easily that way.

(Oh no, I’m channeling JAD!)

I was connecting this one to having just read Ziggy and comments.

wait- who won the decade debate??

and why do we have to analize a comic?

They don’t bury their head sin the sand. The lie on top of it, blending in with their sand colored heads.

A decade is ten years, right? How many years have you lived when you turned ten years old? Ten, right? So you see, 10 is the last year of the decade. The new decade starts in 2011. Also, the year following 1 B.C. was 1 A.D.

Your logic is faulty rainman. What happen to the fist 365 days leading up to your first birthday?