Back to B.C. by Johnny Hart for August 16, 2021

Close, but no cigar.

Huh?

Busted!

February the 30th?

Why not? There an obvious need to expand the calendar as new holidays and special commemorations crop up almost weekly.

How about if we call one Friday or Monday in each month Holiday Time, celebrate all of that month’s momentous events on one day, and get past it. Decorations could have a generic motif, thus saving on having to throw away the leftovers. Just hold ’em over for the next month. Folks could take the day to celebrate whichever 3 or 4 event they like best. Calendars would be simpler, since only one day space would have text.

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Look at the strip’s date, friends.

Spoke too soon…

“What’s this ‘Thorsday’ you stuck into every week this year?”

A.D.BIS.VI.KALENDAS.MARTIAS

The Leap year is the result of the drift between a civilization’s dating system and the physical properties of the solar system. This was fine and good, when we used stone calendars. However we live in the computer age. You all know about the millennium bug. But did you know there is a leap year bug, and don’t get me started on the Leap second bug and and why are people worried about 2038? The doomsday bug in the year 2100.

As Bugs Bunny once said…“30 days has September, April, June, and Montana.”

An extra day in the year? That’s a bit of a leap.

The Romans used to do that on a regular basis, that is until ole Julius got a hold of the calendar.