Everything made sense—September was the seventh month, December was the tenth…so they just had to add two months named for Julius and Augustus Caesar to mess it up.
Harris and I have a lot in common. The older I get the slower I get. But, he’s a way better man than I still, if he can run in freezing weather and talk at the same time.
I like the idea of just not counting months in the winter. Although it was probably just their way of keeping a lunar calendar in sync with a solar year: Just stop and start again at the first new moon when the days are getting noticeably longer.
lee85736 over 1 year ago
Everything made sense—September was the seventh month, December was the tenth…so they just had to add two months named for Julius and Augustus Caesar to mess it up.
pschearer Premium Member over 1 year ago
Before today I never knew there was more than one way to spell BUPKIS.
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Harris and I have a lot in common. The older I get the slower I get. But, he’s a way better man than I still, if he can run in freezing weather and talk at the same time.
The Old Wolf over 1 year ago
“When was the earthquake that destroyed all this?”
“It wasn’t an earthquake. It was an eruption of Vesuvius… behind me… and it happened in the year 79 AD., oward the end of the ides of June.”
“Ha. I thought only March had ides.”
“All Roman months had ides. Calends too.”
- (Goodbye, Mr. Chips)
MayCauseBurns over 1 year ago
Run your feet, not your mouth.
cj7ole over 1 year ago
This comic is way over my head, yet I still read it. Go figure.
JudyAz over 1 year ago
“Beware the Ides of January…”
Ignatz Premium Member over 1 year ago
I like the idea of just not counting months in the winter. Although it was probably just their way of keeping a lunar calendar in sync with a solar year: Just stop and start again at the first new moon when the days are getting noticeably longer.
prrdh over 1 year ago
At least you don’t have the same pacing skills as Zeno. You’d never get anywhere.
Lambutts over 1 year ago
So what was the time span for a “year” in biblical times when guys were around for over 900 of them?