I gotta, say, now that I know a little more about Romulus's calendar I kinda like the idea of just not counting the winter months. Get to December and then, whatever, we'll care what month and day it is again in the Spring. I can see the value in that.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 31, 2015 9:00:54 am PDT #4490 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DavidS - Aug 31, 2015 9:05:43 am PDT #4491 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I gotta, say, now that I know a little more about Romulus's calendar I kinda like the idea of just not counting the winter months.
As you noted, it was commonplace in the Middle Ages to have open revelry at times over the winter, and anything you did during that space Did Not Count because it was off the calendar. You see some of that hanging over into Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but commonly there were all kinds of satirical plays that mocked the local nobles openly during that stretch and It Didn't Count. Plus everybody having sex and not too much concern about parentage down the line.
That's why there were riots when the calendar was closed up and those Festival days were eliminated.
Connie Neil - Aug 31, 2015 9:11:53 am PDT #4492 of 30003
brillig
That's why there were riots when the calendar was closed up and those Festival days were eliminated.
The Middle Ages were a lot more pleasant than a lot of people realize.
-t - Aug 31, 2015 9:34:00 am PDT #4493 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Heh. One of my customers just hired a new Buyer - it is amusing me much more than it should that my two contacts at this company are now Jesus and Christian.
brenda m - Aug 31, 2015 9:55:14 am PDT #4494 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
On the flip side, we've got a bunch of new hires in our department, the most recent of whose last names are: Good, Bright, Smart. I'm starting to wonder how our HR group is sourcing these people.
msbelle - Aug 31, 2015 9:56:37 am PDT #4495 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Better than Bad, Dim, and Dumb.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 31, 2015 10:00:54 am PDT #4496 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Or Howard, Fine, and Howard.
-t - Aug 31, 2015 10:12:32 am PDT #4497 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's awesome, brenda.
Y'all would never hire me (scared off).
Dana - Aug 31, 2015 10:26:14 am PDT #4498 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
This is the second time today I've been in the bathroom with a woman who didn't wash her hands. I guess it might have been the same woman both times.
-t - Aug 31, 2015 11:03:38 am PDT #4499 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So I guess you aren't working from home today.