Since the ides are around the 17th of the month, perhaps we could have a recurrance of the theme when we reach 17:
Natter 15: Beware the Ides of Natter
Natter 16: RIO'S MAKEOUT DEN
Natter 17: Et Tu, Foamy?
I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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DCJensen - Aug 09, 2003 4:15:05 pm PDT #3963 of 10005
All is well that ends in pizza.
DXMachina - Aug 09, 2003 4:22:07 pm PDT #3964 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The Ides are either the 15th or the 13th, depending on the month, so the ship will have sailed by Natter 17.
Specifically, The Ides are:
March 15, April 13, May 15, June 13, July 15, August 13, September 13, October 15, November 13, December 13, January 13, February 13
ETA:
There's a mnemonic:
Everything can be summarized in three simple rules, one of which has a poem associated with it.
- The Kalends always falls on the first of the month
- The Nones falls on the fifth, except as described by the following poem:
March, July, October, May
The Nones are on the seventh day
- The Ides falls 8 days after the Nones.
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2003 4:27:45 pm PDT #3965 of 10005
All is well that ends in pizza.
Holy crap.
/me bows to DX's advanced Ides knowledge.
DXMachina - Aug 09, 2003 4:35:49 pm PDT #3966 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Two years of high school Latin, unfortunately. Some stuff just sticks with you.
Cashmere - Aug 09, 2003 4:36:44 pm PDT #3967 of 10005
Now tagless for your comfort.
Two years of high school Latin, unfortunately. Some stuff just sticks with you.
I should have taken Latin. /regret
DXMachina - Aug 09, 2003 4:40:25 pm PDT #3968 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Boggles at Cashmere...
I really hated it.
Cashmere - Aug 09, 2003 4:45:00 pm PDT #3969 of 10005
Now tagless for your comfort.
I really hated it.
Yes, I heard that it's dreadful, but helpful. So there's the rub. I roomed for one semester at college with a Latin major--in COLLEGE mind you! Ew.
Gandalfe - Aug 09, 2003 4:46:17 pm PDT #3970 of 10005
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Two years of high school Latin,
That's more useful than what I got out of 2 years of HS Latin - the ability to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in a dead language.
Betsy HP - Aug 09, 2003 5:08:05 pm PDT #3971 of 10005
If I only had a brain...
God. You just reminded me that I can sing "Jingle Bells" in Latin.
The horror.
Lee - Aug 09, 2003 5:22:36 pm PDT #3972 of 10005
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I took three years of Latin, and didn't know that. Of course, my Latin teacher was a man who named himself Phat Daddy and who would frequently decide teaching Latin was boring, so he'd do something else.