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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm
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For some unknown reason I have seen loads of tweets and status updates about the fact that this July has 5 fridays in it and this is something that only happens every 823 years!
What a load of b*ll*cks!
July 2016 also has 5 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in it.
In fact...
March 2013
August 2014
May 2015
July 2016
December 2017
March 2019
May 2020
October 2021
etc...
etc...
All have 5 Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in them.
The worrying thing is that people seem to be placing some kind of significance on this fact. WTF is going on with the world? It really doesn't take long to check on a calendar.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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Arbitrary calendar system throws up an unusual situation! It must mean something in the natural world!  
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: Getting there
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm
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I just means other months have fewer of those days in them. I’d rather we just had more double bank holidays. 
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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+1 makes no difference to me but I can see it being useful for many people. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:43 pm
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And every four years there's an extra day! WTF is going on there! Anybody would think the Universe doesn't respond to our timing system!
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:03 pm
Posts: 5041
Location: London
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And every now and then we need to add a leap second http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second 
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E. F. Benson
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:42 am
Posts: 798
Location: land of the free, Bexhill-on-Sea
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isnt this when someone mentions Serenity?
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm
Posts: 5071
Location: Manchester
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Hey, who likes Serenity? Cool film aye?
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm
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I preferred Firefly, but yeah, it was awesome.
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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Pfftt. Still the same number of weekends this year to wash the car!
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