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#142043 04/15/05 10:18 AM
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Sung lugubriously to the tune of I've Been Working on the Railroad:

The Ides of Taxes are Upon You,
All the Live-long Day.
The Ides of taxes are upon you,
Get to pay your dues today.

(valid in US only)



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valid in US only

Where it is mistakenly assumed that the Ides are always on the 15th.


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>Where it is mistakenly assumed that the Ides are always on the 15th.

Drat. That's what the nones taught me in parochial school!



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from rogueclassicism.com:

We've ranted before about the misuse of the term 'ides' to refer to the fifteenth of any month, despite the old mnemonic (one version):

In March, July, October, May
The ides fall on the 15th day,
The nones are on the 7th

... the rest have the Ides on the 13th, of course. So all the authors/editors of those articles today which are referring to 'tax day' in the US as the "ides" really deserve a whack with the rc thyrsus of correction ...


[nice use of 'thyrsus'..]


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Look out! Behind you! Thyrsus guy with a big stick getting ready to take a whack at you!

Of course thyrsus cured by strong drink.



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And, valid for all the world, today is a very special birthday:

http://www.google.com


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And death anniversary.


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... and the day on which my beautiful bride and I leave for a long weekend in Washington's "alps" in hopes of catching the meadowflowers in photographable bloom. Full report to follow, perhaps.


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>And death anniversary.


"Now he belongs to the ages."



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> death anniversary

How so - I thought he died in May, by legend cradled in the arms of the French king or something?


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Abe Lincoln was the one I was talking about.



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yeahbut who was inselpeter referring to, or is this date associated with guys that all-y'all just assume are 'known facts' to the rest of the world?


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In March, July, October, May
The ides fall on the 15th day,
The nones are on the 7th


Hell of a mnemonic. What do you do to remember the mnemonic?


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<<yeah but...known to the rest of the world.>>

I was talking about Lincoln, too. Just couldn't bring myself to write 'Lincoln died on this date x years ago.'

But who were you talking about?


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> talking about

the long-dead painter, of course - clear as mud - now where's my helicopter? :)


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And it was in the early hours of April 15th that a certain vessel slipped into the icy waters of the North Atlantic:
the Titanic. About 1,500 lives were lost.


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And in 1980 Jean-Paul Sarte died.


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And in 1990 Greta Garbo died.


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And in 1989, 95 people died in a crush of soccer fans at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.


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yeahbut

you ain't done the obits fer the Titanic yet... :]


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And in 1861, three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out the Union troops, the US Civil War had officially begun.


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yeahbut

you ain't done the obits fer the Titanic yet... :]


Damn, you're quick, Mav!




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Never mind the histrionics, you're paid to write obituries! So, on the lowest deck of the Titanic was...


edit: hah! not quick enough with this one I see :)

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The South Yorkshire Police murdered 96 people at Hillsborough, not 95.


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On a lighter tax note (John Jacob Astor?):

Did you ever notice?

When you put the words "The" and "IRS" together
it spells "THEIRS".

(always leave 'em laughing...)


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Some day, huh?


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> Police murdered 96

Been reading the Grauniad again, Vern?! sheesh, get a real paper, like The Sun :)

Neat fool circle, Whit!

now about the backlog of obits, we can extend your filing days but there will be penalties...


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> get a real paper, like The Sun :)

Hey Welshie, cross the Mersey and then say that (especially re Hillsborough). Go on, I dares you.


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April 15 in North Korea:

~~~
SEOUL (Reuters) - Excitement and joy reigned in North Korea, official media reported, as the impoverished, secretive state celebrated the 93rd anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, its founder and eternal president.

Pyongyang was pulling out all the festive stops for Kim's birthday, which it calls "the Day of the Sun."

Former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri was in the capital to attend the opening of the annual Kimilsungia festival, celebrating the flower named after the late "Great Leader."

....

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050415/wl_nm/korea_north_birthday_dc_1


~~

Disclaimer: this is not a political post.


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And Jaime Rodriguez. Jaime, who was born 56 years ago, yesterday, runs the candy store downstairs.


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what a day! no other day could possibly come close to it.

except for February 29, of course. and several days in June.

-ron (what is so rare as a day in..) obvious


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> cross the Mersey and then say that

Despite my well-known abilities in respect of walking and water, even if I did, they wouldn't understand me - they don't speak English in 'pool :)

What a fine thread this turned into!


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On 15 April 1755, Dr Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary.


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<<published his dictionary>>

...and so it began.


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On 15 April 1755, Dr Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary.

Man, was he way off...



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