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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)
TEd
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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 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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