It it now a leap year?

[Tim]

Alan Cox:
>> many people who thought that it was genuinely removing 19 days of
>> their life went ballistic.

Matthew Flaschen:
> Did people /really/ think this?  If so, this could have been a great way
> to keep the populace in line.  Pay taxes, or we'll modify the calendar
> to delete even more of your life!

Some people still believe similar stupidities about daylight savings.  I
wonder if they can't balance their budgets, either.  ;-)

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