Astronomy Professor Suggests We adobt a New Calender

[Champ]

BALTIMORE — An astronomy professor is hoping to convince the world to switch to a new calendar that would take the guesswork out of when Christmas and other holidays fall each year.

Replacing the extra day added to the calendar every Leap Year with a week every five or six years that professor Richard Henry calls "Newton Week," in honor of Sir Isaac Newton, would make every day of the year fall on the same day of the week.

And New Year's Day 2006 would be the perfect time to start the new calendar, he says, because in both the current calendar system and on his new calendar, that day falls on a Sunday.

Henry acknowledges he is a "bit of Grinch" because he designed his calendar so that Christmas and New Year's Day would fall on Sundays.

"You know what happens toward the end of the year. A lot of people like the mess at the end of the year because it gives them time off," he said.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-12-27-static-...

[tjdee]

1. Who the fuck cares if dates are on the same days every year?

People like this irritate me, and there is no logical reason why.

I'm sure he's a nice man who works hard, but an extra WEEK every five or six years so that Christmas can fall on a Sunday every year? Is he fucking serious?

[rug]

7. lol

Don't let him get away with this shit!

[hyphenate]

2. Would love to, but can't

It would confuse the fundies too much.

[soothsayer]

3. When I rule the world, holidays won't even occupy a day of the

week. Christmas week for instance would have gone mon, tues, weds, thurs, friday, christmas day, sunday, monday, etc...

[ProfessorGAC]

4. A Professor Unworthy Of The Title

This has little to do with science, and nothing to do with common sense. No wonder people think academics spend their time in ivory towers!

Dimwit!
The Professor

[Deja Q]

5. Or how about Patriot Week which, like the 'holiday', has no meaning other

than some more scribble on the calendar.

Yes, no meaning. Those who died on 9/11 would be a 'patriot' ONLY if they died for *'s cause.

Food for thought:

http://www.britannica.com/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va...

Main Entry: pa·tri·ot
Pronunciation: 'pA-trE-&t, -"ät, chiefly British 'pa-trE-&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French patriote compatriot, from Late Latin patriota, from Greek patriOtEs, from patria lineage, from patr-, patEr father
Date: 1605
: one who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interests


Now that's one constipated load of a freudian slip.

[LiberalEsto]

6. Every month would have a Friday the 13th

if all months started on Sundays. I'm not superstitious, but I'll bet a lot of nutcases would freak out.