Mnemonic
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November.
Unless a leap year is its fate,
February hath twenty-eight.
All the rest hath three days more,
excepting January,
which hath six thousand,
one hundred and eighty-four.
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Ain’t that the “truth!”
Quite novel.
As I remember my mnemonic:
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
ExceptingFebruary alone,
Which hath but twenty-eight days clear,
And twenty-nine in each leap year.
Amen Anon
Dear Brian,I woke up in the middle of the night with this rattling around in my head:We hold these truths… What did you do in the peace, Daddy? What did you do to protect us? Oh, I was an agent for ICE, laddie. Is that why good people reject us? How did you stand up for good, Daddy? How did you do what was right? I hid my face under a hood, laddie And murdered them, black, brown and white What did you do that was brave, Daddy? How can you make me feel proud? I obeyed all the orders he gave, laddie And fired teargas into the crowd Tell me what was it you did, Daddy To make this America great I locked up men, women and kids, laddie United the people in hate How can you live with yourself, Daddy Helping democracy die? I served the pursuit of great wealth, laddie Like they said on the Fourth of July Iain M Spardagus 26 January 2026Sent from my iPad