Beware the Ides of March!!!

[gentlemonkey]

Theres a local Urethra expert who specializes in helping mature men pass these little buggers, smoothly and quicky. Apparently, the results are guaranteed and the service is renowned.

The one downside is his office... its a white van, parked at Remic rapids.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

I didn't know you owned a van, mon ami

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

Caesar had it easy, relatively speaking. I hope this passes (as it were) for you soon. Take care, V.

[Im going home Donny]

awwwwe...mabey no more double mcburgers for you mon ami!

[gentlemonkey]

I didn't know you owned a van, mon ami

SHHHHHHHHHHHUSH UP, YOU!!!

:cool:

[Velvet]

Will percolets make me play like Trey?

[bradm]

I hope not. The last time I saw Trey play, he was messing up all over the place...

Aloha,

Brad

[mattm]

Will percolets make me play like Trey?

You'll enjoy the music a little more but they quite thoroughly reduce the old motor skills so I don't know about playing like trey.

[Douglas]

poor Velvet!

If you need anything, simply ask.

[Laws]

I thought "Beware of the Ides of march" like the old thang about Ceaser n stuff. Now it is the most dangerouse day of the year to drive or (as in my case 15 yrs ago) a pedestrian. I used to fear the friday the 13ths..but beware of the noon hr March 15...

[arcane]

{{{{{HUG}}}}}

At least these days when yer giving birth, they can give you enough painkillers to trank an enraged rhino. Not like when my son was born, oh no. Back then it was, "Well, yes, we will give you the epidural you requested but wouldn't you rather take a nice, deep breath instead?" Now it's, "Oh, you're in discomfort? No need for that. We wouldn't want you to be in discomfort. We'll put this stuff in your IV, and there's a tank of nitrous right over there, just take a hit if you want it, and if the epidural isn't strong enough, just push this button to release more meds. Call me if you need anything."

Velvet, maybe you should invest in a dress and a pillow.

[bokonon]

my friend mandy's mom sure liked them percocets. she was really weird. she used to accuse me of being high whenever i was at her house. she was only right about half the time, i was really allergic to her dog.

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The soothsayer's warning to Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March," has forever imbued that date with a sense of foreboding. But in Roman times the expression "Ides of March" did not necessarily evoke a dark mood—it was simply the standard way of saying "March 15." Surely such a fanciful expression must signify something more than merely another day of the year? Not so. Even in Shakespeare's time, sixteen centuries later, audiences attending his play Julius Caesar wouldn't have blinked twice upon hearing the date called the Ides.

The term Ides comes from the earliest Roman calendar, which is said to have been devised by Romulus, the mythical founder of Rome. Whether it was Romulus or not, the inventor of this calendar had a penchant for complexity. The Roman calendar organized its months around three days, each of which served as a reference point for counting the other days:

Kalends (1st day of the month)

Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other months)

Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other months)

The remaining, unnamed days of the month were identified by counting backwards from the Kalends, Nones, or the Ides. For example, March 3 would be V Nones—5 days before the Nones (the Roman method of counting days was inclusive; in other words, the Nones would be counted as one of the 5 days).

Days in March

March 1: Kalends; March 2: VI Nones; March 3: V Nones; March 4: IV Nones; March 5: III Nones; March 6: Pridie Nones (Latin for "on the day before"); March 7: Nones; March 15: Ides

Used in the first Roman calendar as well as in the Julian calendar (established by Julius Caesar in 45 B.C.E.) the confusing system of Kalends, Nones, and Ides continued to be used to varying degrees throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance.

So, the Ides of March is just one of a dozen Ides that occur every month of the year. Kalends, the word from which calendar is derived, is another exotic-sounding term with a mundane meaning. Kalendrium means account book in Latin: Kalend, the first of the month, was in Roman times as it is now, the date on which bills are due.