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Comments on: Ides of March https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Michael https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/comment-page-1/#comment-22597 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:32:15 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/#comment-22597 The Greeks had the opposite prejudice (odd numbers bad, even numbers good). I don’t recall how the Romans felt about it. But the Roman date for today almost certainly has nothing to do with any such feelings. The Roman calendar always counted down, not up. Today’s the 17th day before the Kalends of April; tomorrow will be the 16th, and Poisson d’Avril, April 1, would be recorded as pridie Kal. Aprilis, literally “the day before the Kalends of April.” Only on the day itself (Kalends or Ides, which are typically the first/second and 15th day of the month, respectively) was the countdown not observed.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/comment-page-1/#comment-22593 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:40:18 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/#comment-22593 Before I forget, the way you stated the date, Michael, reminds me of something I read somewhere that the Romans thought that even numbers were unlucky, and avoided them whenever possible. The way you gave the date makes more sense if that is true.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/comment-page-1/#comment-22592 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:34:40 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/#comment-22592 I don’t know, Michael, I think the Shrubbery will throw Laura and Barney to the sharks before Unka Karl. He isn’t subject to impeachment that I know of, so impeaching 43 is the only way to dump Rove.

I do think that faithful family retainer Gonzales is on the skids to the door.

]]> By: Michael https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/comment-page-1/#comment-22590 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:09:33 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/#comment-22590 Looks like the 17th day before the Kalends of April (March 16, for those of you not up on your Roman calendar applications) may be a bad day to be emperor, too–at least if it’s Emperor Chimpy. The New York Times has Karl Rove’s e-mails on the U.S. attorney firings, and if we weren’t still working to uproot the Shrubbery, Unca Karl would be getting a pink slip first thing tomorrow morning.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/comment-page-1/#comment-22588 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:23:35 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/#comment-22588 It is amazing how quickly the gene pool of emperors goes stagnant and polluted. I’ve never seen the advantage of empire, it always seems to end badly and a lot of people die early.

]]> By: Ron Davison https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/comment-page-1/#comment-22586 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:19:34 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/03/15/ides-of-march/#comment-22586 By contrast, it bad to actually have an emperor all year.

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