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Is this limbo? (europe.pub)
submitted 5 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/casualuk@feddit.uk
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[–] mech@feddit.org 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I still think we should do a calendar reform to get 12 months of 30 days each.
360 days total.
The remaining 5 days of the year have no name and aren't part of any month.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fun fact: back in the early days of Roman legend the calendar had ten months and they just sort of suspended it over winter and started again in the spring. This is also why September, October, November and December are in the wrong places, numerically speaking: they used to actually be the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months before Ianuarius and Februarius got added.

[–] banause@feddit.org 6 points 5 months ago

Purge

[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago

What nonsense. 13 months of 4 weeks each, with one or two days left over as end of year celebration days is the obvious choice.

[–] meejle@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had cheesecake for breakfast today

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago

You're living the dream!

[–] AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 months ago

I mean… that would require being awake at 10am so its a no for me.

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 9 points 5 months ago

We're in the festive perineum, and all we can do is drink and eat snacks.

[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In Germany it's colloquially known as "between the years"

[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's also called "Rauhnächte" - the Wild Hunt is out and about, and the veil to the spirit world is very light. That might explain the feeling confused and urge to drink.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Wo denn das? Hab das noch nie im real life so gehört.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago

If you never stop drinking, there are no pesky questions about when to start.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Twixmas

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just saw it referred to as "chrimbo limbo" on the TV

Not sure I'm on board with that

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Apparently it comes from the old English word "betwixt" (between) so thus "Twixtmas" or "Twixmas"

[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

I've only ever heard the full "betwixtmas".

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Oh I like that, thanks for the knowledge

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So far my primary diet is pie and peppermint flavored alcohol.

[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why would anyone want their alcohol to taste like pie and peppermint?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Variety and the illusion of freshness.

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

I didn't say pie flavored alcohol but now that you've mentioned it that sounds interesting too.

[–] sodalite@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

is it weird i feel this way all the time

[–] yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk 1 points 5 months ago

I love it. Don't know what day of the week is it