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I'm pretty sure All American Cutie used to maintain a list of when everyone's birthday was - or at least, not everyone, obviously, but the majority of Fforumites. Might be worth dropping her an email to see if she still has it.
Mine remains 4th 4th 1958, which luckily makes sense either in US or other date formats.
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
9/9/80... which also make sense in merkin or ukian styles
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That statement is either so deep it would take a lifetime to fully comprehend every particle of its meaning, or it is a load of absolute tosh. Which is it, I wonder?
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
It's the water from Loch Lomond.(Readers who recognise the gag, keep their traps shut ;))
Actually 1987 would be a bit closer to the mark.
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
skids... that was 9-sep, not 8-aug for me :P Otherwise, keep up the good work... no doubt I'll be getting a lot more birthday cards come september. Or possibly August...
Rob
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That statement is either so deep it would take a lifetime to fully comprehend every particle of its meaning, or it is a load of absolute tosh. Which is it, I wonder?
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather