▲ 923 ▼ Never Forget (startrek.website) submitted 4 months ago by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children) As someone who's dyslexic and nearly 40 I will never remember this for as long as I live no matter how many times I've heard it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 months ago (4 children) There's a much easier way to remember. Ball your two hands into fists in front of you and put them together so that you have your knuckles on top, sans thumbs. Start counting from left, knuckles are hills, the gap between them are valleys. Months falling on valleys are shorter. Months falling on hills are always 31 days. January is on a hill. February falls on a valley. March is hill. April is in a valley. May is on hill. June is valley. July is on a hill. August is on a hill too! September is in a valley. October is hill. November, valley. December ends on a hill. You have a valley and a knuckle left. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago im over 30 and i still do this permalink fedilink source parent [–] grozzle@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago makes sense that Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar gave themselves long months in summer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago This is the way! permalink fedilink source parent [–] BambiDiego@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) This is how my dad taught me, and when I pointed out that February wasn't 30 days he looked at me and asked in an almost furious tone "Are you ever going to forget that February has it's own thing going on?" Nope, not anymore dad, I remember it forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* Take the last knuckle and valley, assume they are days instead of months, add them together, then subtract the value on February from the usual valley value besides February. ... Yeah, you better remember the quirk of February without mnemonics or your knuckles. I miss my dad. And your dad. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago It’s the first time I’ve ever seen it written, though I wrote it myself. I’ve only ever known it verbally because it rhymes! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 months ago (4 children) There's a much easier way to remember. Ball your two hands into fists in front of you and put them together so that you have your knuckles on top, sans thumbs. Start counting from left, knuckles are hills, the gap between them are valleys. Months falling on valleys are shorter. Months falling on hills are always 31 days. January is on a hill. February falls on a valley. March is hill. April is in a valley. May is on hill. June is valley. July is on a hill. August is on a hill too! September is in a valley. October is hill. November, valley. December ends on a hill. You have a valley and a knuckle left. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago im over 30 and i still do this permalink fedilink source parent [–] grozzle@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago makes sense that Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar gave themselves long months in summer. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago This is the way! permalink fedilink source parent [–] BambiDiego@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) This is how my dad taught me, and when I pointed out that February wasn't 30 days he looked at me and asked in an almost furious tone "Are you ever going to forget that February has it's own thing going on?" Nope, not anymore dad, I remember it forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* Take the last knuckle and valley, assume they are days instead of months, add them together, then subtract the value on February from the usual valley value besides February. ... Yeah, you better remember the quirk of February without mnemonics or your knuckles. I miss my dad. And your dad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago im over 30 and i still do this permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grozzle@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago makes sense that Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar gave themselves long months in summer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago This is the way! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) This is how my dad taught me, and when I pointed out that February wasn't 30 days he looked at me and asked in an almost furious tone "Are you ever going to forget that February has it's own thing going on?" Nope, not anymore dad, I remember it forever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* Take the last knuckle and valley, assume they are days instead of months, add them together, then subtract the value on February from the usual valley value besides February. ... Yeah, you better remember the quirk of February without mnemonics or your knuckles. I miss my dad. And your dad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* Take the last knuckle and valley, assume they are days instead of months, add them together, then subtract the value on February from the usual valley value besides February. ... Yeah, you better remember the quirk of February without mnemonics or your knuckles. I miss my dad. And your dad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago It’s the first time I’ve ever seen it written, though I wrote it myself. I’ve only ever known it verbally because it rhymes! permalink fedilink source parent
