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29 Jul 2024 18:20:30 EDT (-0400)
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From: andrel
Date: 5 Oct 2011 16:30:10
Message: <4E8CBE52.5060800@gmail.com>
On 5-10-2011 20:16, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:39:42 +0200, andrel wrote:
>
>> On 5-10-2011 18:03, Stephen wrote:
>>> On 05/10/2011 3:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>>> I thought they just called it "the year of the cat"?
>>>> You're thinking of the Chinese calendar.
>>>
>>> In the Century of the Anchovy.
>>
>> Anyone knows what year this is and next will be. I though I saw it on
>> the calendar, but can't find it.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar
>
> Looks like this year is the rabbit, next is dragon.

Sure in the Chinese calendar, but 'the Century of the Anchovy' is not a 
reference to the Chinese one but to the calendar from Unseen University 
in Ankh-Morpork.

-- 
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per 
citizen per day.


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