On 5-10-2011 22:52, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:30:10 +0200, andrel wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Oh, I see - you hadn't specified, and I thought that's what you were
> asking.

PS: we try to not be too explicit in these things, otherwise Andy might 
get it.

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