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  • #3932
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    seamus wrote: »
    You know when you're a little kid and you hear pop songs and don't really think about the lyrics at all?

    I was seven when Madonna's "Like a Prayer" came out.

    I'm now 33 and it's only after hearing it playing in a shopping centre that the double-meaning occurred to me;



    /facepalm

    Maybe I was born a pervert but I always just assumed that was the meaning, double or otherwise! :eek:


  • #3933
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    The song We wish you a Merry Christmas lyrics aren't "Good tidings we bring to you and your King", but rather "kin". I can't believe I got to my age, and didn't know this !


  • #3934
    enzo roco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭enzo roco


    Timistry wrote: »
    Its a leap year!

    When the Olympics are on, its a leap year.

    Thats how I remember anyway.


  • #3935
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,866 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    enzo roco wrote: »
    When the Olympics are on, its a leap year.

    Thats how I remember anyway.

    Not always. 1900 wasn't a leap year.

    Any multiple of 4 (2004, 2008, 2012) is a leap year with the exception of all multiples of 100 (1700, 1800, 1900 etc) but there are also exceptions to that which is that all multiples of 400 (1600, 2000, 2400 etc) are leap years


  • #3936
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Not always. 1900 wasn't a leap year.

    Any multiple of 4 (2004, 2008, 2012) is a leap year with the exception of all multiples of 100 (1700, 1800, 1900 etc) but there are also exceptions to that which is that all multiples of 400 (1600, 2000, 2400 etc) are leap years

    I know what you're saying but I'm pretty sure 2000 was a Leap Year.

    Bah you edited just as I was replying. Well played Sir!


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  • #3937
    galah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭galah


    Olympics are on this year? (I honestly totally missed that bit. Just had to google it. Must get out from under my rock a bit more...)


  • #3938
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    galah wrote: »
    Olympics are on this year?

    Only if Rio can get everything built on time.


  • #3939
    Shannon757
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭Shannon757


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Only if Rio can get everything built on time.

    And if they don't?


  • #3940
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,866 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    razorblunt wrote: »
    I know what you're saying but I'm pretty sure 2000 was a Leap Year.

    Bah you edited just as I was replying. Well played Sir!

    Sorry :(


  • #3941
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    And if they don't?

    Nolympics


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  • #3942
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    And if they don't?

    I don't know if the IOC have a plan B. Some of the sporting venues are not complete. Can the scratch sports from the schedule. Topic for another thread anyway as we are bring this one off topic.


  • #3943
    enzo roco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭enzo roco


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Not always. 1900 wasn't a leap year.

    Any multiple of 4 (2004, 2008, 2012) is a leap year with the exception of all multiples of 100 (1700, 1800, 1900 etc) but there are also exceptions to that which is that all multiples of 400 (1600, 2000, 2400 etc) are leap years

    Was it not a leap year? but if you go back in 4s all the way back to 1900, its work out. Im confused. Maybe Im half asleep.

    Is 2100 a leap year??? cause if you add 4 from 2016, you'll get to 2100???


  • #3944
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Not always. 1900 wasn't a leap year.

    Any multiple of 4 (2004, 2008, 2012) is a leap year with the exception of all multiples of 100 (1700, 1800, 1900 etc) but there are also exceptions to that which is that all multiples of 400 (1600, 2000, 2400 etc) are leap years
    Easier version:

    If it's a century, the century number must be divisible by 4.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3945
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭Olishi4


    73Cat wrote: »
    The song We wish you a Merry Christmas lyrics aren't "Good tidings we bring to you and your King", but rather "kin". I can't believe I got to my age, and didn't know this !

    What are you doing listening to Christmas songs at this time of year?

    Ah no only joking, I always thought it was king too. Kin makes the song sound nicer.


  • #3946
    simdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭simdan


    enzo roco wrote:
    Is 2100 a leap year??? cause if you add 4 from 2016, you'll get to 2100???


    No, if it's the first year in a century it is not a leap year. It only happens every 400 years in the first year of a century. I.e. 1600, 2000, 2400, 2800 etc.

    We won't see another one.. How lucky we are


  • #3947
    micar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭micar


    Cycling home from work...some lad probably hailing a taxi had his arm outstretched like a nazi salute.

    Got me thinking about neo nazis and all.

    I know about 88 being significant as it refers to hh being from heil Hitler...got me further thinking....Adolf Hitler would be AH which would be 18......and is where combat 18 got their name from.

    Just Googled that and I was right.


  • #3948
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    This forum needs a name change - to 18!

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3949
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Adolf Hitler & After Hours have the same initials.

    Both have views about topics of multiculturalism that cause issue with others.


  • #3950
    enzo roco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭enzo roco


    simdan wrote: »
    No, if it's the first year in a century it is not a leap year. It only happens every 400 years in the first year of a century. I.e. 1600, 2000, 2400, 2800 etc.

    We won't see another one.. How lucky we are

    Looked it up. Makes sense.
    In 2096, 8 years later will be the next leap year in 2104. There is a lot of logic behind it.


  • #3951
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    Esel wrote: »
    Easier version:

    If it's a century, the century number must be divisible by 4.

    That is in the Juilian calendar. I the Gregorian calendar which we have been using since the 18th Century the year must be divisible by 4 but not by 400.


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  • #3952
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    simdan wrote: »
    No, if it's the first year in a century it is not a leap year. It only happens every 400 years in the first year of a century. I.e. 1600, 2000, 2400, 2800 etc.

    We won't see another one.. How lucky we are

    Last year in a century


  • #3953
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    4ensic15 wrote: »
    That is in the Juilian calendar. I the Gregorian calendar which we have been using since the 18th Century the year must be divisible by 4 but not by 400.
    Stay back after school.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3954
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,285 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    mansize wrote: »
    Last year in a century
    Correct, but how many people really care?

    Did you have a fireworks display at midnight on 31/12/2000? Neither did I, because you need a licence for that.

    Year zero - a different kettle of ... unh

    Not your ornery onager



  • #3955
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    Esel wrote: »
    Correct, but how many people really care?

    Did you have a fireworks display at midnight on 31/12/2000? Neither did I, because you need a licence for that.

    Year zero - a different kettle of ... unh

    Didn't have one either year, but I knew the 21st century began on Jan 1, 2001


  • #3956
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,825 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Shannon757 wrote: »
    And if they don't?

    They have 600 Playstation 1s and 600 copies of international track and field on back order just in case


  • #3957
    Milly33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,663 ✭✭✭Milly33


    That Taytoes or called so like Potatoes... Never knew haha


  • #3958
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,029 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    StupidLikeAFox wrote: »
    They have 600 Playstation 1s and 600 copies of international track and field on back order just in case


    spectrum 48K and Daley Thomspons decathlon more like. Use of golf balls not permitted.


  • #3959
    wally79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭wally79


    StupidLikeAFox wrote: »
    They have 600 Playstation 1s and 600 copies of international track and field on back order just in case

    What a game. Still have scars from the blisters


  • #3960
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭valoren


    The phrase is "Play it by ear" and not what I've always used "Play it by year".

    As in musicians playing music without music sheets for reference, to work without a 'written' plan of action.


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  • #3961
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    valoren wrote: »
    The phrase is "Play it by ear" and not what I've always used "Play it by year".

    As in musicians playing music without music sheets for reference, to work without a 'written' plan of action.

    I thought the same until last year, similarly the phrase "All the rage" which i always though was "All the range" :D

    Never been corrected on saying the wrong thing all these years.


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