Tomorrow is the 5th Leap Day/Leap Year since I started The Phil Factor in 2005 and I have yet to acknowledge it. Do you know why?
Because it’s stupid.
Julius Caesar is credited with inventing Leap Day in the year 45. I don’t believe that for a minute. He was a war mongering dictator. I’m pretty sure that he didn’t have a degree in physics or astronomy. Some egghead carving numbers into a stone tablet was figuring out that if we didn’t add a extra day every four years, it would be snowing in July and hot and sunny in December. I don’t really care about that. It would be fine with me. Why are we so rigid as a society?
When I’m elected President and/or Sexiest Man Alive, whichever comes first, I’m going to pass a law that everyone in the world gets to have Leap Day off as a holiday every four years when it occurs! I know that I probably won’t be in charge of the world, but damn it, don’t we all deserve and extra day off? I don’t know why no one has thought of this, but I’m copyrighting this idea right now on February 28th, 2024.
Have a great day today and enjoy your day off tomorrow! Thanks for reading! #Phil2024