http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925 Feel Smart Again Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:25:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-14696 Lauren Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:20:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-14696 World....today, 23 years ago, I made a great contribution to you....June 12 th is my son's birthday!! World….today, 23 years ago, I made a great contribution to you….June 12 th is my son’s birthday!!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13328 Mar Thu, 24 May 2007 18:47:34 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13328 It's funny, because I was born in June 7th, and I know lots and lots of other Spaniards who were born on this very same day. I was so intrigued by it that I started calculating what happened nine months earlier, which is more or less it's around August 31... which is when the last day of the summer holidays around here. I suppose a lot of people get carried away by the warm weather, the sense of impeding work around the corner... when they have already packed their contraception in a suitcase! It’s funny, because I was born in June 7th, and I know lots and lots of other Spaniards who were born on this very same day. I was so intrigued by it that I started calculating what happened nine months earlier, which is more or less it’s around August 31… which is when the last day of the summer holidays around here. I suppose a lot of people get carried away by the warm weather, the sense of impeding work around the corner… when they have already packed their contraception in a suitcase!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13279 Christi Thu, 24 May 2007 02:56:56 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13279 My birthday is May 22. Ew, my dad's birthday is August 15- thanks Alice. My birthday is May 22. Ew, my dad’s birthday is August 15- thanks Alice.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13242 Robert Wed, 23 May 2007 19:44:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13242 It's both mine and my wife's birthday! It’s both mine and my wife’s birthday!

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13235 Korin Wed, 23 May 2007 17:52:22 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13235 nope... but May 26th is MY B-DAY which is fairly close nope… but May 26th is MY B-DAY which is fairly close

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13230 Alice Wed, 23 May 2007 17:25:21 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13230 The rule of thumb for determining conception is "add three months then subtract a week". That would make a May 22nd baby's conception date August 15--dead in the middle of the hottest month. It's no surprise, then, that this is the date the fewest babies were conceived. BTW, an earlier post states that Christmas babies are born on August 22 and that's just plain bad math. Babies born on this date would be conceived mid November. The rule of thumb for determining conception is “add three months then subtract a week”. That would make a May 22nd baby’s conception date August 15–dead in the middle of the hottest month. It’s no surprise, then, that this is the date the fewest babies were conceived.
BTW, an earlier post states that Christmas babies are born on August 22 and that’s just plain bad math. Babies born on this date would be conceived mid November.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13224 Michelle Wed, 23 May 2007 16:51:45 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13224 It was my birthday, too! And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday is May 22nd as well. It was my birthday, too! And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday is May 22nd as well.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13203 Courtney Wed, 23 May 2007 14:52:28 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13203 It was my birthday! I feel special. =) It was my birthday! I feel special. =)

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13201 Erak Wed, 23 May 2007 14:47:10 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13201 I guess they didn't bother counting February 29th. I guess they didn’t bother counting February 29th.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925/comment-page-1#comment-13185 scriveyn Wed, 23 May 2007 10:53:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5925#comment-13185 Around 22nd August the Christmas babies are born. Not perhaps a date to start another project right away? Around 22nd August the Christmas babies are born. Not perhaps a date to start another project right away?

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