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Subject:Re: Stupid Question of the day From:Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> To:"Chinell, David F (GE EntSol, Security)" <David -dot- Chinell -at- GE -dot- com> Date:Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:42:09 -0500
Actually, it's none of the above. There's Lincoln's Birthday and George
Washington's Birthday, the 12th and the 22nd respectively. This
Monday-holiday rot somehow infected the two fine gentlemen, and now
schoolchildren are hard pressed to remember any presidents at all.
Perhaps they've heard of Obama.
Sorry, my bile ducts have developed a leak. Hold on while I patch them.
"Presidents' Day." More than one president, possessive plural form.
Why can't we have William Henry Harrison month?
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