On Thursday 18 November 2010 14:18:55 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:32:42 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > I thought the real reason for leap years was to boot the turnover of > > > the wedding industry. > > s/boot/boost/ > > > Oh? How does that work? > > There's a tradition here that women propose to men on the leap day, which > is why most men go into hiding on that day thereby boosting the profits > of pubs and other hiding places.
One could actually argue that the profits of pubs are reduced because then the men don't take the women to the pubs. And that the pubs then miss half of their customers. -- Joost
