tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976805036191494964.post6650509613443345997..comments2023-06-03T13:23:38.307+02:00Comments on The Modern Major General: CalendarClive Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12734079828281213063noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976805036191494964.post-57536372982753777752014-06-27T09:20:24.555+02:002014-06-27T09:20:24.555+02:00Not at all my dear chap.
I read in the Times that...Not at all my dear chap.<br /><br />I read in the Times that some Boffins from a London Institure had conducted some cultural research and concluded that the widespread semi-annual holidays we have observed in fact originated in religious texts and are based on the Solar Eclipse of our own Earth as seen from Mars. Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976805036191494964.post-25126482485285876642014-06-26T16:54:24.696+02:002014-06-26T16:54:24.696+02:00Too kind. I was convinced it was anal retentivenes...Too kind. I was convinced it was anal retentiveness taken to extremes, but it's good to know there's another mad bugger out there.<br /><br />I know it could do with a lot of tweaking, and the heavenly bodies idea is an interesting one - although trying to work out what these might be is probably beyond my google-fu.<br /><br />And as an old civilisation every city state will have its own heroes to commemorate and its own "national myth" holidays. A bit like the EU, only worse!Clive Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734079828281213063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976805036191494964.post-21246515081143376022014-06-26T14:51:02.659+02:002014-06-26T14:51:02.659+02:00Very interesting! I like trying to get my head a...Very interesting! I like trying to get my head around concepts like this. Not only would there a native calendar system, but what happens when a Earth based one is imposed by colonial powers? I'm sure the various national holidays would be celebrated in respective territorial holdings, but are there any local holidays overlapping?<br /><br />Perhaps the equivalent of 'months' could be around conjunctions or alignments of other heavenly bodies<br /><br />Nice post, most thought provokingPaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.com