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7th_Sephiroth

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Fri Jun-04-04 04:20 AM
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A Question About Leap Years

Edited on Fri Jun-04-04 04:22 AM by 7th_Sephiroth

if a person is born on a leap year, will his/her age, in a legal context, only be counted every 4 years? on edit, not the year itself, but the extra day

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Fri Jun-04-04 04:34 AM
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1. A most ingenious paradox!

Only in Gilbert & Sullivan operas (the legal "theory" you postulate is the central plot device of the http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/index.html">Gilbert & Sullivan light opera http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/pirates/html/pirates_home.html">The Pirates of Penzance).

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