[plug] Ben Collins (DPL) dies after accident with slapd (fwd)

[Steve Baker]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Scott" <simon.scott at flexiplan.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Ben Collins (DPL) dies after accident with slapd (fwd)


> Its also interesting to note that the whole April Fools thing
> started when certain segments of the community refused to adopt the
> christian calendar and celebrate new years on Jan 1, prefering the older
> April 1.  And it wasnt funny, they were actually persecuted for
this.....but
> it mellowed over the years as more and more of them gave into the tyranny
of
> the church :)
>
> Does this mean that all Chinese people are fools? :)
>

Only if you define any non-Jan-1 new year date as foolish.  The Chinese
don't use April 1 as a new year date, their new year is generally late Jan,
of course with the actual date changing depending on the phase of the moon.

April 1 was formerly the new year because it was the beginning of (northern)
spring.  Not a bad idea really - Jan 1 seems kind of random in comparison. .
.

bakes
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