Apparently, though unproven, at 15:18 on Thursday 18 November 2010, Neil Bothwick did opine thusly:
> 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. I fail to see how the pub's profits are boosted at all by this. Aren't they just doing exactly the same thing they do every other day of the year? <ducks> -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
