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Feb 1st 2010, 8:19 am

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That is something I would say! You should be ashamed Madam!

Yes, but I'm not!

Feb 1st 2010, 8:20 am

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Yes but who decided? The Pope?
How did they get evryone else in the world to go along with it?

It was my great great great great great grandad. He ruled the world at that time. And invented the Masons and the Iluminatti. He also invented cheese.

Feb 1st 2010, 8:24 am

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Yes, but I'm not!

Shameless the eh?

Feb 1st 2010, 8:24 am

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It was my great great great great great grandad. He ruled the world at that time. And invented the Masons and the Iluminatti. He also invented cheese.

Actually my Great Uncle (god knows how many times) was Reginald Pole, the last Roman-Catholic Arch-Bishop of Canterbury

Feb 1st 2010, 8:29 am

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Actually my Great Uncle (god knows how many times) was Reginald Pole, the last Roman-Catholic Arch-Bishop of Canterbury

Aah but he didn't invent cheese!

Feb 1st 2010, 8:31 am

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Aah but he didn't invent cheese!

No, but BS did!

Feb 1st 2010, 9:03 am

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No, but BS did!

Only if foreskins are included!

Feb 1st 2010, 10:00 am

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the year zero didn't come into effect until the 15th century when the now Gregorian calendar was adopted. So it was put into place after the event

There is no year zero in the Gregorian calendar so it didn't come into effect at all. Jeyzus, did you fail Calendars 101 or something?

Feb 1st 2010, 10:07 am

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it was decided in the 15th Century when they adopted the Gregorian Calendar and in effect used the Anno Domini theory (Birth of Christ)

Nah! When they changed to the Gregorian calendar in the 15th Century (18C in Britain and 20C in Russia) the year was the same before and after the change. The AD/BC thing was worked out a lot earlier.

An interesting (or not) point with Russia's change is that the October Revolution was in November in the Gregorian Calendar.

Feb 1st 2010, 10:10 am

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So, is the whole world now on the same calendar & was Russia the last to join in if so?

Feb 1st 2010, 10:15 am

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So, is the whole world now on the same calendar & was Russia the last to join in if so?

Almost. I think for international stuff the Gregorian calendar is used (but with BC/AD replaced with BCE/CE - Before Common Era/Common Era) but locally some countries use different calendars. Some religions still use different calendars as well so things like Christmas and Easter can be different for different religions. Jews and Muslims use different ones as well.