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Re: Century - Humor



No, this is the 21st century!

When a child is born he or she is 0 years old, but is in his or her first
year of life which he has finished on his first birthday, when he or she
starts his or her second year of life.  Ergo (provided that no math mistake
was made), Christ is now 2000 years old and in his 2001st year, that means,
the 21st century has started.

When you measure time by counting the years after a certain event (and how
else can you measure time?), the year that event takes place is always the
year 0.  It is the same with the Revolution.  We celebrated our Bicentennial
on July 4th 1976, when the Revolution had its 200th "birthday" and started
its 201st year.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Schultz [mailto:CSCHULTZ@LIB-GW.TAMU.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 10:09 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Century - Humor


Dean,
You are only partly right.  Centuries do run 1-100.  1906 is in the 1900s
but it is also in the 20th century.  Next year we will be in the 21st
century.
Charles

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