A paradox, a paradox, a most ingenious paradox. Ahahahahahahaha! - this paradox.*

February may be the shortest month of the year, but it always seems to be the longest. And adding an extra day on every four years just adds insult to injury. Mutter mutter mutter.

* From the Pirates of Penzance - poor Frederick's dilemma is that he was born on February 29, and although he bears the outward appearance of a young man of 21, he is actually a little boy of five (Ahahahahahahaha, then repeat an octave lower) and he is therefore not old enough to leave the pirate crew he is apprenticed to. It's OK, WS Gilbert couldn't take his plots seriously either.