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Nobody ever taught me the number of days in each month. I was well into my 20s before I had it nailed

• usefulcat 12y ago
  30 days hath September, April, June and November
  • mansr 12y ago
    That's pretty useless as a mnemonic. "30 days hath September, August, March and December" fits the pattern equally well.
    • webhat 12y ago
      Not if you remember the whole rhyme: Thirty days have September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, Except February alone, And that has 28 days clear, And 29 in a leap year.
      • mansr 12y ago
        My substitution works without contradictions there too.
  • chrisbennet 12y ago
    This is my version: "30 days has September, all the rest I can't remember."
• hyperpape 12y ago
  I still use my knuckles. Put your fists out in front of you, each knuckle, starting with the left hand, represents a month--the tall ones are long (31 days) the rest are short (28 or 30).
  • jeroen 12y ago
    28, 29 or 30. Divide by 4, 100 and 400 to figure out 28 or 29.
    • hyperpape 12y ago
      I don't understand what you're saying.
• rflrob 12y ago
  I'm a fan of the knuckles mnemonic: Starting on the outside knuckle of either hand, a high knuckle is 31 days, and the valley between knuckles is less than that (generally 30; FU February), then when you get to the other end of the hand, you double-count the knuckle (or count the knuckle on the other hand) for July and August.
• snogglethorpe 12y ago
  It's 3<cough cough h@ck COUGH>... unless it's February in which case 2@AHEM#