. . . National Dog Day is August 26 (founded 2004)
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Thanks for the correction. I call that close enough for government work.
On the other hand, it could have been another weaselly move by No Name to mess up POTUS/Q's plans.
It reminds me of a mathematics joke.
(NERD WARNING! DO NOT CONTINUE READING!)
A convicted murderer was about to be sentenced and he said to the judge: "Your honor, I request the death penalty, and will waive all appeals ... but on two conditions.
JUDGE: What are the conditions?
MURDERER: First, that I must be killed by a certain date, or that I go free; and, second, that it must be a surprise to me the day of my execution.
JUDGE: So ordered.
MURDERER: Then I must go free! Because I cannot be executed on the last day of the deadline, because it would not be a surprise. But then, I CANNOT BE EXECUTED ON THE SECOND TO THE LAST DAY EITHER, because then IT would not be a surprise.
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If anyone cares, this "joke" is to exhibit an incorrect use of the principle of mathematical induction. [GROAN]
The Unexpected Hanging.
The version I heard said that he would be executed during a particular week and he made the inductive argument that you gave. But then the hangman came for him on Tuesday, which was entirely unexpected!
JUDGE: WRONG! The deadline is 10 days from now.
Marshall, take the smartass to the gallows now.
SURPRISE!