#Leap year

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[summerreign4077]

Wishing a Happy Birthday to all of the February 29 babies out there who get to celebrate their actual birthday this year!!! 🥳🎉🎂🎊🎉🎁

[astridflies]

[scotianostra]

As you would expect February 29th is a bit bereft of anniversaries, but did you know..........

Anyone born on this day is said to be unlucky in Scottish culture, and referred to as “Leaplings.” True, they don’t get to celebrate many birthdays, but to make things worse, Scottish tradition adds on another layer by saying that leaplings are doomed to a lifetime of “untold suffering.” They also consider leap years as doomed for farmers, as the saying goes: “Leap year was never a good sheep year.”

Ithink we all know that it is the day of the year a lady can traditionally propose toher man, but in Scotland women intending to propose are advised to wear a red petticoat visible to their love – perhaps to give them fair warning! ;) Tradition also stated that any man who refused a Leap Day proposal should be issued with a fine, which could range from money to silk gowns.

If you are trying to work out the math on what you're exact age would be if you were born on February 29th, then you are in luck.

1920: 104 years old or 26.

1924: 100 years old or 25.

1928: 96 years old or 24.

1932: 92 years old or 23.

1936: 88 years old or 22.

1940: 84 years old or 21.

1944: 80 years old or 20.

1948: 76 years old or 19.

1952: 72 years old or 18.

1956: 68 years old or 17.

1960: 64 years old or 16.

1964: 60 years old or 15.

1968: 56 years old or 14.

1972: 52 years old or 13.

1976: 48 years old or 12.

1980: 44 years old or 11.

1984: 40 years old or 10.

1988: 36 years old or 9.

1992: 32 years old or 8.

1996: 28 years old or 7.

2000: 24 years old or 6.

2004: 20 years old or 5.

2008: 16 years old or 4.

2012: 12 years old or 3.

2016: 8 years old or 2.

2020: 4 years old or 1.

The next leap year will take place in 2028.

[mahoganyrust]

Happy Birthday to the leap year boyo

[filmgifs]

I don't want to not make plans with you. I want to make plans with you.

LEAP YEAR (2010) dir. Anand Tucker

[im-not-a-virgo-im-a-lesbo]

[memesmadefullmetal]

Happy very special MEAT DAY! 🍖🥳

you can only reblog this once every 4 years

[jules--pirsecon]

This is 4x rarer than most other iterations of the meme, reblog today or wait 4 years.

[busyboyfloyd]

Today is Leap Day, you say? Well, my photographer's no good at action shots, but here's me standing tall after leaping up to a high spot!

[blueberryattack]

Out of touch thursday? On leap yeap!?

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[tls123]

If your house was on fire and you had sixty seconds, what would you take?

LEAP YEAR (2010) — dir. Anand Tucker

[butterprince]

The universe was made just to be seen by those eyes

Happy Belated Birthday to my precious little one~💜

[happyheidi]

Happy leap day everyone!

We need to use the day that’s been given to us, as best as we can. Do something you love, even if it’s just something small. I’m laying here reading with jazz in the background and my dog by my side while the rain pours outside. That’s a perfect day in my book 📚

(From “Grapefruit” by Yoko Ono)

Some Yoko instructional art that I love and wanted to share <3 make this day special

[potpourri-of-ecclecticism]

LEAP YEAR (2010) dir. Anand Tucker