Astonishing Facts....

[RATATTAK]

Mr2Mike said:

Not quite true since birthdays don't have a perfectly uniform distribution through the year.

30th September is the most common birthday

Least common birthday is 25th December (apart from 29th Feb which of course only occurs once every four years)

[Dr Jekyll]

RATATTAK said:

Least common birthday is 25th December (apart from 29th Feb which of course only occurs once every four years)

Bizarre, Presumably babies born very early or late that day are recorded as being born on the 24th or 26th to give them a birthday separate from Christmas.


Or something very odd happens at the end of March, people giving up sex for lent perhaps?

[Mr Gearchange]

Dr Jekyll said:

RATATTAK said:

Least common birthday is 25th December (apart from 29th Feb which of course only occurs once every four years)

Bizarre, Presumably babies born very early or late that day are recorded as being born on the 24th or 26th to give them a birthday separate from Christmas.


Or something very odd happens at the end of March, people giving up sex for lent perhaps?

Nobody feels sexy after eating 14 pancakes.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Dr Jekyll said:

RATATTAK said:

Least common birthday is 25th December (apart from 29th Feb which of course only occurs once every four years)

Bizarre, Presumably babies born very early or late that day are recorded as being born on the 24th or 26th to give them a birthday separate from Christmas.


Or something very odd happens at the end of March, people giving up sex for lent perhaps?

I suspect it's because no elective cesarean sections are scheduled for that day. Nor are any women brought in to be induced on Xmas day. Due to less staff on duty.

[Moonhawk]

RATATTAK said:

30th September is the most common birthday

The result of drunken new years eve shags?

[Mr2Mike]

Mr Gearchange said:

Nobody feels sexy after eating 14 pancakes.

[Blib]

SpudLink said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I worked in a small office many years ago with 6 other people. No one shared a birthday, but we were all left handed!

I once worked in an office with 6 people, and I was the only one who wasn’t left handed.

I thought they were all very sinister.

I too work in an office with six people, five of whom are lefties.

[Mammasaid]

Blib said:

SpudLink said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I worked in a small office many years ago with 6 other people. No one shared a birthday, but we were all left handed!

I once worked in an office with 6 people, and I was the only one who wasn’t left handed.

I thought they were all very sinister.

I too work in an office with six people, five of whom are lefties.

woosh.......

[The Dangerous Elk]

Mammasaid said:

woosh.......

...hsoow

shirley

[Timmy45]

Dr Jekyll said:

RATATTAK said:

Least common birthday is 25th December (apart from 29th Feb which of course only occurs once every four years)

Bizarre, Presumably babies born very early or late that day are recorded as being born on the 24th or 26th to give them a birthday separate from Christmas.


Or something very odd happens at the end of March, people giving up sex for lent perhaps?

or pregnancies aren't quite as accidental as ladies often make them out to be.....

[SpeckledJim]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I suspect it's because no elective cesarean sections are scheduled for that day. Nor are any women brought in to be induced on Xmas day. Due to less staff on duty.

I bet this is the answer.

Pregnant ladies might also be able to some degree to subconsciously avoid the 25th?

[captain_cynic]

SpeckledJim said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I suspect it's because no elective cesarean sections are scheduled for that day. Nor are any women brought in to be induced on Xmas day. Due to less staff on duty.

I bet this is the answer.

Pregnant ladies might also be able to some degree to subconsciously avoid the 25th?

People who plan their children tend to aim for a birth in the summer months as well. For many, 25th of December will still be in the first trimester.

[SpeckledJim]

captain_cynic said:

SpeckledJim said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I suspect it's because no elective cesarean sections are scheduled for that day. Nor are any women brought in to be induced on Xmas day. Due to less staff on duty.

I bet this is the answer.

Pregnant ladies might also be able to some degree to subconsciously avoid the 25th?

People who plan their children tend to aim for a birth in the summer months as well. For many, 25th of December will still be in the first trimester.

Some aim for the autumn, so that the kids are the oldest in the class. This reaps some self-confidence and achievement benefits (apparently).

[Halmyre]

I've got a cousin who was a Christmas Day baby; might have been a home birth.

[Rawwr]

Halmyre said:

I've got a cousin who was a Christmas Day baby; might have been a home birth.

In a manger in Bethlehem?

[paulrockliffe]

SpeckledJim said:

Some aim for the autumn, so that the kids are the oldest in the class. This reaps some self-confidence and achievement benefits (apparently).

But fks you over on nursery costs as there's another 12 months to pay.

[Shakermaker]

RATATTAK said:

Mr2Mike said:

Not quite true since birthdays don't have a perfectly uniform distribution through the year.

30th September is the most common birthday

Least common birthday is 25th December (apart from 29th Feb which of course only occurs once every four years)

That's only true in countries which widely celebrate Christmas.

[Bonefish Blues]

paulrockliffe said:

SpeckledJim said:

Some aim for the autumn, so that the kids are the oldest in the class. This reaps some self-confidence and achievement benefits (apparently).

But fks you over on nursery costs as there's another 12 months to pay.

It was one of the biggest (only) breaks our adopted daughter had in her young life - as a 6th Sept birthday she got to have an extra year before she went to school, which was priceless in terms of her development.

[Blib]

Mammasaid said:

Blib said:

SpudLink said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I worked in a small office many years ago with 6 other people. No one shared a birthday, but we were all left handed!

I once worked in an office with 6 people, and I was the only one who wasn’t left handed.

I thought they were all very sinister.

I too work in an office with six people, five of whom are lefties.

woosh.......

There's no w(h)oosh. As a leftie, I know what 'sinister' means.

[silverfoxcc]

Blib said:

Mammasaid said:

Blib said:

SpudLink said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I worked in a small office many years ago with 6 other people. No one shared a birthday, but we were all left handed!

I once worked in an office with 6 people, and I was the only one who wasn’t left handed.

I thought they were all very sinister.

I too work in an office with six people, five of whom are lefties.

woosh.......

There's no w(h)oosh. As a leftie, I know what 'sinister' means.

Everyone is born right handed



Only the gifted overcome it



Anyway i would give my right arm to be ambidextrous


From a leftie

Who eats right handed ( my right handed ex ate left handed, drove me mad restting the table each meal)

Plays tennis and bats at cricket right handed
Bowls left handed
Plays guitar Left handed ( did you know that both everly Bros were left handed but play right handed?)
Has big problems with scissors and can openers
Annoys the wife to crap when helping her fold sheets Holding then ends level ,when she askes to get it vertical i tern anti clockwise, so does she, after 40 years i still cant turn the sheet clockwise.