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"For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I've no desire to be disloyal,
Some person in authority, I don't know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,
Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February,
twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty,
One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.
Through some singular coincidence -- I shouldn't be surprised if it were owing to the
agency of an ill-natured fairy --
You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year,
on the twenty-ninth of February;
And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you'll easily discover,
That though you've lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,

you're only five and a little bit over!"

—The Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance

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-{{quote|''"For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I've no desire to be disloyal,<br />
+{{quote|''"For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I've no desire to be disloyal,
-Some person in authority, I don't know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,<br />
+Some person in authority, I don't know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,
-Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February,<br />
+Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February,
-twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty,<br />
+twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty,
-One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.<br />
+One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.
-Through some singular coincidence -- I shouldn't be surprised if it were owing to the<br />
+Through some singular coincidence -- I shouldn't be surprised if it were owing to the
-agency of an ill-natured fairy --<br />
+agency of an ill-natured fairy --
-You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year,<br />
+You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year,
-on the twenty-ninth of February;<br />
+on the twenty-ninth of February;
-And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you'll easily discover,<br />
+And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you'll easily discover,
-That though you've lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,<br />
+That though you've lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,
 you're only five and a little bit over!"''|'''The Pirate King''', ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''}}