February 29th - Doing anything special?

[Jamie D]

Okay, Leap Day is only hours away.

Is anyone doing anything special?

I convinced my wife to take me out for dinner.

[Gretchen]

My Post Mistress was born on the 29th so I am going to wish her a happy B-Day. She looks really old for her age.

[Sarah Louise]

I will be going grocery shopping, is that something special.

[Julian]

I'll be registering for summer classes maybe I can convince boyfriend to go out to dinner or something.

[Jamie D]

One tradition for February 29th is that it is considered a day of "ladies' privilege."  I came upon this passage:

"In keeping with the theme of nature gone awry, a whimsical tradition dating back at least four centuries (and still trotted out at four-year intervals by newspaper feature writers) holds that leap years confer upon women the "privilege" of proposing marriage to men instead of the other way around. The convention was (in literature, if not in reality) that any man who refused such a proposal owed his spurned suitor a silk gown and a kiss — provided she was wearing a red petticoat at the moment she popped the question.

The origin of this romantic tradition is long forgotten and steeped in legend. One tidbit often repeated in 19th-century sources claimed it grew out of a statute passed by Scottish Parliament in 1288, of which one of the many quoted versions reads:

It is statut and ordainit that during the reine of hir maist blissit Magestie, ilk maiden ladye of baith highe and lowe estair shale hae libertie to bespeak ye man she likes; albiet, gif he refuses to tak her till be his wif, he sall be mulcit in ye sume of ane hundredth poundis or less, as is estait mai be, except and alwais gif he can mak it appear that he is betrothit to ane other woman, then he shall be free."

http://thecostaricanews.com/leap-year-leap-day-history-traditions-and-folklore/10297

[Devlyn]

Turkey dinner with all the fixings. Family and friends gathered around the fireplace.....oh, wait, Leap Day? I gotta work. Hugs, Devlyn

[Gretchen]

I'll be registering for summer classes

I forgot, I will be starting school tomorrow which means that I will no longer be in the construction trade. I will also go out and find myself a sugar Daddy to marry.

[tekla]

Well after trimming the Leap Tree (our tradition is to use Manzanita, though our brethren to the Great South of La prefer Yucca or a cactus for the fundy Leapers) with yert cakes made in the shape of phallic objects and star-shaped broccoli candy we all gathered around to perform the Stoogies ritual in which we all hope that everyone has a Curly Leap Day and doesn't meet up with any M.O.E.S.  So on Leap Day itself we all bring on a Curly day by engaging in our annual wake 'n bake to remind us of our college days at the Institute of Leap (built upon the ruins of the ancient city of Achrida) where we all majored in jumping to conclusions, then we casually chug blender drinks until mid-afternoon upon whence the serious drinking starts.

[Jamie D]

Blender drinks can be serious.

I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are some.

I'm going golfing.

[V M]

I'm thinking it should somehow be a good luck day to purchase a Lotto ticket 

[shortNsweet]

I will be obtaining keys to my first apartment and begin the process of living life on my own.

[Kristyn74]

apparently on the radio i heard it the day that its the ' acceptable day' for a woman to ask a man to marry 

[Azmaria]

i had a telephone session with my therapist... does that count?