A few leap years back when I was so young and ever so foolish, I won a leap year bet at work by marching to my male manager and asking him to marry me.
Luckily said male manager turned me down but not after he had an apoplectic fit of laughter bringing on his indigestion and causing him to take the afternoon off to see his doctor - but let’s not dwell on that.
Now as I look up Leap Year on Wiki I discover these amazing facts (as yet unverified and unsubstantiated so I deny all liability for false information) that if the man turned down such a proposal made by a woman during a leap year, they were liable to:
1) Pay her £1.
2) Buy her 12 pairs of gloves.
3) Or fabrics for a skirt.
Anyway! I still think I got the best out of this as the bet I won was for a pint and pub dinner!
Charlie says: I see the New Year in by taking it easy.
Happy leaping 2012 everyone!
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We think the pint and a dinner was the best option after all you only wear one pair of gloves at a time unless your hands get as cold as Mums!!
Hoping Charlie had a proposal free New Year - us lady cats need eligible bachelors to escort us on evenings out!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Love that leap year story. Glad the jerk got sick over laughing so much. I didn't know it was a leap year. I think I will refrain from asking anyone to marry me. LOL. Take care.
Funny story, Kitty. I can see you doing just that! Dinner and a drink sounded like the best deal anyway.
Well I think you got the best deal too and Charlie has the best idea! Happy New Year and I hope 2012 brings you all the furry best!
Very wise. I agree with Charlie.
Happy New Year! I proposed to hubby 20 years ago on Leap Day, and thankfully he said he'd be delighted to marry me.
(This was not for a bet!)
What a bold and saucy girl you were! :D *snort*
No, that's hilarious. And I didn't know this is a leap year! How fun! I think the Mayans are also saying this is the end. Beautiful friend.
Ah, well. Life is short! Here's to a fantastic 2012~
Yeah, Charlie has the right idea. We had my wife's family over, and all of us were asleep before ten o'clock New Years Eve. Now that's the way to bring in the new year. Catch up on sleep.
ROFL! I love you. You are so awesome. Just hate that we're an ocean apart so I can't visit you.
I watched that movie with Amy Adams (I can't remember the title) that was about proposals and leap day. I think it's such a fun idea! And I hope this leap year brings you lots of good things!
Happy New Year Old Kitty! great picture charlie!
Luckily for me my husband said Yes :-)
A pie and a pint sounds like a good reward! Well done you for taking it on!
You did get the good deal! Happy New Year to you and Charlie!
A pint and a pub dinner definitely made you a winner in that deal. :-)
Can't imagine asking any of my co-workers to marry me, even as a gag. I'd be the one gagging, just with the thought. Ha.
Happy new year, Jennifer, to both you and Charlie.
I hope for a kind and merciful 2012 for us all.
You Brits are strange.
ha ha ha ha!
Happy New Year!
Charlie definitely has the right idea. As to your bet . . . you did get the best end of the deal. Love those free pub nights out.
Damn! I'm already married. I could use 12 pairs of gloves.
I almost forgot it's a leap year.
That was a great thing to win, better than the three alternatives.
Happy New Year!
That's hilarious! You're gutsy! :)
Charlie looks like he's got the right idea :)
Ooh didn't know 2012 was a leap year. Interesting. Loved your leap year story, very funny. A pint and a pub dinner is definitely better that fabric for a skirt!! Yuck, hate sewing! Nice to meet a fellow cat lover :) Happy New Leap Year to you.
Charlie
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Your gorgeous boy!!
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And also..a big Happy New Year to you guys too!
I'm sure the manager was just overcome with the realisation of his unworthiness of you and he attempted to overcome it by laughing and running home.
Ooo, gumption, I love that. Gumption is most deserving of twelve pairs of gloves. But I guess the glove money was spent at the doctors for indigestion instead :)
Happy New Year young Kitty
I took it easy for the new year too. I hope none of my sons' girlfriends ask them to get married this leap year.
Charlie!!!!
Have a great 2012!
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Lol! I love that story! I think you did win that bet for sure. A pint is perfect. Charlie looks very content!
That is too funny-hopefully you will not do anything so silly this year. Life is better with just Charlie in it. Happy New Year friend.
I forgot about that tradition. I wonder if I can make it to Ireland by the 29th.
Charlie definitely has the right idea by seeing the year in "easy!"
I would say that FOR SURE you got the better end of the deal! who would want fabric for a SKIRT????
Hahaha! You sure got the better deal by winning that bet. There's a movie called Leap Year (I think) and it's about a woman who's been waiting for her boyfriend to propose but she's going to propose to him for leap year, according to an old custom. It's a fun romantic comedy!
Happy New Year to you and Charlie!
Love your leaping anecdote ;)
WOW! I applaud your courage...you proposed even before you had the pint ;) LOL!
Did Charlie get a proposal? Will he turn her down? Or start a romance?
Ooh, a pub dinner! Good for you!
Have a wonderful 2012, and here's to more Leap Year adventures. xxx
Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!! We'll leap into the New Year with Charlie leading the way!
LOL! Great story. I like the idea of that. Charlie looks very ready for the New Year too.
Congrats on your pint win. Any leap year bets/marriage proposals in the work this time?
The movie Leap Year was the first time I'd heard of women asking men to marry them as a leap year thing.
Happy New Year, Old Kitty and Charlie!
Old Kitty, you are a hoot! Love your tales.
And looks like Charlie has a great idea...taking a snooze. I think it's going around, though, as "The Boys" are camped out on me and near me.
Happy New Year!
I love the story and fancy a pint and pub dinner right now:)
Oh, very nice! I love it! Definitely worth the guilt of watching your supervisor carted off to the hospital *snort*
So who are you proposing to this year?
LOL That's great! You definitely got the best option. :)
LOL. The manager's loss!
I loved your story!
Happy New Year, Kitty!
LOL. Happy New Year, Happy Leap Year!! *waves at Charlie* :-)
Well, at least you won the bet--and it sounds like you got a good deal out of it. :)
Happy New Year!
Happy New Leap Year to you, Kitty. I'd love to know what you'll do this time around on Feb 29.
I think you did quite well, because what on earth would one do with 12 pairs of gloves????
I'd take a pint and pub dinner any day!
Hugs to Charlie [g]
Am I the only one who is thinking what happened to the male manager next?
happy new year
Twelve pairs of gloves and fabrics? Yup, you got the better deal. What a fun and hilarious story.
PS I think Charlie has the right idea about how to bring in the new year.
What a funny story, Kitty! I think you won the whole way around what with dinner and drink and seeing your boss have a fit as well. Thanks for reminding me that this is a leap year. Maybe something unexpected and wonderful will happen. I can only hope!
lol... love the wee tale, kit :)
best of 2012 to you and yours!
You did that??? Thanks for sharing that great story and making me smile. Don't know if I could do that, but those were some pretty high stakes. Glad you made out well!
Now I want to go watch the movie Leap Year. One of my favorites!
Take care,
~Jamie
Hehe, Happy New Year to you and Charlie! xx
ROFL! I wish someone would do that to Jen's boss..... she might then get a new one!
Aha Old Kitty,
Now what was wrong with that male manager turning down your marriage proposal?
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Def the pint and dinner was the best option. Have a great 2012.
we're hoping this leap year bring all the happiness to all kitties and moms
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*Happy Dance*
Your blog was gone
but now it's back
YaY!
Yeah that's way better than any of the options presented there.
Oh no!! We had the same thing happen to us - Google disabled our blog, gmail and Google+! I'm glad you got your stuff back!!
Good idea, Charlie, we cats need plenty of rest no matter what year it is.
Hi Old Kitty .. glad your blog is back .. crumbs I'd have never dared to ask someone to marry me in case they said yes?! Great story though ..
So pleased Charlie retained his posture through to the New Year - no doubt he deigns to arise at times.
Happy New Year .. and have a great year ahead .. cheers Hilary
I sure am glad you got your blog back! You have no idea how very much we would miss you!!!
Izzz efurything ok? did you get your blog back???
lol... that's hilarious. And I didn't realize it was a leap year. I'm with Charlie... I like his idea of how to ring in the new year. :)
Love the leap year story. Hope you are having a wonderful New Year.
What if ... he actually agreed? heehehheehehehehe
Oh ya ..
A very Happy New Year 2012 to you and handsome Charlie!!!!!!!!
Glad you got your blog back - and so quick - hope you have access to it. We lost ours for two weeks.
Great story too! I was born on a Leap Year and just missed being born on Feb 29 by 2 days - I was overdue.
Happy 2012!
Love Charlie's pose!
Happy New Year!
I once knew a girl who proposed to a random stranger in a grocery store on a bet, for much less than your bet, too!!
I once sang the Sleeping Beauty song from the Disney version at the top of my lungs in a Wal-Mart. Dares are awesome!
Hah, didn't realize it was a Leap Year. I had a friend in high school who was born on Leap Day and it just befuddled me to think of having a b'day every four years.
Charlie's attitude has to be something we can all strive for...relaxed and take it as it comes...
so glad your blog was only temporarily disappeared. Sounds like the sort of thing Rincewind would do by accident. Glad Charlie knows the proper way to bring the new year in :)
Oh my!! We are so glad your blog is back!! We would have missed you lots!! That is a cool Leap Year Anecdote!! And we didn't even know it was a leap year!!
Howdy from your TX furiends,
Sounds to us like you definitely got the best out of that bet! :)
And we LOVE the way Charlie has chosen to ring in the new year.
Happy New Year, friends! May it be filled with much happiness and all good things.
happy new year
A pint and a pub dinner is definitely a win in my books :)
Happy New Year to you too!!!
Charlie looks like New Year's Eve got the better of him.
What a story! Thanks for posting it!
We'd rather have the dinner too! Happy Leaping New Year!
(and we are glad you got your blog back!)
What a neat anecdote! Happy New Year, Charlie!
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