If the 10th month is named after 8 ... (goat nominations for October 2019)

@therealjrn beat me to it!!

@The_Tim

The new year used to start in March.

From Wikipedia The Endless:

The name of March comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month Martius was the beginning of the season for warfare,[1] and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close.[2] Martius remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as late as 153 BC,[3] and several religious observances in the first half of the month were originally new year’s celebrations.[4] Even in late antiquity, Roman mosaics picturing the months sometimes still placed March first.[5]

March 1 began the numbered year in Russia until the end of the 15th century. Great Britain and its colonies continued to use March 25 until 1752, when they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar (the fiscal year in the UK continues to begin on the 6th April, initially identical to 25 March in the former Julian calendar). Many other cultures and religions still celebrate the beginning of the New Year in March.

March is the first month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (North America, Europe, Asia and part of Africa) and the first month of fall or autumn in the Southern Hemisphere (South America, part of Africa, and Oceania).

Ancient Roman observances celebrated in March include Agonium Martiale, celebrated on March 1, March 14, and March 17, Matronalia, celebrated on March 1, Junonalia, celebrated on March 7, Equirria, celebrated on March 14, Mamuralia, celebrated on either March 14 or March 15, Hilaria on March 15 and then through March 22–28, Argei, celebrated on March 16–17, Liberalia and Bacchanalia, celebrated March 17, Quinquatria, celebrated March 19–23, and Tubilustrium, celebrated March 23. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar.

So blame the calendar history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar

Or blame Gregory XIII
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_XIII

Or blame the scapegoat.

Well, blame something!

/giphy blame

@JnkL is the reason they won’t bring back your favorite TV show

@The_Tim @f00l
The reason they are no longer months 7,8,9, and 10 in order is because Emperor Julius Ceasar (Yes, that Julius Ceasar) decided he wanted his own month named after himself.

The result? July.

Then, when Emperor Augustus Ceasar came along, he decided that he too was equally deserving of his own month.

The result? August.

Hence, September, the old 7th month got pished back to become the 9th month we know today.

QED

@f00l @mike808

Emperor Julius Ceasar (Yes, that Julius Ceasar) decided he wanted his own month named after himself.

@f00l @The_Tim
T’was the most unkindest cut of all.

@sicc574 My mom died, you insensitive clod!

@mike808 I’ve been called alot of things in my life and insensitive is definitely one that has come up before…#sorrynotsorry

@sicc574 Get off my lawn. It was a slashdot reference, you insensitive clod!

@mike808 @sicc574

Watch your mouth, you insensitive ex-/. clod!

/image slashdot

@f00l @sicc574
Not enough hot grits up in here, @f00l ?

@mike808 @sicc574

Did you say grits?

Hot grits?

Kindly allow the @f00l to thing only about that for a while. It’s important.

/image grits

@f00l Eeewww. You ruint it with cheese.
How about some Natalie Portman to think about with them hot grits?

@mike808

Blame /giphy for the cheese.

Scapegoat! Calling you out for that cheese!

@JnkL is the reason they won’t bring back your favorite TV show

@Cerridwyn Well, all I know is he gets blamed for a lot of stuff that isn’t his fault!

Is he here on meh forum?

And yes, this has been my forum handle for a long time. Way before my buddy Don was using it.

@Cerridwyn @therealjrn kind of makes him the prefect scapegoat!

@JnkL is to blame for this!

@therealjrn
does it really matter?

@therealjrn @ybmuG
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@Cerridwyn @therealjrn

Assist from other DJT personal qualities:

Well, all I know is he gets blamed for a lot of stuff that isn’t his fault!

Eternal Condition of being Pres.

@Cerridwyn @f00l @therealjrn True

@JnKL no, but @aetris had requested October months ago. Maybe no one is nominating anyone out of respect to our pizza goat?!?

@aetris @JnKL @tinamarie1974
Maybe there is nothing left but third-string goats now that we have arrived at the time when anyone that cares has already been goated?

#PeakGoat

@aetris @JnKL @mike808

/giphy oh snap

@aetris @tinamarie1974 I wasn’t aware of the goat request of someone else who wanted to be goat. Good on them!
And, nice burn! I totally resemble third string goat. I had good ideas and intentions at the beginning of the month. Alas, life gets in the way of good intentions. Go ahead, roast me!

@JnKL - I doubt we can even DREAM of being as goaty of some of these old goats.

@aetris @JnKL @tinamarie1974
IMHO, uncontested goat selections sound more like a participation prize and less like a selection of the crémë dē la çrèmê.

Hence, we have reached #PeakGoat.
Stick a fork in it. The Meh goat meme has run its course.

@aetris @JnKL @tinamarie1974

Go ahead, roast me!
Oh, I’m waiting for the new goat to blame you for being a sub-mediocre goat.

And to give unblame for not being as lame as @nolrak during your goatdom. I guess that’s the consequences of lowered expectations.

@aetris @mike808 I’m pretty sure Nolrak and I tied.

@aetris @JnKL @mike808 don’t lose faith! Give goat a chance!

No pressure @aetris…

@ybmuG

Tomorrow will tell the tale.

I mean tonight! Thirty days hath September… Yeah, tonight. Man! Time flies whether you’re having fun or not.

@aetris
/giphy anticipation!

@aetris Well that didn’t take long to get your icon. Welcome to the club.

@2many2no Is it not there now?

@2many2no @mike808 How about now?

@2many2no @mike808 @ybmuG Did you try jiggling the handle?

@2many2no @mike808 @therealjrn OK, best comment today! I’m out!