LOUIS BURKE | Society | Contact
As March rolls around to say ‘fuck you, there will be Easter shit in shops soon’ local Betootan Elaine Chadwick (30) has relied on old knowledge to determine what today’s date is.
Although she could look at a calendar, her phone, or attempt memorising them, Chadwick is still not entirely sure how many days there are in each month.
It is for this reason she has consulted her countable knuckles to confirm how many days there will be in this month.
The knuckle trick involves counting down the months of the year using your knuckles and the spaces in between, with any months landing on a knuckle having 31 days.
“January, February, March…” counted Chadwick, apparently not caring that her co-workers could overhear.
“…July, August, September! 30 days!”
According to Chadwick she has no shame in using her year 2 level technique as it works and is easier to remember than the one she still sometimes uses to know her nine times table.
