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No, not that kind of baked.
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Just to make life more interesting let the manufacturers choose which calendar, why does it have to be that boring Gregorian calendar all the time? I mean we could use the Roman number system like XXXIV or the Julian calendar or the Islamic calendar and it'd be much more exciting eating that cream cheese
which seems a bit strange....
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Given the religious connotations I'm almost inclined to suggest "born-again dating"+ |
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Say, Mum, it says on the milk bottle that we were supposed to use it by the 14th day of the Year Of The Monkey. When *was* that? |
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That's several days old, Daisy. Spit it out. |
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Everyone will use the number of
seconds since 1st Jan 1970 |
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This would have some people wondering why kosher foods don't expire for 3700 years. |
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Figs are best before dates. |
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Good thing too, if you're gonna kiss my date. |
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Alternate idea: Geek "best before" dates: 101001001001010100010101010101000101 |
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Best before julian date? "use before 06707" |
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I don't see why not (well, I do, but this is the halfbakery). I think we can tolerate a few case of food poisoning for more interesting packaging. |
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Hmm. [eyeguy]'s date based on [hippo]'s datum gives Dec 20, 3369. Pretty long shelf life, but not quite [DonBirnam]'s number. |
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