[LMB] Birthdays & twins

[Tzivia Adler]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meg Justus" <mmegaera at nwlink.com>
To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold." 
<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:27 PM
Subject: [LMB] Birthdays


>> Twins have the same birthday,  nein?
>>
>> James
>
> Not always, and we have an example in canon <eg>.
>
> Actually, I've known at least one set of twins born just before and after
> midnight, too.
>
> Megaera
> only half-facetious
>
> -- 
and to up that story, a girl is five minutes older than her brother, but 
also a month older - the month changed at midnight.

and let us not forget the once-every-four-years birthday, a la the pirates 
of penzance

ziviya