Re: Moon completely and totally OT

From: randy and gloria mcdonald (rgmcdon@pacificcoast.net)
Wed Oct 27 18:36:07 1999


Just had to jump in here and say that "blue moon" is not exclusive to New England. It is also used here in Canada and it does happen, but the moon is not really blue. A "blue moon" is when there are two full moons in a calendar month. Not a very common occurance. HTH Gloria

> When you want to convey that a particular event is not going to happen
> with
> any regularity or may never happen at all: We would say "Yeah...in order
> for that to happen it would be a BLUE moon!"
> Obviously a ridiculous sight that does not happen. To further empasize
> my
> despair...I add that not only would it have to be blue but it would ALSO
> have to specifically be in the first quarter!


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