Ebbie, it would be more rational to name the days in a simply numerical fashion, though whether we begin with one or zero is a matter of taste and debate. Probably better one as we wouldn't have to argue over whether to call it Zeroday, Noughtday, Nullday, Zilchday, Sodallday etc. etc. This scheme carries an immense advantage in that all those jobs you never got round to, will get done Oneday.

As for the months, I think Unumber, Duumber, Triumber, Quadrember, Quinquember, Sexember, etc. has a certain appeal, though New Year would have to be at the end of February if we are to keep the existing months.

We could also avoid religious offence by renumbering our years according to some non- emotional standard. The Gregorian year is a pretty good approximation to the true solar year, so we'll keep that, perhaps wuth Sir John Herschel's modification. I would propose that adding 50000 to our Gregorian year (with a one- year fiddle for BC dates) would bring all human dates historical and archaeologically determined by radiocarbon dating onto a common positive scale. It also allows us to date Neanderthals if we are so inclined.

So today could be Oneday, 20th of Duumber 52015.