Newtonmass? (was Re: [extropy-chat] Copycat Copycat)

[Joseph Bloch]

Dirk Bruere wrote:

> Brett Paatsch wrote:
>
>> MB wrote:
>>
>>> Happy Newtonmass to you all. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Well you too MB, if it's a good thing.
>> But what is this Newtonmass stuff?
>> Was Isaac Newton born on 25 December or something?
>>
>> Is it considered that that is perhaps a relatively greater or clearer
>> cause for celebration than the current conventional or fashionable
>> alternatives?  I understand that there used to be a feast of Saturnia
>> or some such thing but fashions come and go.  But Newtonmass? I don't 
>> exactly understand it.
>> Brett Paatsch
>>
>>
> Try the Real Thing
>
Coca-Cola?