Friday 31 December 2021

Happy New Year From The Future

It's just past 11am as i am writing this and New Zealand are already in the new year and the rest of the World will soon follow it but not everyone will be in the same year as some nations calendars will be showing some very different dates but as we in the West follow the Gregorian calendar, it will 2022 for us so we are in their future and we can pass on some advice.
It's the New Year in North Korea who use the Juche calendar so 새해 복 많이 받으십시오 and all the best for 110 and keep your heads down so the Roman Empire doesn't looks your way and if you are waking up in Nigeria the year on their Igbo calendar will be showing 1022 and you will hear of  something called Gunpowder being invented this year.
Burma will be waking up in 1383 and the shiny new Bengali calendar on the wall will show the Bengali people that it is 1428 which is the year of Joan of Arc which may not make the news over there but was quite big over here.  
As they follow the Solar Hirji calendar, the Persians will waking up in 1443 and some guy called John Hunyadi will be turning up in your neck of the woods and try to convert you all to Christianity in that loving and peaceful way of the Church by killing as many of you as possible. Spoiler Alert: It doesn't work.
Oh and if you get an invite from Vlad II Dracul who has just taken over in Wallachia, fake a headache.
It's عام سعيد and welcome to 1738 Egypt and 1943 on the Balinese Saka calendar in Indonesia and the good news is that you won't be ruled over by the Dutch anymore but you may want to brush up on your Nihongo because you will have a few thousand Japanese turning up very soon.
Ethiopia will welcome 2014 and the chance to see Germany win the World Cup and that Sia song Chandelier will be everywhere as will Islamic State unfortunately.
That is you all up to date because as we are years in the future it is only fair that we share upcoming events with you all unlike those Hindus in 2078, the Tibetans in 2147 and the Thai's in 2564 who haven't told us anything and even worse are the Israeli's who are in 5782 and haven't even told us how to make those flying skateboards from the Back to the Future films the grumpy buggers.

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