It’s the Ides of March–that being March 15th, as referenced in the classic play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, who was being all historically accurate up because that’s the date of the real-life Roman statesman in real life, which is why a character in “Julius Caesar” says, “Beware the Ides of March,” but Julius doesn’t pay attention.
Anyway, the Ides of March is now when everyone makes some jokes about Caesar getting stabbed by all of his so-called friends. Time + tragedy=comedy, you know, and we’re talking about 2,059 years ago. It’s also a lot less irritating than Pi Day, when everyone pretends to be mathematicians. Check out a few good gags at the expense of poor Caesar–and remember that it’s totally meaningless to say, “Beware the Ides of March” on March 15th. It’s all about advance warning…
And don’t forget this other The Ides of March, who were the members of a band that managed a pretty cool single back in 1970 with “Vehicle.” The rest of the songs on their sole album weren’t that good, but songwriter and member Jim Peterik went on to form Survivor and wrote “Eye of the Tiger,” so that’s up there with Shakespeare…
