The ever popular never remembering at all and having to look it up on a calendar method...

Glad to know I'm not the only one!

there is the "I can never remember the stupid rhyme so I either look at a calender or ask someone method," too. ;).

I use the rhyme. All the time.

Heh.

Ahem - what's this knuckle method?

Ditto for the rhyme.

I just use a calendar.

I could never remember the rhyme or the knuckle thing.

That is what the calendar was made for right?

I use the rhyme. My sister, however, uses a calendar. ;)

thirty days hath september, april, june and november...
all the rest have 31, except for february

And, the knuckles on your hands...ignoring the thumbs, and starting with your pinky, all the 'hills' have 31 days and all the 'valleys' have not-31 days.

Pleased to help. This is known as the "fist method":

Take your fist, and count one month for each knuckle and valley on your fist. counttwice for the ending Knuckle, for July and August. The knuckles represent 31 day months, and the valleys represent short months, all 30 days except February.

So if these ^ are your knuckles and these - are the "valleys" between your knuckles, you would count JFMAMJJASOND like this on either fist.

^-^-^-^
JFMAMJJ
DNOSA

Hiho,

I'm a knuckle person. I never managed to memorize the rhyme.

Cu,
Andrew

I use the rhyme. I could never manage to keep the knuckle thing straight in my head.

I use the rhyme all the time. :p

I know the knuckle trick. I wouldn't know the rhyme, since I learned the months in French first.

I use the rhyme as well.

I use the rhyme - I never even knew about the knuckle thing until I read your post. Heh.