Darkblue

I'm not sure if you're pulling my leg, but sure, I get that. But what is a single/double/triple stripe month?

Now I am really curious...

What do the number of black stripes under the months designate?

Well, to be honest, apart of the aliens thing, everything you said is true.

So how is your housemate wrong?

And aliens? That's an American thing. Only Americans are abducted and only America gets attacked by aliens in the movies. (And South-Africa)

Same in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))