February

Why is it that February causes so much consternation amoung folks? I get, "It's a short month" from everyone from the banks to the paycheck people to the lawn guy. "It's a short month so..." they say. I looked and it is only 2 or 3 days shorter than a regular month. What is the big deal. I could understand if there were 17 days less in February than any other month. I know this is neither an insightful nor funny post, but i have run into this excure a lot lately and it just made me wonder.