Today is the 29th of February, a date that only comes around once every 4 years (excluding every 4 hundred years of course which isn’t a leap year). Anyway, the tradition in this part of the world (and in many others) is that today, and only today, it is formally permissible for a woman to ask for a man’s hand in marriage.
So, if you are a (young, free and) single male, then for God sake, keep your head down!
… of course today is also Carol-Anne’s birthday (she knows who she is) 🙂