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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostRecords show that it's more likely to snow at Easter than at Christmas.
They will be edited...You know what you wanna do with that right, you wanna put a bangin' donk on it!Put a donk on it!Comment
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Would someone remind me why we bother with all this clock changing twice a year?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Apparently Yorkshire had snow in June back in the 60's.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWould someone remind me why we bother with all this clock changing twice a year?Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostWWI invention to save coal (effectively getting people to bed an hour earlier). Deemed a Good Thing by our government masters, like a lot of things from around the same time such as passports, pub closing hours, OS act, gun control.....
Bloody silly. When the wise men who invented the 24 hour system worked out how to tell the time, they gave various times of day ethically and culturally neutral names like 9 o’clock or half past three. If they’d wanted everyone to do everything at the same time they’d have called times ‘special o’clock’ or ‘going to work o’clock’ or ‘half past going home’, a bit like Tom Baker in Little Britain.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostWell why didn’t they just get people to work an hour earlier then send them home an hour earlier?
Bloody silly. When the wise men who invented the 24 hour system worked out how to tell the time, they gave various times of day ethically and culturally neutral names like 9 o’clock or half past three. If they’d wanted everyone to do everything at the same time they’d have called times ‘special o’clock’ or ‘going to work o’clock’ or ‘half past going home’, a bit like Tom Baker in Little Britain.Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostWWI invention to save coal (effectively getting people to bed an hour earlier). Deemed a Good Thing by our government masters, like a lot of things from around the same time such as passports, pub closing hours, OS act, gun control.....Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostAnd there's me thinking it was done just to annoy the jock farmers, why they don't just get up an hour later instead of playing the victim yet again is anyones guess?Comment
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