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If you were, like me, born in the
winter then in the spring following
your birth, when the clocks
switched
to daylight saving time you lost an
hour of sleep, which you only
regained the following autumn, only
to lose it again the next spring, and
so on.
However, if you were
born
in the summer, you gained an
hour of sleep in the autumn
following
your birth, lost this surplus hour
in the spring, got back your 'extra'
hour in the autumn and so
on.
So
this idea is that everyone who was
born in the winter should be
allowed
a one-off extra hour in bed to be
taken whenever they want, to put
them on par with all those people
born in the summer.
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January birthday - yes please |
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You get as much sleep as the time you spend in bed (depending, of course, on your bed partner). |
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we wuz wobbed, I mean robbed. |
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I suggest moving to a different time zone to make up the difference. |
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which way do I go? I am hopeless at this stuff. <? >? |
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I'd suggest the South of France. |
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is that the same time zone? |
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Depends on where you start from. |
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"Here"? It's a pretty safe bet that the South of France is in a different time zone from here. |
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I was born in winter in a state that observes DST. In the summer, I moved east one time zone to a state that doesn't observe DST. Am I eligible for the extra hour in bed? |
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observe? is it a religious thing? |
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Well, from Tooting, you'll either lose an hour or gain a day, depending on which way round you go. Obviously, I recommend the latter. Either way, you're in the south of France, so who cares? |
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Leave there, come here, all will be well again. |
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Can we tell people we're lying on the SoFra (sofa)? |
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Finaly, a perk for being a Scorpio. |
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And I shall catch some zeds whilst you catch some zees. |
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What are you talking about [2 fries]? Scorpios are beautiful, intelligent and one of the best signs. You're lucky to be a scorpio! (don't get me wrong... I'm a taurus, but all the scorpios I know are beautiful human beigns). |
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Well then I am very glad to know you. |
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po, yes observe... but political, not religious. Three US states do not observe DST: Indiana, Arizona, and Hawaii. |
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I'd like to croissant this - because of the superb halfbaked logic... But you get BONE from me because I am a Summer child. If you think I'm going to let you have another hour in bed - without me getting one - you'd better have a re-think! |
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Ah well, [Pericles] - I must be the exception that proves the rule. I'm sure there's a joke about repeatedly crossing the International Date Line backwards so that you continually go back in time. |
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Blah to daylight savings. I'm currently suffering the ill effects and personally would rather have dark afternoons than have to get up earlier. More sleep is always good though. |
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You've been thinking about this a lot, haven't you hippo? Croissant. |
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Fishbone for discrimination against me. I'm about as summer-born a person as you can get. |
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I personally don't observe Daylight Savings Time. |
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This is the best idea I've read in weeks. Yes++ |
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Hmm - seems to be croisssants
from the winter-born folk and
fishbones from the summer-born
ones (people born in the summer
are very spiteful, aren't
they?).
Maybe I should
have said "Extra hour in bed for
everyone"... |
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To make it more fair...how about an extra 9.863 seconds everyday? Otherwise (-) |
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OK, we've covered the winterpeople vs summerpeople thing, but what about us autumn folk? Do we get an extra half-hour in bed? And do the spring-born have to get up half an hour earlier? I'm sooooooo confused! |
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And what about the Newfies? (That's an inside joke in Canuckland - in the province of Newfoundland & Labrador, the time zone for the island of Newfoundland is different by 1/2 hour. This from the people who invented screen doors for submarines). |
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if I was born in the winter months, I would abuse the HECK out of this idea. Any special break for those born in Alaska? ... I know it has no connection with the total number of hours in a day, but is there any compensation for folks born during a 24-hour "sun-up" spell? ... ya know, the whole "sleeping while its dark out" thing |
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i think we should get rid of DST and live with what we get, it doesn't make that much differnece except make the world get up an hour earlier. however, i am a winter baby and therefore totally concur with the idea of me getting an extra hour in bed; although i am quite a fair person so i propose that everyone gets an extra hour in bed BUT those born in the winter get to go to the south of france, and we can have a colony of different winter born people, thus promoting international relations. |
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well i can sorta see the logic behind this but as my birthday within a few days of summer solstice I am sorry but its a fishbone for you |
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erm. surely you winterborns only miss out on this hour once in their lives ? |
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This all depends on when you plan to die. if you died off-season you could flat out cheat everyone |
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[shad] That would be bad karma. In your next life you'll be born in the winter, in a different time zone, so you'll be jetlagged at birth. |
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Maybe everyone that is born in the winter should move to Indiana (they don't observe DST there). |
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Perhaps we could encourage Summer birthday people to die in Spring. Then everyone's happy. |
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Imagine the exhaustion problem for those who live near the international dateline and work on the other side. You have it easy. |
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Why not just have a holiday where everyone sleeps in and no businesses open until noon or later. |
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Didn't that used to be called Sunday? |
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i'm still completely flumoxed by the fact that i *never* had, nor will *ever* have a july 27th 2001, due to a uk/oz flight i was on. what if that day had happened to be my birthday?! |
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Talk to the people who were born on a Leap Day. |
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When the British switched to the current calender in 1752, the date went directly from being the 2nd of September to the 14th. It caused riots, presumably because lots of people missed their birthdays. |
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So, if we were really old, say 253 years old, we lost twelve days! WE was the robbed one, I tell ya! |
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[hidden] - no, it caused riots because
many people believed that the date of
their death was pre-ordained by God
and that the Church, by messing with
the calendar, was shortening people's
lives. |
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Wait, what? We haven't been doing this already? |
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This idea would be awesome...but I've already slept in my extra hour like 50 times already. |
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looks like you'd better take a couple of
trips around the world to catch up. |
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Hint: it's easier near the poles. |
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