h a l f b a k e r yQuis custodiet the custard?
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Okay, this is a bad idea, so I'm voting against it myself, but listen:
Instead of having a Leap Year every four years, let's tack six hours onto the end of every year.
At midnight of December 31st, the clock stops for six hours. We get a six hour limbo in which to party like it's Nineteen-Ninety-Never.
The world is girdled in incredible bacchanalians unlike ever imagined before.
At midnight plus 6 hours, the clock resumes at 12:00:01, January 1, and we rejoin the real world, with all of it's attendant responsibilities and hangovers.
This is a beautiful idea (if I may say so), and would work great if only we could stop the rotation of the Earth for those 6 hours. But that has its own problems...
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If you stopped the rotation of the Earth for six hours every year, you have defeated your purpose in adding six hours to every year, because we would still end up needing leap day. I mean, I'm all for stopping the planet, but, I'm just saying, it won't help. |
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It would be like jetlag, except without going anywhere... |
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If we're messing with the earth's rotation, we just need to alter the speed of the earth's rotation to make each day a little longer so we don't need a leap year. |
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PeterSealy: And everyone in the USA would end up in the Pacific. Excellent! (Present company excepted.) |
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[PeterSealy]: I think they would be.
(Sharon) No, Mr, Arafat, *you* have Trenton.
(Arafat) No, no, Mr. Sharon, **you** have it! |
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<checking a globe>Looks like we end up with the United Kingdom of Saskatchewan. What's it like in Saskatchewan in February? |
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Might want to pack a coat. |
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