...to turn their clocks four hours ahead if you wanted to burn up the earth. It's the mass behavior of the North American population that exerts control over the natural processes of the solar system.

Kidding aside, thanks for making the comment, Dan. I was amazed - strike that, appalled - that someone on these boards would point out (apparently seriously) that the sun was actually shining and hour longer than usual during the course of a 24-hr day because Americans turned their clocks forward.

Whatever happened to independent, cognitive thinking and common sense? Don't EVEN get me started...