The group was Chicago.
If memory serves me correctly, the lyrics go:
Does anybody know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
If so, I can't imagine why,
we all have time enough to die.
Chas
I get my time from the US Naval something or other second hand through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Talk about credibility! It don't get no better than the US Government. I recall about 35 years ago a certain musical group asked "Does anybody really know what time it is?" and the US Government said "The US Navy knows the correct time!!!" Everything my government tells us is completely accurate. ![]()
There really was absolutely no need for that.
I am totally gutted.
I am nothing like jd. (here's where I go to town.... thanks Stef! )
I am nothing like jd:
I have hair <splurt>
I can see my toes <phhhhtttt!>
I don't have an appendage <thank g...g...goodness>
I don't have **** up dolls <still say Shell sent him one for Christmas>
I'm not techie <snort>
I don't have twin boys <the only twins I have are...well you know the rest!><splutter>
and he's taller than I
(yeah, yeah, I know, isn't everybody....
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<shoot, I hope he doesn't have a vibrator...>
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GG
"But I really am Impure!" sound familiar??
"But I really do like girls"
Your slowly turning into JD! No wonder we dont believe you ![]()
That is one card I will never carry. You have my word on it.
After being impure of thought (oh, and other things!
) for XX years, there is no chance of me changing sides now (DE)
What little fun I have in life is my propensity for impurity! No-one will take that away from me!
No-one!
Especially not DangerMouse! (He wouldn't dare - he's a coward, really...
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Besides that, the Yuk just wouldn't be the same without some good ol' GG smut smeared all over it (DE) would it?! ![]()
GG
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is the fact that the most chronologically challenged person ever to use a public forum actually knew the answer to that one!
This, from the person who, on her little lappie at home, keeps a tab open in FF2 which has a constantly running world clock, so I know what time it is when I'm replying to someone on the board......
Agreed, though, that's one of the strangest twists that's ever happened on this board!
As for humour - come over and join us on the Yuk thread, Chas, I'm just about to destroy Col's idea of me being a member of the Pure Brigade.... ![]()
GG
Does anyone else do this? We have at least 3 different time zones in our house.
Early House Time - The clock in the parents bed room is set about 20 minutes ahead so that it seems that we need to rush a little more than we do in order to get out of the house on time. The clock above the television is set to EHT so that we can force the kids to bed a little earlier if they're wasting time watching TV.
Early Car Time - ECT is about 10 minutes ahead because if we've made it to the car, we're actually pretty far along and the crisis is a little more in hand. There's a fairly good chance we'll be on time.
Actual Time Time - We have one clock in the Living Room set to ATT to clear up confusion, especially for visitors.
Late Work Time - My wrist watch is currently set to LWT because when the twit who adjusted the master clock in the factory to Standard Time made the change, he spent about five minutes reading the procedure in the manual to move it back an hour, but didn't bother to adjust the minute to account for it. He'll get to it in the Spring when we revert to Daylight Time.
BTW Chas, great watercooler topic!!!
The disposable watch they just might be telling you the time now and you don't realise it. ![]()
Col
New Name for GMT
This got me to thinking about the meaning of GMT, which sent me off on some random ramblings.
GMT, Greenwich Mean Time.
is there:
GST, Greenwich Standard Time?
How about GDT, Greenwich daylight time?
Then, I shifted focus to the M in GMT.
Why do we reference things to a "MEAN" time?
Why not GHT, Greenwich Happy Time?
Is GMT even the statistical "mean" time?
Is it even possible that the instantaneous time on all timepieces in the world is such that 1/2 of the clocks are behind, and 1/2 of the clocks are ahead of GMT?
I have not checked on a globe, but is Greenwich exactly 1/2 way around from the International Date Line?
What about land mass or population versus time zone? Is Greenwich at the midpoint of time on Earth by any measure?
My final thoughts are that we need to replace "mean" time with a kinder and gentler name. While happy or joyous would be wonderful, my personal thoughts run toward GRT or Greenwich Reference Time. After all, Greenwich is just a reference point for time. I doubt that the people living there are unusually mean.
Chas