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misterchainsaw 04-02-2006 03:33 PM
Day lights saving time
 
Me and my freind were talking about this, and she says that day lights savings time, was because the farmers wanted to rise with the sun so that they could so the maximum amount of work in the light. What I was told is that it was so the candels wouldent dissapear as quicly(by having more natural light in the day and blah, blah, blah). Does anyone know the truth of why, day lights savings time started?

DarkCORN! 04-02-2006 03:42 PM
Benjamin Franklin was in Paris when sunlight woke him up at 6:00. He had never seen it rise so early. He wanted everyone to still get as much sleep, so he set up daylight savings.

Mirai Gen 04-02-2006 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkCORN!
Chuck Norris was in Paris when sunlight woke him up at 6:00. He had never seen it rise so early. He wanted everyone to still get as much sleep, so he set up daylight savings.
Fixed.

Flarecobra 04-02-2006 08:28 PM
I've read that it was set up during WWI as a way to conserve energy during the longer summer months.

Wiki Tells All

misterchainsaw 04-02-2006 08:43 PM
Well the mistery thinkens, and I don't tink I will ever know the definite anser to why daylights savings time happend.

phil_ 04-02-2006 08:57 PM
I'd say Flare's answer is the most credible, as she provided a link. Sure, wikipedia isn't the most credible source in the world, but I usually take it with a lesser dosage of salt than most places on the intarweb.

Azisien 04-02-2006 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkCORN!
Chuck Norris was in a black hole when sunlight woke him up at 6:00. He decided it would be best if sunlight couldn't penetrate black holes. For reasons beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, Chuck Norris also set up daylight savings time around the same time as the black hole ordeal.
Double fixed.

I always figured it was just because everyone's head would explode if our days were 24 hours and 1 minute long. I know mine would.

Fifthfiend 04-02-2006 09:58 PM
You know why we have leap years?

So some motherfucker can cheat me out of a goddamn hour in the middle of Spring, that's why we have leap years.

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Originally Posted by Azisien
I always figured it was just because everyone's head would explode if our days were 24 hours and 1 minute long. I know mine would.
Naw, that's why we have leap-years.

Kaelus 04-02-2006 10:03 PM
Because some evil son of a bitch decided that everyone should lose one hour of their lives per day on warm seasons.

(seriously, the energy it saves is minimal. I DEMAND MY SLEEPING HOURS BACK, GAH!)

Azisien 04-02-2006 10:07 PM
But we get the hour back...we're just greedy. We don't care about mentioning the hour we get back and balances it out. I mean, you probably just played video games for the extra hour, didn't you? Tsk tsk, Jack is watching.


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