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Time Zones?!

US Time > Scottish Time
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Scottish Time > US Time
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60%
 
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soo, my roomate went home to scotland for spring break, and somehow we got onto the fact that he is most obviously 5 hours too early, whereas he said, i'm 5 hours late

help settle the debate!

i even added an option for the aussies.... EDIT, oops, nope i didnt (Vote for the US) (Theres Candy in it for you)
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Too late, mate. Heh. It's called "Universal Standard Time" for a reason. ;)
(speaking of 'too late': 3:21am! Eek!)
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USA USA USA USA!!!!

hope that helps clarify.
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try thinking about it like we measure time by how long it takes the shadow of the sun to make it's way around the globe....now picture a long giant stick in Scotland, and one in the US....which stick, as the earth rotates, will hit the sun first?
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we all know the US carries the biggest stick. we swagger, we stroll, we pimp,we gangsta, yo.

we out.
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agreed sarge, but as men we certainly know it's not always a matter of who has the biggest stick, it's who gets there first, heh. ;)
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but our bigger stick will overshadow your wee stick once we get there. making the women folk foget that you were ever there.
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AEST is the way to go.
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UST/GMT is best.

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Happy hour starts earlier in Scotland.

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19th time is the best. None of this other country nonsense. The sun always shone on the Victorian Empire. No confusions as to time, there!
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I pick whatever time zone that allows me to sleep in, be rich, marry Charlize Thereon, and live in that house Lore has in his sig.
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I used to work at a place where we'd kid around about Newfoundland time (90 min. ahead of EST): "Aw, man, if we were on Newfoundland time, it'd be time to go home!"

I used that line on one of my current bosses, who's Canadian. He told me that if I were, in fact, a Newfie, my people and I would be the butt of every ethnically derogatory joke told in Canada. Since I'm already half Czech (take your favorite Polish joke and insert "Bohack" for "Polack"), I decided to stay put. :lol:
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Are you sure your roommate is really Scottish?
I mean, you failed to mention whether or not he kicked your ass for questioning him.
A good Scot would have.
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sgtnull wrote:but our bigger stick will overshadow your wee stick
Wee stick...haha....................does no-one else see the hilarity of that? :(
High Lord Tolkien wrote:Are you sure your roommate is really Scottish?
I mean, you failed to mention whether or not he kicked your ass for questioning him.
A good Scot would have.
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:lol: So true!
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beerthirty is the best time zone.
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dANdeLION wrote:I pick whatever time zone that allows me to sleep in, be rich, marry Charlize Thereon, and live in that house Lore has in his sig.
That's Pemberley and it's mine! The only way you will 'live' there is by having your head as a hunting trophy!
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Post by Revan »

Murrin wrote:Too late, mate. Heh. It's called "Universal Standard Time" for a reason. ;)
(speaking of 'too late': 3:21am! Eek!)
Gotta agree with Murrin here. :D ;)
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dANdeLION wrote:I pick whatever time zone that allows me to sleep in, be rich, marry Charlize Thereon, and live in that house Lore has in his sig.
That's Pemberley and it's mine! The only way you will 'live' there is by having your head as a hunting trophy!
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