Posted by bill on 06/28/07 13:01

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> gosha bine wrote:
>> On 27.06.2007 15:33 Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> bill wrote:
>>>> Robert Newson wrote:
>>>>> David T. Ashley wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Daylight saving (though how calling one time another saves daylight
>>>>> - there will be exactly the same amount of daylight in the day
>>>>> regardless of what you call the hours - I'm still trying to work out)
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> When a sample of Iowa farmers were asked about the effect of
>>>> increasing the amount of daylight savings time this year, a fair
>>>> number said that it would make the summer hotter because there would
>>>> be more sunlight to warm the earth. They were evenly divided if
>>>> this was a good thing or not.
>>>>
>>>> bill
>>>
>>> Another urban legend.
>>>
>>
>> That was an example of so-called "joke", Jerry. ;))
>>
>>
>
> Sorry, but that can be pretty sensitive to those of us who grew up in
> Iowa - and have had people believe it as a fact, not a joke.
>
Apologies to all who grew up in Iowa, it was really about
Illinois farmers.

bill

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