Daylight Saving...?

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Originally Posted by damian

You know there is no first and second world don't you ?

Third world is a term that arose during the cold war to identify non aligned countries. Because most were undeveloped it became synonymous with undeveloped countries. After the cold war journalists, who have always been of subnormal intelligence, started using those terms as groupings for economic development.

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Don't be too sure about that.

Prior to the Cold War, 1st World was Western Europe, 2nd World was predominantly the USA and Britain's "white" dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand). I'm not sure where South Africa fitted into the lexicon.

Earlier still, 2nd World was the Americas (north and south) in general.

These days, 1st world might mean those members of the OECH who have good public education and universal health care systems, while 2nd World are those OECH members without same -- sorry USA.
3rd World is everyone else -- non member of OECH, no universal health care system.





or is all that too serious for a "JOKES" thread?

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Originally Posted by ian

what I find snicker worthy about this

if you open the curtains in the morning to let in the light and close them at night to keep out the dark, then daylight "saving" should result in LESS fading as the curtains are exposed to less sunlight between dawn and when you get up and open them to "let in the light".

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Ian,
Absolutely brilliant! I will use that argument next year in March when we go back onto DST.

This is all too confusing.
If daylight saving starts to affect our blinds then it's curtains for us.

:brava:roflmao:

Superb Alan, thank you for the laugh

After all of the discussion on this subject, still can't believe that anyone has mentioned the real reason why Queensland does not have daylight savings.
I was always told as a kid by my auntie in Gympie that Sir Joh ( when he was premier) reckoned the sun shone out of his and he wasn't getting up an hour earlier for anyone.

This just popped in from UK

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