I Really HATE Time Zones

[Bod]

It was OK back in the day when a long distance phonecall was a week in the planning. But how annoying now. I want to talk to mates in Canada/USA but only it's midnight here and they got to finish work cos it's only lunch time. Or I want to talk to mates but it's midday here and the idiots over there are still in bed. It's not on you know.

I can't wait until scientists find a way to make it the same time everywhere.

See if people in South Africa can be a 12 hour flight away and yet only be an hour apart from me, why the frigg can't the Americans do the same? I call it downright laziness, I really do.

[Tadao]

Phones are so 2005

[Guitar Woman]

I can't wait until scientists find a way to make it the same time everywhere.

lol :<

[Guitar Woman]

I suppose that would technically be possible if the earth were flat and the sun revolved around it. But then, I think, the sun would still cast light on the east sooner than on the west. Or at least at a higher intensity.

Another option would be to make a spherical colony surrounding a star, like in that one episode of Star Trek TNG where they make up a reason to have Scotty still be alive.

As for the UK/South Africa issue, the sun doesn't rise and set vertically. That's why it's cold in Antarctica and un-cold at the equator. Behold!
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/784/563581.JPG

If everyone just decided, "Ok, guys, when the sun is over Greenwich, it's noon everywhere," The meaning of the sun's position still wouldn't change. If the sun was high over England, and you called a friend in, say, China, it'd still be nightime there and they'd still be sleeping, despite the fact that it's technically noon. I guess everyone could change their schedules to compensate for this, but then one side of the world never gets to be awake during the daylight hours. Then they would inevitably complain, and the night side of the world would go to war with the day side for reclamation of lost sunshine, and the results would be CATASTROPHIC.

See what you fucking did? Your absent-minded wishful thinking has started World War 3, and I hope you're very, very proud of yourself.

[Tadao]

Or we all move to the UK

[Guitar Woman]

Yeah, but England sucks

[Guitar Woman]

We could also just make it so that it's only daytime in America, and anyone who complains will get their asses kicked. With BOMBS.

[Tadao]

How about a giant mirror that would reflect the sun onto the dark side for daylight and then eclipse the sun for night.

[Neen]

All that effort so she can say "hey, what's up?".

Yes. Very yes.

[Tadao]

It is a gentlemens duty.

[executioneer]

i believe the answer to this problem is severe insomnia

[Bod]

See what you fucking did? Your absent-minded wishful thinking has started World War 3, and I hope you're very, very proud of yourself.

Listen, you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette, right?


I'm all for the giant mirror, or a shell around the planet with interior lighting.

I wanted a bit more than a 'wassup' but a full length catch up. But I keep missing people. And yeah, England does suck. I really want to move to Canada. It's big like America, but they have healthy food as well as junk - nb you don't have to eat maple syrup with everything, trying it once is enough to appease the locals.

[Pub Lover]

Living in Stoke would make me think England sucks too. :x

Screw you guys that say that Great Britain sucks! >:

The UK is fucking great, and if I didn't hate that shithole in every fucking way I would totally reconsider living there. :(

[Zomboid]

bod if you want my canadian number you can call me anytime :D

[ElPila666]

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9076/suchasrn7.jpg

[Bod]

bod if you want my canadian number you can call me anytime :D

You're in the wrong bit, I want to move to Toronto. I spent a day there and decided I wanted to live there.

[Guitar Woman]

Don't be fooled, America and Canada eat the same junk, Canada just has way, way cooler flavors. Ketchup chips? Hell yes.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Toronto is nice, except for the Winter, and the crack shack I had to stay in when investigating learning opportunities. By the by, I think in an episode of Darkwing Duck one of the villians used a rocket attached to the equater to stop the spinning of the earth so it's daytime on one, nighttime on another. I think the dark side froze over and the light side became too hot to live in. That's why TIME ZONES are important.

[Sam]

FRENCH FRIES AND GRAVY MAKE CANADA A MUCH BETTER OPTION THEN THE U.S. IN MY OPINION. :(

[AChimp]

Everyone in the rest of Canada hates Toronto.

[Zomboid]

There's even a movie about it!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Dammit, I like my fries with gravy!

[Bod]

fries and gravy almost sounds like chips and gravy which is like home from home.

[DevilWearsPrada]

Fries and gravy canadian would be chips and gravy uk

[Tadao]

I would try it with white gravy, but I don't know about brown gravy and fries.

[Fathom Zero]

Poutine is slang for sex

[DevilWearsPrada]

Well I'd enjoy to fuck poutine then, fathom :love

[wobzire]

Are ketchup chips actually really uncommon?

[Guitar Woman]

I've never seen them outside Canada.

[Tadao]

What? Fries and ketchup everywhere in America.

[Guitar Woman]

No, not ketchup AND chips, as in some British guy referring to french fries with ketchup on them, I mean actual ketchup flavored potato chips.

http://www.gtothev.com/blog/ketchupchips.jpg

[pac-man]

I have seen them in America, but not Lays brand.

[Tadao]

That looks disgusting!

[Guitar Woman]

That's what I thought.

I was wrong.

[executioneer]

mustard chips are better

[MetalMilitia]

Marmite flavour is the best I think.

[executioneer]

tim's habanero flavor ;_;

[pac-man]

I have not only seen Ketchup flavor chips but being a Mid-Atlantic individual I have grown to know and love Utz's crab-flavored chips. Potato chips come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors, and the rarities are not exclusive to Canadia. For example:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/3/4833733_7d6d716a33.jpg

[Zomboid]

Yeah, that's one of the most common flavours here.

[Dixie]

We have Ketchup chips from Lays down here. They're fucking disgusting. Smell and taste like stale fries with dried ketchup.

BUT-We have Rap Snacks! The Official snacks of Hip Hop!
http://www.rapsnacks.com/
I've only ever seen them in Maryland/DC though.

[executioneer]

i've seen those in WA too :(

[Bod]

Mayonnaise and chips! yesssss. with ketchup.

When last in Canada, I saw my mate's teenage daughter dipping sausages into maple syrup. I thought this perhaps was a rebellious phase she was going through, so you can imagine how freaked I was was upon discovering this is the norm. And then seeing people have jam, pancakes, cream, salad and fried courgette (zucchini) bread all on the same plate. To me that's like having all your courses at the same time.

[wobzire]

Where the hell in Canada were you? I had no idea this place was so fucked up.

[DevilWearsPrada]

sausage in maple syrup is unusual to you? I've been doing that my whole life and I live a country below canada

[Chojin]

yeah, same here.

[Esuohlim]

I hear the fast food restaurants in Canada have vinegar packets for your french fries :x

[Sam]

Or your vagina :eek

[Bod]

Where the hell in Canada were you? I had no idea this place was so fucked up.

Ontario, Brantford and then Niagara - Falls and On The Lake

[MetalMilitia]

I hear the fast food restaurants in Canada have vinegar packets for your french fries :x

Everyone puts vinegar on their chips (French fries :rolleyes :rolleyes), Milhouse. It's a delicious condiment.

Probably just hasn't taken off there because it doesn't contain any sugar. :x

[Esuohlim]

Hell of gross

[Bod]

yeah it's Salt'N'Vinagar you goon

[pac-man]

I've seen people at Long John Silver's put the malt vinegar on their fries. Never tried it, myself.

[Dixie]

Vinegar and fries is awesome.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Hot sauce and french fries is where its at. Ketchup chips and Dill pickle chips are gross though. Vinegar + Fries + Ketchup is delicious.

[WhiteRat]

I've seen people at Long John Silver's put the malt vinegar on their fries. Never tried it, myself.

I bet that you were sitting on some bleachers about to bite into your burger when a large wave unexpectedly slammed into you. Next thing you know, you're enjoying a platter of 100% top quality seafood from LJS.

It did happen this way, didn't it?