Ever hear about the west Texas farmer who complained to his Congressman about Daylight Saving Time?
The farmer wanted Congress to repeal the Act because the extra hour of sunlight burnt his crops.
Then, there's an episode on Seinfeld about DST. Kramer always ignored changing his clocks. Somehow I'll have to find the episode. Maybe an Icon Seinfeld fanatic can send the story line. It was pretty good, and really didn't make any sense.
He simply never changed his clocks and somehow went on living and was either always one hour late or one hour early for everything but somehow compensated for his actions. That's where it got really tricky.
Then there's Ropp Triplett Time, or so I'm told. According to his son, Greg, it's 10 minutes fast. That meant, I assume, growing up at south side of the dead end of Sunset Drive that you must always be a on your toes.
You might see how this would be a clever way to get places on time, but it would also have its down side, which, we won't get into in this column.
Next time you see Ropp, ask him about it. As I recall, Greg and the rest of the fam would have preferred to live on normal Bluffton time.
Actually, I, dislike the idea of Congress legislating action that messes with my sleep patterns, stomach patterns and natural body functions. Where, exactly, is this authority mentioned in the constitution?
According to my bedroom digital clock, I wake up nearly every night at 2:11 a.m., for a certain reason. Now its going to be 3:11 a.m. and that really messes with my brain.
It's simply not fair. I don't like to change clocks, but like the weather...everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything about it.
(I invite any Icon viewer to join in this useless ranting. By the way, what time do you wake up in the middle of the night? Just curious.)
