A Poem reflecting the start of Daylight Savings.

Bane said :

screaming banshee said :

I honestly do not get why people think DST is so fantastic. If you want more daylight get up an hour earlier. If you want more daylight at the end of the day why not shift the clock by 4 hours and do a proper job of it.

It’s fantastic because it gives an extra hour of light every night, an extra hour of outdoor recreation (even if that entails sitting on a sunny balcony drinking beer). Getting up an hour early is useless since that would be an isolated hour before work. Shifting the clock by 4 hours would result in sunset at midnight and children walking to school in the morning in the dark; one hour is a good balance.

That’s your questions answered…now mine?

DITTO! Couldn’t have said it better myself…

screaming banshee said :

I honestly do not get why people think DST is so fantastic. If you want more daylight get up an hour earlier. If you want more daylight at the end of the day why not shift the clock by 4 hours and do a proper job of it.

It’s fantastic because it gives an extra hour of light every night, an extra hour of outdoor recreation (even if that entails sitting on a sunny balcony drinking beer). Getting up an hour early is useless since that would be an isolated hour before work. Shifting the clock by 4 hours would result in sunset at midnight and children walking to school in the morning in the dark; one hour is a good balance.

That’s your questions answered…now mine?

I honestly do not get why people think DST is so fantastic. If you want more daylight get up an hour earlier. If you want more daylight at the end of the day why not shift the clock by 4 hours and do a proper job of it.

Bane said :

I honestly do not get the farmers complaining about DST every year and would like to hear the reasons why, Emma…seriously, can’t they just get up an hour earlier for this 6 months?

Or not. Get up an hour later, and finish an hour later.

I honestly do not get the farmers complaining about DST every year and would like to hear the reasons why, Emma…seriously, can’t they just get up an hour earlier for this 6 months?

When daylight savings normally starts,
My life and clocks get stuck.
But this year I had holidays,
And so don’t give a …

(Just can’t figure out what word to put last).

Marvin_78 said :

I hate the way Daylight Savings fades my curtains.

Don’t forget the way it messes up the bus timetables.

I hate the way Daylight Savings fades my curtains.

I live on a farm and we have no troubles.

If you need a rooster for an alarm, it’s time to get electricity. If the cows’ are in sacks, that’s not the fault of daylight savings, and neither is chooks not laying eggs.

If you have learning difficulties, the first step to resolve this is not complaining about Daylight Savings.

If you find that you have to get up an hour earlier, you will also discover you have been duly compensated by being able to go to bed one hour earlier (with the exception of the other day).

TBH, I also thought there was a time shift twice a year…

This is an astounding piece of verse, worthy of the position of Poet Laureate – cum laude.

I fully support Emma Chizit in her future literary endeavours.