Prickly City by Scott Stantis for March 12, 2023

Honestly, I thought they had eliminated DST. What happened? Was it a hoax?

They should stick with standard time, the way the sun god intended.

Maybe Time zones should go North South. Dst year round would be fine down here. In Vermont it would be hellish in winter.

Are they in Arizona, which has some sense?

Oh, now Stanti uses “discerning.”

Or as they would say in Yorkshire, “Nawt so queer as folk”.

Standard time isn’t natural, either. It was developed by the Union Pacific Railroad in order to standardize train schedules. Every town had their own time based on where the sun was in the sky. Made scheduling trains somewhat difficult. Interesting story, too long to tell here.

What I think is funny is that they are in Arizona (see the Saguaros?) and Arizona’s time doesn’t change. We don’t change time, we change time ZONES. We were in Mountain time, now we’re in Pacific time.

Not one of Ben’s brighter ideas