Early this morning we turned back the clocks…a week behind schedule.
Did you realize that?
Prior to 2006, Daylight Savings Time ended on or before October 31st, but child pedestrian deaths on Halloween were four times higher than any other night of the year. Plus, candy manufacturers had been lobbying lawmakers for years for that extra hour of daylight to give kids more time to collect their wares.
So, beginning in 2007, Daylight Savings Time was officially extended to the first Sunday in November in the United States.
For candy.
Ultimately, yes, it also saves children’s lives. But candy is the motivator. Kids want candy. Parents want candy (don’t lie). And the candy companies want everyone to get as much of it as they want.
Without getting hit by a car, of course.
It’s particularly interesting when you consider other companies — like Amtrak, for instance — stop everything for Daylight Savings Time. When the clocks are turned back at 2am, the overnight trains stop wherever they are on the tracks and wait for that hour to elapse. Because Amtrak trains don’t run off-schedule.
It just goes to show you — people will wait for a train. But don’t make ’em wait for their M&M’s.
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The name game
Is your name Chris? Or Audrey? Or Dominic? There’s a Diet Coke out there with your name on it.
Literally.
I found this bottle with Chris’ name on it at a hoagie shop near the Amtrak station in Paoli, Pennsylvania. When I asked the employee at the counter about it, he had no clue what Coke was doing.
Which was helpful.
So I searched the bottle’s #ShareaCoke hashtag on Twitter and found a large community of people who had tweeted pics holding a bottle of Diet Coke bearing their own name! How lucky for them.
I tweeted my Chris pic. Hopefully he (or she) will appreciate it. And if someone out there finds the elusive Carla bottle, comment/tweet/email/Facebook me.
This is suddenly very important.
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