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MEMBERS OF THE nation’s news media tend to pine for the return of Alan Shatter around this time of year.
Not for any particular political reason, mind (sure aren’t we all strictly non-partisan?) – but because of those laboriously whimsical press releases, whenever it was time to put the clocks back or forward.
Shatter relished his ‘Time Lord’ role when he was Minister for Justice: his twice-yearly announcements came with references to Doctor Who, reminders about “sensitive equipment and gizmos” and encouragements to “seize the hour”.
In retrospect Shatter’s little jokes probably weren’t really that funny at all, were they?
But when it comes to humour from politicians – well, that famous quote about elephants playing woodwind instruments comes to mind:
“Whether it’s any good or not isn’t really the point – it’s remarkable that it happens at all”*.
Anyway, here’s what you need to know about the time change tonight:
Spring forward, fall back.
Good news if you happen to be out clubbing, in other words. And if you need to be somewhere tomorrow morning, it’s an extra hour in bed.
*This quote may be a little bit made-up. The actual quote I was trying to remember is from Samuel Johnson and, as I’d quite forgotten, is really, really incredibly sexist.
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Bald, high blood pressure, type A blood, 65 years old, no haircut, I’m a gonner.
@john howard: If you are bald, what haircut were you expecting to get?
@john howard: On the bright side, the rest of us have to wash our hair after going to the chemist. You get to save time there!
I’ll stop reading the Journal so.
Fascinating research, who would have thought… having serious cardiovascular condition increases your risk when contracting another serious condition.
@Konrad KA:
Can’t control mine, in my 12th combination of drugs. On the plus side I had my BCG and I’m Rhesus Negative
So have I got this right? People with high blood pressure might run out of their necessary medication because they’re reluctant to go out and expose themselves to the virus?
But going short of them puts you at higher risk.
So it makes sense to get what you need – even if it means asking the chemist or the Guards to drop your blood pressure pills off for you to save you going out.
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