Tuesday 6 December 2011

3:37

Three-thirty-seven is definitely the worst time of day, a time that seems to stand still, a time that causes, all across the world, mass calamity, disasters, global panic and just general confusion. May I explain, when someone asks you the time, you don’t reply twenty-one minutes, forty-three seconds and two milliseconds past two o’clock. No, unless you want a smack in the face, you round the number off to twenty past two. However, 3:37 (and the rare and even more frustrating thirty seconds past 3:37) poses the problem of, where does one round to? Twenty five to? Twenty to? Or even half past? You spend a minute, suspended in panic and confusion, wondering what to do, round up? Or round down? The person who asked begins to get impatient and angry and then becomes violent going on a rampage killing everyone he sees. Okay, maybe a slight over reaction, but this is the potential damage such an aggravating time can cause. Not only is it a confusing time of day, it is also the worst time of day, lunch has been, but now you’re hungry and supper still isn’t for a long time. You’re tired of working, but its ages until you can go home. A stress filled, dangerous time, is 3:37, in fact 3:37 causes more deaths alone than cheese cake-related accidents. Well okay, I just made that up as well, but 3:37 is potentially very, very dangerous, so beware.