 No such thing as a small change  DateTime: 160 Journalism: 0
by mojotoad (Monsignor) on Apr 28, 2004 at 23:30 UTC
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I'd share with you a story of DateTime in the trenches. Here in
Houston, Texas, in the April 15th issue of our local alternative
newspaper the Houston Press they discuss the lyrics of the song
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson.
In their discussion, they make the following statement:  Pardon
us for being nitpicky, but we have some issues with Jimmy
Buffett and Alan Jackson's song, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere."
Sure, we get the gist, but the whole concept really belies a
complete ignorance of how time zones work. Just in case you
haven't heard the song, here's the chorus in question: "Pour me
something tall and strong / Make it a hurricane, before I go
insane / It's only half past twelve, but I don't care / It's
five o'clock somewhere." Apparently Mr. Buffett and Mr. Jackson
haven't wandered very far fro