What the hell time is it really?

Before the railroads, every town sat its own time. Then the railroads came and dumbed time down. Generalized it. Made it potable to mass consumption.

“Popularity,” says Niles Crane, “is the hallmark of mediocrity.”

So entire states and sections of states had the same time, when time is an extremely local thing.

Then LSD was discovered in Switzerland. It subsequently got into the water supply of Washington, DC and Daylight Savings time was invented.

Beginning tomorrow, I am launching a new project: WHAT THE HELL TIME IS IT REALLY. Using a piece of plywood, my yard, and the sun, I am going to determine actual real high noon (everybody pray for sun).

Once I have determined what the hell time it is really, I’m going to set my watch by it and the rest of the world can blow me.