Recently, Ricochet’s Arizona Patriot wrote a post highly critical of Winston Churchill. As an admirer of Churchill, especially his warning the world about the dangers of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, I had real problems with his condemnation of that great man. That is, until I came across the following quote from the Prime Minister: “An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.” Sure, he might have saved Western Civilization, but you may wonder if it was worth it as you groggily reset all your clocks.
Another leader during WWII had a more sensible attitude. President Harry S. Truman called Daylight Saving Time “a monstrosity in timekeeping.”
The most sensible defense of DST came from that great thinker, Victor Borge, “I don’t mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I’ve saved all year.” Sadly, a joke that again fits our times.
On the other hand, another great thinker, Dave Barry, said, “You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.”
Really the best quote about Daylight Saving Time comes from our wisest quote maker, Anonymous, “Daylight saving time: Only the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.”
I really did believe last year that Congress would get rid of DST. But I guess that would involve their getting something right.
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