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Daylight Savings Contest
The Eldorado Daily Journal, an Illinois paper, announced a contest to see who could save the most daylight for daylight savings time. The rules of the contest were simple: beginning with the first day of daylight savings time, contestants would be required to save daylight. Whoever succeeded in saving the most daylight would win. Only pure daylight would be allowed—no dawn or twilight light, though light from cloudy days would be allowed. Moonlight was strictly forbidden. Light could be stored in any container. The contest received a huge, nationwide response. The paper's editor was interviewed by correspondents from CBS and NBC and was featured in papers throughout the country.
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Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time.
Posted by Chris in Edmonton on Sun Apr 03, 2005 at 01:02 PM
I won that contest. Really helps when you have some spools of regenerative fiberoptic cable lying around!
Posted by Vic Sub in New York on Sat Oct 08, 2005 at 11:47 AM
In Germany, there is an old story about the stupid inhabitants of a town who forgot to build their town hall with windows, so they took all kinds of containers and carried the daylight into the town hall. This story reminded me of that.
Posted by Autrian in Austria on Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 09:22 AM
very, very cool! 
I wish I could save some of that weekday daylight that I waste sitting under fluorescents, and let it out on weekends. More time for bass! Yahoo!
Posted by stringbassgirl in this galaxy, the world on Mon Apr 02, 2007 at 05:50 PM
I wish I could save some of that weekday daylight that I waste sitting under fluorescents, and let it out on weekends. More time for bass! Yahoo! The only way I can think of is with solar cells maybe? Awesome prank anyway 
Posted by Emelia on Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 05:32 AM
I can Almost Picture it now... Retards catching Fireflies in jars thinking they are actually the last bits of daylight fleeing night.
Some other Neg-IQ with a vast ellaborate mirror system aimed into a cauldron or some such... V_V It never seems to amaze me what humans are willing to fall for, or even just misinterpret to the point of creating retardation out of possible sense... V_V
Posted by The Seventh Sword, Murakumo Tsurugi, The Final Swo in 7th Level of Hell, At the moment... on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 01:28 PM
Some other Neg-IQ with a vast ellaborate mirror system aimed into a cauldron or some such... V_V It never seems to amaze me what humans are willing to fall for, or even just misinterpret to the point of creating retardation out of possible sense... V_V
I'm devising a Light Thermos to capture daylight. You unstopper it in the morning and leave it open all day. At sunest, you screw in the top. In the evening, just crack open the Thermos to allow out the sunlight.
CAUTION: If you accidently drop the Thermos, it will shatter, leaving daylight scattered about. Please sweep up the light while wearing sunglasses and SPF-30 sunblock.
Posted by SkipTracer in Outer Disk World on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 12:26 PM
CAUTION: If you accidently drop the Thermos, it will shatter, leaving daylight scattered about. Please sweep up the light while wearing sunglasses and SPF-30 sunblock.
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