Funny Quote With Stop Light Reference
Spring forward, fall back. That's how you can easily remember which way to turn the clocks when daylights savings time rolls around once again.
But what else do you know about daylight savings time? Besides that, most people only know that you get confused about the clocks moving forward or back, about which time you gain/lose an hour of sleep along with completely forgetting to change your car's built-in clock and panicking that you're an hour late to something.
Let's learn a little more about DST, shall we? We've got 10 quotes for you about daylight savings time that are funny, real, and representative of the general attitude over this confusing, clock-switching practice.
1. Who Invented Daylight Savings Time?
Where did daylight savings time originate in the first place? One of the first people to suggest something like DST was Benjamin Franklin. He proposed in an essay that the people of Paris could save huge amounts of money by waking up when the sun came up instead of shelling out money for candles and oil.
Here's an excerpt from that essay: "An immense sum! That the city of Paris might save every year, by the economy of using sunshine instead of candles."
So was DST simply a money-making scheme for the government? Are we really saving a ton of money on candles? According to Ben Franklin, we are.
2. The Government Strikes Again
Speaking of the government, an unknown speaker gave us this funny quote:
"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."
This wouldn't be the first stupid thing the government has done, either.
3. Simple Gifts
After a few cynical quotes, let's do a positive one about daylight savings time, shall we? Winston Churchill gave us this nice quote to make us feel a bit better about losing sleep one day in the spring:
"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."
4. Why Do We Do It, Again?
"You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight saving time," says author Dave Barry. We're inclined to agree.
There is vague, general knowledge that it has something to do with farming, or perhaps to save money. But why do we do it, really? When does it even start and end? This blog knows, but not many other people do.
5. Saving Something At Least
Benjamin Franklin, we now know, proposed daylights savings time to save money. We're a bit skeptical as to whether that really works, but comedian Victor Borge puts the idea of saving into perspective for us:
"I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year."
Whether it's time or money, at least we save something!
6. Laziness, Not Time, Is the One Constant In Life
"Get ready to have your microwave display the wrong time for the next 8 months because you don't want to break out the instruction manual," -Unknown.
It's not just the microwave if we're being honest. It's also the clock in the car, our watches, radios, the oven, the television, and basically any other clock that doesn't switch automatically (thank God for smartphones, right?).
7. A Joke Fresh from 2009
Just as time moves forward despite daylights savings time adjustments, humor moves forward too. The things that were funny in the old days of 2009 are just, well, not that funny anymore.
Take this gem, for example: "Daylight saving time occurs because Chuck Norris hits snooze on his alarm clock."
While this joke would've slayed in 2009, you're better off without it 10 years later.
8. Fighting for What's Right
Most people bemoan daylights savings time, and for pretty valid reasons. It's unclear why we do it, our clocks are never right, and we lose an hour of sleep randomly in the middle of the year.
So, it's understandable when this quote on a protest sign popped up: "What do we want? Our hour back! When do we want it? An hour ago!" -Unknown
9. Will We Ever Know What Time It Is?
On that topic of not remembering to change the clocks, most of us forget about daylight savings time altogether until it's too late. Like this quote, for example:
"Just a reminder that it's daylight savings this weekend which means I'll be late to work on Monday when I forget it's daylight savings."
Hopefully losing an hour of sleep doesn't also mean losing your job.
10. Can We "Spring Forward" At a Better Time?
We'll end with another quote from an unknown speaker who really should be given all of the awards on Earth for this idea:
"Why can't daylight saving time happen on a Friday at 4 pm?"
Wouldn't it be great to be dragging through work on a Friday only to look up and see that you've sprung forward an hour and get to leave? Where was this speaker when Ben Franklin was inventing daylight saving time?
Final Thoughts
Daylight savings time might seem random and antiquated to you and to us and to most everyone in the world, but it still exists today. Until that protester from quote number 8 is successful, we will keep springing forward and falling back.
Want some more funny quotes? Check out the section on our blog dedicated to making fun of, well, everything.
Source: https://quoteslogy.com/10-funny-quotes-about-daylight-savings-time-ending-youll-love/
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