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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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[–] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Corrupting him

There is a rhyming couplet Apology for Summer Time signed "J.W.R." affixed to the body of the clock:

"My hands you may retard or may advance my heart beats true for England as for France."

Not on my watch you don't.

"The couplet is a reference to the plan that the clock be permanently on Daylight Saving Time leading to the time being correct for France during the winter months and correct for the UK during the summer. However this policy was either changed, or never implemented, since recently it is on GMT in winter and BST in summer like all other clocks in Great Britain."

Hurrah, those cheese-eating surrender-monkeys have been fought back from the bally-old British shores once again.