FALL BACK

Every year I ask, "Does that mean we gain an hour?"  My brother, always exasperated that I can't understand the concept of "fall back", wearily answers, "Yes, you get to sleep an hour more, but Gerald has to work an hour more."

"I wonder why they say to do it at two o'clock?", I ask.

"Probably because people don't know the difference between AM and PM.", he answers, again, wearily.

I said, "You know that Daylight Saving Time was Ben Franklin's idea."  He answered, "I think that ole Ben was making fun of the French by suggesting it would save on their candle usage."  I answered, "I thought it was to give farmers an extra hour for harvesting.

By the way, it is correctly DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, not DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.