Two Fewer Time Zones in Russia

[Aleksandra A.Fleszar]

I like this one.


* Melissa Smith <mtsmith02 at YSU.EDU> [Mon 29 Mar 2010 05:09:16 PM EDT]:

> That leaves out the old joke about the interim time between socialism
> and communism being "alcoholism." THAT was definitely NOT the time zone
> that was eliminated!
>
>
> On 3/29/10 4:43 PM, David L. Cooper wrote:
>> A highly progressive development! I therefore offer this revision of
> my
>> earlier (March 2008) assessment:
>>
>> Alina Israeli wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > 7. Russia covers 11 time zones.
>> >
>> These include: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Copper, Bronze,
> Iron,
>> ancient, middle, early modern, modern, and postmodern, ...all at the
>> same time....
>>
>> Sorry...I couldn't resist...again...
>>
>> Donald J Loewen wrote:
>> >  I don't know if this has already been mentioned on SEELANGS, but I
> noticed
>> > only today that Russia just eliminated some time zones to go from 11
> to 9.
>> >
>>
>> --
>> David L. Cooper
>> Assistant Professor
>> Slavic Languages and Literatures
>> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
>> Ph: 217-244-4666
>>
>>
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