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.
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Mbourgon@lemmy.world · 80 pts · 2y
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 37 pts · 2y
GTFO! TIL.
Pronell@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
You had what we call a shower epiphany.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 2y
Is that what the kids call it these days? 🤭
electro1@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 2y
...
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
"was erected in 1892; removed from the site in 1964,[1] and restored and re-erected in 1981"
WTF were they doing that took 17 years to restore?
bitwaba@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
He's old okay. It takes a little longer to re-erect than it used to.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
refractory period
Sizzler@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
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.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Even the clocks are calling me names!
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
damn ableist clocks
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 14 pts · 2y
Not just Little Ben, but also Medium Ben and Not-Quite-As-Big-As-Big-Ben Ben
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 2y
It's raining Bens! Hallelujah! It's raining Bens!
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah, not no more it ain't.
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Let's not forget...
whyrat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Same question, but for Big Red soda...
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 2y
We are asking the tough questions today. I'm proud of us and I think we should take the rest of the day off.
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 2y
What about big red dogs?
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
🐕 https://imgur.com/a/eTqzd8z
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y
It's near the small hadron collider.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
To paraphrase Professor Farnsworth, "That would require tiny hadrons. Do you know how much those things cost? I'm not made of money."
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ech@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
No
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2y
I appreciate your definitiveness. Happy Friday my friend. ✌️
Resol@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
No, but it does imply the existence of a Talking Ben.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
"It's five o'clock and all is well, you cunts." 😄
Resol@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I was referring to the cartoon dog called Talking Ben, you know, the guy we used to make phone calls with and he always replies with "ho ho ho"
But this is also a very good description.
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
Ahh I'd never seen that! How adorable.
Resol@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Enjoy it.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Little Ben mighta been the town crier
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
Haha that's /r/funny
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y
There's no need for insults! 😄
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
It's the name of the bridge, not the tower
EDIT: nvm, I apparently made that up. Please proceed.
Z3k3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
For those wondering it's the bell in the tower https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/Big-Ben.pdf
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
LMAO have an upvote. Happy Friday!
breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
new fact acquired - big ben is now also a bridge
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
I took their comment as a joke. Please be nice to @Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee. ✌️
breadsmasher@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
oh so did i! i was jokingly learning a new incorrect fact
sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y
Yay!
valid@lemmynsfw.com · -4 pts · 2y