“Long-long-long-many minutes”
– Edgar Allen Poe, The House of Usher
“Long-long-long-many minutes”
– Edgar Allen Poe, The House of Usher
“Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops dues time come to life”
– William Faulkner
“Lost time is never found again”
– A banner in Dr. OldNBald’s room
CONFUCIUS SAY: Time may be great healer, but plastic surgery is quicker.
WIFE: “Harry, did I hear the clock strike three when you came home last night?”
HARRY: “Yes, dear, you did. It was starting to strike eleven, but I stopped it to keep from waking you up.”
Q: Why do astronauts like to wear big watches?
A: They like to have a big time.
Once there were the two space creatures who threw an alarm clock back and forth just to pass the time.
Lili: Do the buses run on time?
Laurie: Yeah. I guess so.
Lili: No – they run on wheels!
termitator – n. a termite from the future that wants to eat little kids
bed – n. a time traveling device in which propagates you to magically “awaken” a few hours into the future.
“My boyfriend’s name should be Big Ben.”
“Why?”
“Because I don’t have time for him.”
It all depends on how you spend it. When you’re having a bad time, a minute seems more like an hour. And when you’re having a good time, an hour seems more like a minute.
The ten years between 8 and 18 seem to pass more slowly than a snail, but the ten years between 25 and 35 zip past like a hare with a hot foot.
Driving your mother two blocks to the store seems to take forever, but driving your girlfriend 20 miles back to her house after a date doesn’t take long enough.
The 24 hours of a work day drag second by second, but the 24 hours of a Saturday are gone in the time it takes to wind your watch.
The half-hour you spend studying seems more like two hours, but the two hours you spend parked in front of the TV set seem more like a half-hour.
A two-hour date with an ugly girl is too long, but a four-hour date with a pretty girl is too short.
Q: What’s the best time to go to the dentist?
A: At tooth-hurty.
jammy time – n. the time after 9:00 P.M. and before 3:00 A.M.
conun rerra – n. the instance in time when you rerra while eating conun <see conun and rerra>