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"Leap Second" to be added to 2016

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It's been announced that an extra second will be added at the end of 31st December 2016 to compensate for the earth's rotation.

What will you do with your extra second ?

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Wait a second let me think !


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Doom! We're all doomed; the earth is slowing down! Dont panic! I see great scope for a Daily Mail headline here.

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I may just blink an extra time that day ;)

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I have a problem here, I don't have a clock with seconds marked on it.

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Assuming this leap second is added overnight then I for one will not be aware of its passing, just an extra long snore that's all.
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I blame it on global warming

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towny44 wrote:
Assuming this leap second is added overnight then I for one will not be aware of its passing, just an extra long snore that's all.
Apparently it's going to be tacked on immediately before midnight on New Year's Eve

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I think I might spend some quality time with the wife !!

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It's all the Brexit voters fault...
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I certainly didn't vote for an extra second !

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qbman1 wrote:
towny44 wrote:
Assuming this leap second is added overnight then I for one will not be aware of its passing, just an extra long snore that's all.
Apparently it's going to be tacked on immediately before midnight on New Year's Eve
I can see it being a bit of a problem for Jools Holland at his Hootenanny Show,

"Ok everybody", 5-4-3-2-1 "Should auld acquaintance(wait a second ok carry on) be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?"

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Could always get Jools to count down a bit slower - he talks too fast anyway !!

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qbman1 wrote:
I certainly didn't vote for an extra second !
My life is ruined

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Mervyn and Trish wrote:
qbman1 wrote:
I certainly didn't vote for an extra second !
My life is ruined
It's free apparently so unlikely a compo claim will be successful; by the way are you doing a Saturday road show for the radio today?
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I doubt it - he'll be washing all his clothes after spending a week sitting on those nursing home chairs !

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