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jmbar2

(6,105 posts) Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:10 AM Nov 3

Time change - Stonehenge

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Time change - Stonehenge (Original Post) jmbar2 Nov 3 OP

Such dedication! niyad Nov 3 #1

That's actually Avebury, not Stonehenge. But it's still pretty funny. :-) TheRickles Nov 3 #2

Thanks for the real scoop! jmbar2 Nov 3 #3

"BA-ack??!? I thought it was 'Spring Back, Fall Forward'!" lastlib Nov 3 #4

join the group stopdiggin Nov 3 #5

niyad

(119,939 posts)

1. Such dedication!

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:13 AM

Nov 3

TheRickles

(2,414 posts)

2. That's actually Avebury, not Stonehenge. But it's still pretty funny. :-)

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:25 AM

Nov 3

Avebury is a stone circle that is about 15 miles from Stonehenge, and is spread out over a much larger area. It doesn't function as a calendar for eclipses like Stonehenge, but they both seem to be a magnet for the crop circles that have been appearing in the nearby wheat fields over the past 30 years.

This image is from an April Fools contest run by The Guardian newspaper every year; it was submitted by the National Trust with a similar punchline, proving that some government bureaucracies can have a good sense of humor (at least British ones!).

jmbar2

(6,105 posts)

3. Thanks for the real scoop!

Reply to TheRickles (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:44 AM

Nov 3

lastlib

(24,914 posts)

4. "BA-ack??!? I thought it was 'Spring Back, Fall Forward'!"

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:44 AM

Nov 3

stopdiggin

(12,830 posts)

5. join the group

Reply to lastlib (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 12:43 PM

Nov 3

I missed it completely yet again this year ...
The invented this neat thing called the calendar - a ways back I think ...
I look at the pretty pictures from time to time ... But it's never played much of a real part ....

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