In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Allen writes:
>On Thu 2007-08-09T06:49:55 +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp hath writ:
>> EU is not a "country" and quite a state of confusion reigns with
>> respect to UTC.  Denmark uses "mean solar time on the 15th eastern
>> longitude" and Sweden uses GMT (!).
>
>Chaos of this sort could be the reason that some of the Time Lords
>seem to prefer the "easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission"
>philosophy.

... and having talked to politicians about correcting this stupidty,
I'm all for that.

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