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October 02, 2007

Silly Season - The Earth Hour

Father Knows Best - Robert YoungFrom the LA Times

Following San Francisco's lead, Los Angeles County and city officials are urging people, businesses and government to switch off nonessential lights for one hour next month to save energy.

Led by Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke and City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, the proposed effort asks Angelenos to simultaneously go dark between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20, as San Franciscans do the same. Local officials are expected to vote on the plan next week.

This is proof of the failure of modern parenting and the effects of fatherless homes on society.

Where were these proponents of "The Earth Hour" as children when Dad walked around the house in the evening turning off lights and exclaiming, "Why are these lights on? What? Do I look like the Electric COMPANY??!!!"

Technorati: Earth Hour, Lights Out,

Posted by Darleen at October 2, 2007 06:33 AM

Comments

"Dad walked around the house in the evening turning off lights and exclaiming, "Why are these lights on? What? Do I look like the Electric COMPANY??!!!"

Mz Darleen, those are almost the exact words my old man used to use when there were too many lights on in the house back in the 1950s.

But with this variation:

"Christamighty, every light in the house is on, turn those things OFF if you people aren't using them!"

Growing up in my household when I was a kid was something of a mixed blessing :-)

Posted by: Carl W. Goss at October 2, 2007 09:58 AM

My rich aunt was the worst of all in the family for turning lights off. You would be watching television and go to the bathroom. When you got back, the lights and the television would be off. I once was taking a shower in the basement bathroom, and since my aunt was the only other person in the house, and she never used the basement bathroom, I didn't lock the door. She came downstairs to tend to the laundry and she walked down to the other end, turning off all the lights, opening the bathroom door (apparently not hearing the shower going) and turning of the light and the vent fan. But when she came to visit us, she left every light, fan and appliance going.

Posted by: Mark F. at October 6, 2007 04:21 AM