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Zionist time . . . doh!

This one’s old news, but I was talking Jon about how England changed their clocks today, which may have caused his opponents to be no-shows at a football game, which his team then won by default. I laughed, and couldn’t help but think of these guys, 1999 Darwin Award winners:

5 September 1999, Jerusalem – In most parts of the world, the switch away from Daylight Saving Time proceeds smoothly. But the time change raised havoc with Palestinian terrorists this year.

Israel insisted on a premature switch from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time to accommodate a week of pre-sunrise prayers. Palestinians refused to live on “Zionist Time.” Two weeks of scheduling havoc ensued. Nobody knew the “correct” time.

At precisely 5:30pm on Sunday, two coordinated car bombs exploded in different cities, killing three terrorists who were transporting the bombs. It was initially believed that the devices had been detonated prematurely by klutzy amateurs. A closer look revealed the truth behind the explosions.

The bombs had been prepared in a Palestine-controlled area, and set to detonate on Daylight Saving Time. But the confused drivers had already switched to Standard Time. When they picked up the bombs, they neglected to ask whose watch was used to set the timing mechanism. As a result, the cars were still en-route when the explosives detonated, delivering the terrorists to their untimely demises.

Somehow I can’t work up too much sympathy for that one.

{ 3 comments… add one }
  • mr_b2b2 03.31.03, 3:16 AM

    Don’t you wish they all had work accidents?

  • James 03.31.03, 6:15 AM

    Well, if you’re talking about terrorists, yeah: anyone who’s going to blow themself up anyway, better that they shouldn’t take anyone with them.

    But some bonehead will think that in saying that, you meant ‘”all Palestinians” or some such. Better to be more specific…

  • mr_b2b2 03.31.03, 7:28 PM

    You’re right James, not all Palestinians. Any of the suicide terrorists or gunmen should meet the same fate.

    It seems easier to say “them” because 50 % of Palestinians support suicide bombers, of that 50% there’s gotta be a lot of them, however, who directly support or engage in terrorism, ranking somewhere in the ten thousands or more. Them refers to those individuals and those who harbor them.

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