Is there some sort of sign common in Canada or perhaps specific to Nova Scotia that would explain the joke in this comic strip?
http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20031129.html
I’ve been to Nova Scotia (and to all 10 provinces of Canada, in fact), but darned if I get what that line in the last panel means.
“This hour has 22 minutes” is one of Canada’s most popular comedies.
And I believe the title comes from the idea that one hour of TV programming has 22 minutes of content, with the rest being commercials. (It is also a play on the name “This Hour has Seven Days”, a Canadian TV show from the mid 60’s)
A half-hour of television has 22 minutes, doesn’t it, and an hour has 44?
Yeah, it’s a half-hour satire show.
I think that means one Canadian hour = 22 US minutes.
(ducks)
I should note that that link is rather noisy…
60 minutes in Australia is sometimes referred to as 38 minutes in reference to the ad content.
There was an old news program called “This Hour Has Seven Days” or somesuch (referring to a week’s worth of news being crammed into an hour-long show), which is where the joke comes from.