# Ok which one of you sods has the time slowing machine!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 7, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005 "2004-07-07T20:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005/1 "2004-07-07T20:47:24Z")

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Why is this day taking sooooo lonnnnnnng! It feels like I’ve been at work for 12 hours!

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005/2 "2004-07-07T20:50:11Z")

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Whoops! My bad.

_click_

That better?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005/3 "2004-07-07T20:55:24Z")

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It’s an illusion caused by your abnormally accelerated mental processes.

You might not realize it, but you’re only spending microincrements of time on things that people ordinarily linger quite a bit longer over.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005/4 "2004-07-07T21:06:42Z")

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Well, I might pass a few minutes by starting a Las Vegas appreciation thread (the show, not the place). Unless there is already one .

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005/5 "2004-07-07T23:07:22Z")

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To whom it may concern,

Now that I am home from work, I request that you re-engage the time slowing device until 7:30 a.m. Central Standard Time.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005/6 "2004-07-07T23:52:37Z")

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> [@Lobsang](#):
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> Why is this day taking sooooo lonnnnnnng! It feels like I’ve been at work for 12 hours!

Idle hands and an idle mind!!

Guards!!! Reduce his rations by half until he learns not to complain!!!  
😃

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-which-one-of-you-sods-has-the-time-slowing-machine/254005/7 "2004-07-08T00:25:41Z")

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> [@NurseCarmen](#):
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> Now that I am home from work, I request that you re-engage the time slowing device until 7:30 a.m. Central Standard Time.

Geeze, there’s _no_ pleasing some people!

_click_

Now leave me alone, all of you!