# So, what will you do with your extra handful of daylight seconds today? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756 "2020-12-23T17:02:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/1 "2020-12-23T17:02:11Z")
I think I’ll work on my tan. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/2 "2020-12-23T17:36:53Z")
According to [timeanddate.com](http://timeanddate.com), today will have the same amount of day light as yesterday, which was 1 second longer than Monday. I spent the extra second yesterday farting in the general direction of my neighbor. He didn’t even notice. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/3 "2020-12-23T18:29:20Z")
Weep for humanity. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/4 "2020-12-23T22:16:39Z")
Eat junk food. But it will be holiday junk food. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/5 "2020-12-23T23:39:38Z")
I ran before dawn. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/6 "2020-12-24T05:22:04Z")
OP. Since Australia is the [melanoma capital of the world](https://www.melanoma.org.au/understanding-melanoma/melanoma-facts-and-statistics/) I find your post and avatar combination particularly apt. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/7 "2020-12-24T08:22:31Z")
Is OP in Australia? Aren’t the days there getting shorter now? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/8 "2020-12-24T14:12:12Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > OP. Since Australia is the [melanoma capital of the world](https://www.melanoma.org.au/understanding-melanoma/melanoma-facts-and-statistics/) I find your post and avatar combination particularly apt. The ‘work on my tan’ part was sort of irony. Had a physical last week, and all was as expected except I’ve developed quite a vitamin D shortage. The doc questioned me about my diet and such, and that part is fine, but over the past ten or so months I’ve spent virtually NO time outside, and apparently you need sunlight to convert (whatever) into vitamin D. So besides prescribing a week’s worth of mega-Vitamin D supplements to take, followed by a forever regiment of twice the normal amount daily, she told me to get outside and – here’s the killer – expose some bare skin to the sun. Are you freaking kidding, lady??? It’s late December in New England. ☹ My skin is staying safely covered: Hat, scarf, face mask, coat, gloves, pants, and boots. Unless a few millimeter of bare skin beside my eyes counts, there is JUST NO WAY. Hrummph. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/9 "2020-12-24T16:14:38Z")
I spent it scanning the title of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/10 "2020-12-24T16:20:13Z")
I slept in. Guess it made me 0.000001% more beautiful? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/11 "2020-12-24T20:27:56Z")
What am I going to do? The same thing I do every handful of increased daylight seconds – try to take over the world! \ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/12 "2020-12-24T23:34:43Z")
I used the extra time to re-roof the house. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/13 "2020-12-25T01:41:22Z")
Samething I do with all my time, wait for it to end. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-you-do-with-your-extra-handful-of-daylight-seconds-today/928756/14 "2020-12-25T06:18:26Z")
I treated myself to a very brief Hawaiian vacation.