# What would you do given an extra hour a day? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421 "2003-02-20T22:56:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![coyasicanbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@coyasicanbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coyasicanbe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/21 "2003-02-21T17:55:58Z")
Wow. A lot of tired people out there. Count me in. Sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/22 "2003-02-21T17:56:12Z")
Well, I already have all the sleep (except on medical days) I need so it would go towards video gaming. You know if we just built a whole hell of a lot of rockets and attached them all on the equator at regular intervals pointing west and fired them we could probably slow down the Earth’s rotation. … At least a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![ghostrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@ghostrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostrider)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/23 "2003-02-22T01:39:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by c\_carol \* > \*\*You too? We’ve got to figure out a way to get back there! This 24-hour-day thing is killing me. \*\* That’s why I’m still a Blue Oyster Cult fan - _Take Me Away…_ ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/24 "2003-02-22T02:16:10Z")
play more banjo. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/25 "2003-02-22T02:52:22Z")
Sleep. Wait, no–the loud half of my roommates’d probably be STILL awake then. Buying a gun. 😃 (note, this is not an endorsement of violence, and I am NOT going to injure my roommates, though I may fantasize about kicking the bottom of my bunkmate’s bed at 5 in the morning). ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/26 "2003-02-22T04:08:52Z")
Sleep, definitely. There just aren’t enough hours in the day right now to work, sleep, take care of the kids, and play all that Vice City. OK, maybe I’d just play an extra hour of Vice City. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/27 "2003-02-22T04:50:14Z")
Squander it, same as the 24 I’ve got now. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/28 "2003-02-22T05:27:23Z")
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/29 "2003-02-22T05:45:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ghostrider \* > \*\*Oh yeah, sleep. > > I have always felt that I was kidnapped by aliens from a planet that has a 27-hour day & dropped on this wretched Earth. An extra hour would bring me a little closer to leading a “normal” life. \*\* Yes, sleep! I’ve always felt exactly as ghostrider describes, except I don’t know how many hours my natural day would have. Would 27 be enough? Probably not. I think the sleep/wake cycle that would work for me would be something like 20 hours awake / 10 hours asleep. I absolutely can’t fit anything that works for me into just only a mere 24 hours. If I get a good night’s sleep, I’m just not ready for more sleep soon enough. It’s impossible! I just don’t belong on a planet with a short little 24 hour day! ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421/30 "2003-02-22T05:47:27Z")
Probably just waste it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-given-an-extra-hour-a-day/156421.md?page=1)