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'after midnight' is too vague

posted 11 years ago by timothy-5
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No matter what time you feed them, it could be after midnight. 11:59 p.m. is after midnight the previous day. It's better to say, "Don't feed them between ______ and ______." (pick two times)

[–] Strangerhand 10 years ago

Yeah, we know, hence the sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch. So see it!

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[–] ShadowMosesSP 10 years ago

Pretty sure after sunrise you'd be k
or is the whole darkness/badness analogy too sophisticated

[–] timothy-5 10 years ago

I never thought of it that way. But it gets dark before midnight. So the danger zone would be from midnight until it gets light out.

[–] chazparks 10 years ago

Then is parts of the world that is dark 6 months out of the year.

[–] timothy-5 10 years ago

I know. But I think they were referring to areas where it's usually dark at midnight and light by about 6 a.m. What would the rules be for areas where it's dark 6 months out of the year?

[–] ShadowMosesSP 10 years ago

there is parts of the world where it is dark 12 months a year it's called caves and 70 odd % of the world that is covered by the ocean

[–] cstu11 10 years ago

Yes, and they're filled with nothing but gremlins.

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[–] Dan_Garten 10 years ago

Interesting.

He's nothing next to Bart Taylor.

[–] dalbrech 10 years ago

A lot of you have never seen Gremlins 2, where they poke fun at the "after mindight" rule.

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