HOW MANY TIMES have you moaned, “I wish there were more hours in the day”?
How about… more days in the week? The Beatles used that idea to express how just seven days weren’t sufficient to express a boy’s love for a girl.
“I ain’t got nothing but love, babe / Eight days a week.”
“Eight days a week / Is not enough to show I care.”
Now a store, looking to improve their business, has hit upon the ultimate idea: let’s stay open NINE DAYS A WEEK! If that isn’t a money making concept, I don’t know what is. Somewhere in there the weekend has disappeared, but who cares? Just think of all the extra shoppers they’ll attract! By staying open over 28% [Did I get that right, Miker?] more than a normal week would allow, they probably figure it’ll bring in that much more profit. Why didn’t anybody else think of this?
Congress may have to work nine days a week to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff. Of course, the operative word there is WORK. Just because someone is putting in time at the office, doesn’t mean that they’re accomplishing anything. The common definition of WORK is to make an effort to achieve something, or, activity involving effort to accomplish a purpose or result. But, where these imbeciles in congress are concerned, the meaning that is most important is: operate effectively. By this definition, they aren’t working! I doubt that two extra days of the week will make any difference.
“I ain’t got nothing but contempt, babe / Nine days a week
Nine days a week / Is not enough time for congress to work.”