Friday Fun: Springing & Falling


PLEASE don’t make us
change our clocks again! ::sigh::
Meanwhile, let’s try to laugh the whole thing off

© Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, CTP, CMC, ACT, MCC, SCAC
from the Friday Funnies Series

Quick Intro before we get to the Funnies

Is it just me or didn’t we just change all the clocks?  Or at least we were supposed to. (Surely I’m not the only one who still has some of her clocks and watches set at the same time they were supposed to be set the last time we fell back?)

Am I the only one confused by the fact that in America they call it “Daylight Saving Time” whichever way the clock gets set?

Hmmm . . . well, in case anyone doubts the fact that my expertise is the result of life-long personal experience, this post might remove the doubts, at least where my relationship to time is concerned!

Source: cartoonaday.com

Who WANTS this nonsense?  Does anybody actually like dancing this springingly/fallingly two-step?

Ho hum.  It’s not like it matters to anyone in charge anyway.

Don’t forget it’s coming up again this Sunday, at least for those of us living in America (or is that technically Monday morning – or maybe Saturday night late?)

Whatever! Let’s get the weekend started with a few chuckles.

Take a look at a few time-related funnies that I tripped across, mostly on Pinterest.

How many of the situations below make YOU nod your head?

YOU PLAY TOO

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This Friday’s theme: Daylight Savings Time

(most images below found on Pinterest)

Work Time Confusions . . .

 

SAY WHAT?

 

And WHY?

 

Carry on . . .

Changing the clocks . . .

 

 

 

 

Perspective: NO explanation needed

Th-th-th-at’s all folks!
SEE YOU NEXT TIME

Funnies post only occasionally

Reminding you of what I disclosed in the introduction to this series, Funnies about Perspective: unlike the ongoing Sunday Smiles and Monday Funnies you’ll find on Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog, my Friday Funnies will show up only occasionally, usually clustered around a theme.

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Award-winning ADD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching field co-founder; [life] Coaching pioneer -- Neurodiversity Advocate, Coach, Mentor & Poster Girl -- Multi-Certified -- 25 years working with EFD [Executive Functioning disorders] and struggles in hundreds of people from all walks of life. I developed and delivered the world's first ADD-specific coach training curriculum: multi-year, brain-based, and ICF Certification tracked. In addition to my expertise in ADD/EF Systems Development Coaching, I am known for training and mentoring globally well-informed ADD Coach LEADERS with the vision to innovate, many of the most visible, knowledgeable and successful ADD Coaches in the field today (several of whom now deliver highly visible ADD coach trainings themselves). For almost a decade, I personally sponsored and facilitated seven monthly, virtual and global, no-charge support and information groups The ADD Hours™ - including The ADD Expert Speakers Series, hosting well-known ADD Professionals who were generous with their information and expertise, joining me in my belief that "It takes a village to educate a world." I am committed to being a thorn in the side of ADD-ignorance in service of changing the way neurodiversity is thought about and treated - seeing "a world that works for everyone" in my lifetime. Get in touch when you're ready to have a life that works BECAUSE of who you are, building on strengths to step off that frustrating treadmill "when 'wanting to' just doesn't get it DONE!"

90 Responses to Friday Fun: Springing & Falling

  1. Christy B says:

    Haha! That time change always makes people a bit off for a few days so it’s good to have some laughs like this 😀

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  2. ahhh this was a fun post Madelyn! I’m a big fan of Crabby Road, especially when her thoughts echo my own 😉

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  3. Jennie says:

    Loved this, Madelyn! Don’t we all need a little humor, especially with this?! I do NOT look forward to school the next day. First, the children really can’t adjust and understand. Then, it gets dark by 4:30 and children are scared at the end of the school day, thinking their Moms and Dads have forgotten them. All the words in the world don’t really help those first few days. So, thank you for the humor!

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    • I don’t envy your challenge, Jennie. Making things even tougher, I imagine a few parents DO show up late while they themselves are adjusting.

      OH how I wish we could get rid of this nonsense!!!
      xx,
      mgh

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      • Jennie says:

        I’m getting ready to email parents about the time change and talking to their child. “No, Mommy won’t be late. The sun is setting earlier, so it will be dark.” Not easy, and those words would only be the tip of the conversation iceberg. Did I ever tell you that I started my blog because of teaching and guiding parents? Decades of newsletters, all so important to families of young children. Happy Sunday to you, Madelyn. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep tonight. 🙂

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        • Good for you for thinking of enrolling the parents, Jennie. Hopefully they will realize the importance of actually having the conversation and answering questions as best they can.

          I think it is wonderful that you began your blog to educate parents. Nobody’s born knowing this stuff, and those who were not well-parented wouldn’t have been likely to pick up parenting tips without some guidance & info.

          We’re alike in that we are driven to help – and that we began putting professional info online. How do you get your parents to read/respond to your emails? Do you have to start each class by asking the kids who knows why it will be getting dark today before Mommy or Daddy comes to pick you up and discussing the fact that the sun goes to bed earlier? I’m guessing that you’d have to remind them at the other end of the school day as well.

          TRULY – this DST idea is *lousy* on so many fronts!!!
          xx,
          mgh

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          • Jennie says:

            I believe that educating parents is 50% of what I do that is important for children. Really. When I started teaching, my director insisted that teachers write newsletters to parents. Oh, the groans from the staff! Then, she would say, “Take one paragraph and educate them about something, anything.” She was so right! Instead of a newsletter that told families we did this and that, it added why.

            My blog posts are often the newsletters to families. The four that Sally Cronin published from my archives were just that. I have a query letter out to agents, as I think bundling many of those letters into a book for parents and teachers would be a good thing. Fingers crossed. 🤞

            We are alike and driven to help. That’s probably why we picked our professions. How do I get parents to read and respond? By making it exciting to read. Sound corny? If It is flat and dry, they may just skim over it. For example, if I’m writing about how the brain responds to physical activity, which is interesting to us but not so much to them, I tell a story of how it worked and what happened in the classroom. So, I start at the end, paint a picture with words, then backtrack to why it worked. Make sense?

            Let’s hope tomorrow goes smoothly when it is dark at 4:30. Yes, the dreaded DST. Happy Sunday to you, Madelyn! 🙂

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  4. Great cartoons, Madelyn. This is one think we don’t have to worry about in Africa. It reminds me of the nursery rhyme:
    A dillar a dollar
    A ten o’ clock scholar
    What makes you come so soon
    You used to come at ten o’ clock
    and now you come at noon.

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  5. Tina Frisco says:

    Omg, these are hysterical! I love what the Old Indian said. How true! And the brain waking us up 2 hours earlier than normal … Our poor bodies don’t know which end of the blanket is up! Thanks for the laughs, girlfriend. I hope I can still see the humor in this after tomorrow night 🙂 ♥

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  6. dgkaye says:

    OmG, these are so funny! And yes, I wonder where exactly we’re saving daylight? Darker earlier and still dark in the morning. Some kind of an oxymoron. And lol, thanks for the funnies. I’m with the kid in the first one – 6 months of every year my car’s clock has the correct time. LOL 🙂 xoxo

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  7. Thank you for a doze of laugh medicine! I agree with the Indian’s remark about the government.
    Have a great weekend!

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  8. John Holton says:

    These were hilarious!

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  9. Falling back…that time again! 🙂 Sharing. xo

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  10. -Eugenia says:

    Fun post, Madelyn! Here’s my contribution for Daylight Saving Time – https://amanpan.blog/2017/11/03/fall-back/

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  11. Opher says:

    Reblogged this on Opher's World and commented:
    That about sums it up for me!! My car is finally telling the right time again – I think.

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  12. Love the memes, Madelyn. Why do we have to do this every year? It just messes with us. 😀

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  13. John Fioravanti says:

    Reblogged this on Words To Captivate ~ by John Fioravanti and commented:
    Madelyn Griffith-Haynie treats us to a post that pokes fun at the nonsensical time changes that occur twice each year. Please, read on…

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  14. paulandruss says:

    Great Collection of Funnies Madelyn. We in the UK did ours last weekend!

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  15. Ugh…hate the time change, in both seasons. Takes me weeks to re-adjust my body clock. Thanks for the funnies, M. Good to keep a sense of humor about it all.

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  16. Great article! Thank you very much for you engagement also in this. Have a nice weekend. 😉 Michael

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  17. I’m laughing and wincing at the same time. Daylight SAVINGS time? What an oxymoron. ;-0

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  18. Bernadette says:

    Madelyn, thanks for the good laughs. Just in case you have an appointment this Sunday – Daylight Savings time starts at 12:01 AM Sunday. 😮

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  19. Thanks for linking back to my blog, Madelyn ❤ 😀

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  20. Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
    If like me your body clock has still not reset itself (hence sitting here at 7.00 in the morning instead of 8.00) then you will enjoy and empathise with these funnies from Madelyn Griffith-Haynie…

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  21. Norah says:

    Hi Madelyn, what an eclectic collection of funnies – gave me an extended smile. Thank you. Where I live, we don’t change our clocks, but the rest of the country does. They’re running ahead of us now. Won’t be long and we’ll catch up to them again. 🙂

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  22. I hear you sister! I still want to do my outside chores(washing off the line) etc at the same time no matter how late it gets dark so I can kick off the shoes and sit down! I now do it while it’s still light out. It takes me 6 months to get used to it and then it’s over! Cheers,H

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  23. Hahaha too good and for a friday when we can laugh the weekend thru, Madelyn. Simply loved your post very much. Keep on laughing as laughter is the best medicine and all of the pictures with their laughter messages were hilarious. Have a great day.

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