h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I don't wear a watch. Therefore time has no meaning to me. I don't even know what day it most of the time. Does that make me less of a human to not be pre-occupied with this time issue?

In my book that would mean you are MORE human. You can stay in tune with the universe WITHOUT A WATCH!!!!!

Telling time without a watch:
Its daylight: Daytime
it's dark: nighttime

I havent eaten yet: breakfast time
I ate a while ago: lunch time
I ate a while ago, and am not terribly hungry but would like a 'little something': teatime
I have been up a real long time and have worked up quite an appetite: dinnertime
Im tired: bedtime

Weather cold: winter
weather warmer: spring
weather hot: summer
weather cooler: fall
Now you don't need a calendar either.

This works best when you are retired [like me]. those folks with watches and appointment books get really nervous when you dont show up at 'appointed times'. Sometimes the checks stop coming, too.

However, I have noticed when my friends with watches ask eachother "what time is it????" I usually know, within 10 minutes or so, the correct time. While they are fumbling for their watches, I just say "Oh, isnt it around 1:20?" and then they all respond "I've got 1:18" "1:25 here" "uh, oh, my watch stopped" "mine's in for repair", etc.,etc. And I do it without benefit of 'watch'.

Oh, and one more thing, the White Rabbit had a pocket watch and all it accomplished was proving to him how late he was...
Now what would a person want that for???