Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for April 27, 2009

“International”? It’s in the middle of the ocean, you dummy!

The_JAM, it does run through land across Antarctica, so if the characters are based there, then it would make sense…

Doesnt this make him nearly a day early?

Also depends on whether we’re looking north or south. Assuming he gets daily meals, being a day too early or too late wouldn’t matter anyway.

But the international date line is a jump of 24 hours. Same time, different date. There is no one-hour difference! (Mostly.) Unless they’re somewhere on a house boat west of the Aleutian Islands, or hundreds of miles east of New Zealand or so, where the timezones may be funny like that. Definitely not on solid ground. Antarctic stations use the timezone of their supply bases, in any case.

Sorry, this panel makes no sense.

Must be some inofficial definition of hers, just to tease him.

There ARE places like that, mind you. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/08/sunday/main686861.shtml Got nothing to do with the date line, however.

Theoretically, yes, but I thought all of Antarctica was in New Zealand time.

Theoretically. But only if you’re obsessed with theories. Being of the geeky persuasion is a prerequisite, of course.

If you possess a certain inquisitiveness into elaborations on the underlying scientific particularities of unusual circumstances and weird coincidences, then yes, one may find a certain amusement beyond the original scope of the comic.

Would the intended target audience have FUN looking up timezones and pointing out the logical irregularities of this joke? I mean. Does this sound like the target audience of the comic?

(Otherwise, nah, it’s still wrong :)

The difference between the opposing sides of the International time zone is 24 hours, not i hour.

Mr. Blazek simply made a mistake in the caption. It should have read “Life on a Time Zone Border”.