While the Pacific Coast states are still trying to rid themselves of time changes a Norwegian island wants to do away with time altogether. The 350 residents of Sommaroy have petitioned the parliament to do away with timekeeping. Their campaign states:"Why do we need time and clocks when there is no night?" Actually there are 70 days without any nights and the idea is to boost the residents flexibility by doing away with time. The island's main income is from fishing and tourism and having no time would have little effect on fishing and being a time free zone would be a boon to tourism. There is a railing on a bridge covered with wristwatches to send a clear message to tourists that time is a thing of the past. I'm not sure how this would work when the island had to interact with other places and do things like banking and travel,but they must have thought of all that before getting the petition together...then again maybe they were to tired to think straight because they had no time!
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