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Letterman Top 10

Top 10 dumb guy ways to use the extra hour of daylight saving time

(winning entries in online contest)

10. Watching “60 Minutes” twice.

9. Save it for next time you have one of those “That’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back” experiences.

8. Buy new clocks with correct time.

7. Gonna take my pictures to the one-hour photo place; they should be ready as soon as I get there.

6. Timing it.

5. Try to make VCR blink 11:00 instead of 12:00.

4. Lose an anxious hour of sleep wondering what to do with the extra time.

3. Daylight saving time is a big lie. The president of Iran said so.

2. Set your house on fire to see if the smoke alarm batteries really need changing.

1. Writing memoirs about being 43rd President.

Source: “Late Show With David Letterman”