
Jupitarian Emperor Haddaloutigan Fimp was confused.
‘So what time is it?’ he asked his aide de camp.
‘Half ten, known as Scrumtollian six. Although, and it is important we bear this in mind, the Plutonians still use daylight saving.’
‘So are we late or early for the Alostopic Celebration?’
‘Both. You see, we passed through 4823 time zones on the trip, the last one being Neptunian standard time. NST operates on the Gomdorian clock, which prohibits the number eleven. So this is really tomorrow, and the cleebration was really yesterday.’
‘Was it any good?’
‘Hard to say, we slept in.’
