[identity profile] rosathome.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
What is a New York second?

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
The shortest unit of time in the universe; the period between the traffic light turning green and the New York driver behind you honking.

[identity profile] rosathome.livejournal.com 2009-01-11 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. In Philadelphia they start honking as soon as the lights in the other direction turn red, even before yours have gone green.