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# Setlle an argument.
Ok, backstory:

I bought this bus pass last tuesday morning, and it claims to be valid for 7 days travel.

Why then, does this and all other tickets i've had, instead show this:



Here's the argument / debate i've been having:
(My argument) It's bad grammar - midnight on monday would be 00:00 Monday morning, therefore meaning the ticket was only valid for 6 days(ish).

(My mothers argument) Monday doesn't start at midnight - it starts at one nanosecond past midnight and ends at exactly midnight - so therefore the ticket is right.

Anyone?
(Distomak Dolly Parton was a big country member? We do., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:14, archived)
# it should last til the VERY SECOND, 7 days later imo.
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:16, archived)
# Yeah
In an ideal world, heh.
(Distomak Dolly Parton was a big country member? We do., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:17, archived)
# OH GOD, THE MINUTIAE.
sorry, i'm too tired to work my brain up to answer this one.
(I am a cucumber. Save me, Popobawa!, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:17, archived)
# ^this
and how much beer has he had to not understand a simple ticket
(ToMeToYou is bumming a Unicorn on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:18, archived)
# "midnight" is generally considered to be at the end of the day, 00:00 is generally considered to be at the beginning
EVEN THOUGH they are in fact the same instant, they fall in different days
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:17, archived)
# Wales?
Yeah, I figured.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:17, archived)
# Nope
Worse still. Lancashire :/
(Distomak Dolly Parton was a big country member? We do., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:18, archived)
# Heh
In that case I'd settle for whichever interpretation made the week shorter.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:20, archived)
# Oi! I'm in Lancashire
I grace the county with my beauty and poise :P
(I helped save b3ta! in vino veritas, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:31, archived)
# i had the same dilemma
as the megarider ticket thing i bought said valid until the 3rd. i took a risk and it was valid today.

/dull story
(I helped save b3ta! connor, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:18, archived)
# Dull argument tbh
But when you work as a web programmer they tend to grab hold of your mind after a days work *sigh* heh.
(Distomak Dolly Parton was a big country member? We do., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:20, archived)
# Scan, change date, print
4. profit
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:18, archived)
# 5.
go to jail
(Cluck needs a holiday, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:21, archived)
# 6. Get out of jail free card
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:27, archived)
# 7. Buy
Fleet Street
(Cluck needs a holiday, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:31, archived)
# Your Mother!
is right...

Midnight on Monday is the end of Monday.

ALSO: Why am I looking at your ticket?
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:21, archived)
# What happens if you get on the bus at 11.50pm
But you journey will take 30 minites...do they kick you off 1 third of the way there..???
(The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:22, archived)
# Around here
The town goes to bed about 10pm, and the busses are tucked up for the night by 11:40pm (no lie).
(Distomak Dolly Parton was a big country member? We do., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:26, archived)
# the ONLY thing I like about trains
a day return is pretty much valid until 6am the next morning.
or it is at least on the transpennine line.

EDIT: ooh heck, more motels to add
*ponders bed or ftp*
(I helped save b3ta! lazygamer VS tittybiscuits, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:26, archived)
# i wouldnt put it past first(last) buses
(I helped save b3ta! connor, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:26, archived)
# Your example supposes that the rate of travel is constant
whereas it may be that, for instance, you travel 3/4 of the distance in the first 10 minutes. HA.

Edit: HA. HA HA HA. HAHAHAH HA.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:26, archived)
# ha
i tried to type exactly that but got confused.
(I helped save b3ta! connor, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:27, archived)
# I thought of a valid argument against that.....
Then forgot what it was .....then realised that that you are perfectly right ...!!!... call you mr. Spock from now on we will..!!
(The invisable man Is having a long lazy soak in search, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:34, archived)
# Quick!
That ticket is still valid for another hour and a half - go somewhere!
(I helped save b3ta! P3te "the Meat", Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:27, archived)
# your argument doesnt exsist!
grammar is merely syntax and pragmatics! (amongst others)
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:27, archived)
# Your vagina is wobbling.
(I helped save b3ta! monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:28, archived)
# why not try the new JML vagina suspension? ONLY £9.99!!!
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:31, archived)
# Free at any Robert Dyer,
(I helped save b3ta! monkdagola but how do you TURN a phrase?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 22:41, archived)