Time Now
Why do they say “Time now…” on live TV?
You don’t need it. Time is now. Now is time. Pick one and go with it.
Time now for the weather where you are.
Time now for our phone-in competition.
Time now for a look at the papers.
In fact, that last one. Of course it’s a look at the papers. We’re on TV. We’re looking.
And we’re live, so if we do something, it’s going to be now. If you have to tell me about something before you show it, just say “papers”. Or technically: “Newspapers.”
It’s very difficult being me.
The time now is ten minutes past eight.
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:34 am
Time now to leave a comment, before navigating off to some other site, or possibly even do some work. Back to you in the studio.
Speaking of “Back to you in the studio”, you could probably perform a similar analysis on that phrase, and deduce that it can feasibly be whittled down to just a non-verbal thumbs up, accompanied by cheesy grin.
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:37 am
Thanks Pete. I agree. It’s 9:37 - time now to tell you there’s definitely a sense of overchumminess in the comments box at the moment, although quite how things will pan out remains yet to be seen. Wendy.
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
Sorry mateypops, I had my mouth full! Time now to find out what the weather’s doing down your comments box. Anyone?
Oooohoohooo! Stop that!
Oh, are we still on air?
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:41 am
Coming up later in the blog: are local teenagers out of control? (wipe) Uproar over the planned new housing developments (wipe) and does this kitten hold the cure for cancer? That’s all coming up, later in the blog.
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:54 am
It is? (clutches ear and looks worried) It is. Yes, um later.
Time now 9:54 - this is This Is This.
May 22nd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Uhhhhhmmm…(*stares at camera*)…….
Uh…. 12:07 PM. Want weather? Open a window.
Back to you, Clint. I mean Click. I mean Cliff!
May 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Sorry. Cameras and microphones make me nerous. Oh, are we still on? DANGIT.
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
While we’re on verbless sentences, what about ‘This report from…’?
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Ted, I thought that “verbless sentence” was an oxymoron.
(Not that a Bronze 2nd Dan is entitled to question a Triple Eagle Platinum X-tra.)
(Yes, I am still enjoying the commenter status thingy.)
(No, actually I don’t go out very much. Actually.)
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Time now is 4:17pm (22:17 to you UK chaps). Do you know where your children are?
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Oops, it says 9:19, something’s not right! Dammit, I can’t ever do things properly…
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Hey Kathryn - I can’t get the comments off GMT. There must be a British Summer Time setting here somewhere. (noise of springs and banging while spanners fall out of this blog and a basketball bounces by)
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
So the time now isn’t actually the time now?
This is why we need to be told…
May 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Clint, I use this plugin to (dodges a basketball) handle BST automatically.
(Winces while the sound of a number of metal things clattering to the ground can be heard from off of camera)