“Why is it called ‘after dark’ when it really is ‘after light’?”
“Why is it called ‘after dark’ when it really is ‘after light’?” is a one-line saying that has been printed on many images. The saying, along with other “why” questions, was posted on the newsgroup alt.basement.graveyard on August 14, 1998.
“After dark” can probably be better explained as “after it becomes dark.”
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Why is it called ‘after dark’, when it is really after light?
9 December 1999, Machine Design (Cleveland, OH), “Food for thought—part 2,” pg. 194:
Why is it called “after dark” when it is really after light?
10 December 1999, Vancouver (BC) Sun, :City limits,” pg. B5:
Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light” ?
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Yada, Yada, Yada.Com.Org.Edu.Gov.Email:
What I Learned on the WWW/Internet
By Joan E. Miller
San Jose, CA: Writers Club Press
2000
Pg. 33:
Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light”?
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The Official Best of the Net Joke Book, Book 2
By Tom Haran, III
Minneapolis, MN: Mill City Press, Inc.
2011
Pg. 213:
Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light”?
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Your Brain On Nature:
The Science of Nature’s Influence on Your Health, Happiness, and Vitality
By Eva M. Selhub, MD and Alan C. Logan, MD
Mississauga, ON:John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
2012
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Why is it called “after dark” when it really is “after light”? —George Carlin
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