--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/16/06 3:27:18 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The US spans six different time zones, so the Ed > > Sullivan show was on at different times that Sunday. > > The entire country did not watch the show at once. > > Anybody else see a problem with "no crime in the US > > for that one hour" now? > > Yup. Pure myth. I was in college on the East coast, > and I remember everybody crowding into a lobby of > one of the girls' dorms to watch it, because they > had the biggest TV. When we came out, we found that > someone had stolen most of the many bicycles that > had been left outside by the students. > > The things people make up... > > > > Actually there could be something to it. Many cities that have winning > sports teams find that crime during game time drops dramatically. Seems the > criminals like sports as well and take a break or people wait to report crimes > until after the game is over or the police wait to take the report when the game > is over. It could be that when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan that fewer > crimes were reported immediately while people watched the show regardless of the > time zones they were in. I still like the story told to Maharishi though, > it's sweet, maybe BS but still sweet. >
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