They heard somebody say it was twelve o'clock already.
"It must be," Shukhov said. "The sun's right overhead."
"If it's right overhead," The Captain shot back, "That means it's one o'clock, not twelve."
"How come?" Shukhov asked. "Any old man can tell you the sun is highest at noon."
"That's what the old guys say!" the Captain snapped.
"But since then, there's been a law passed and now the sun's highest at one."
"Who passed the law?"
"The Soviet Government!"
-- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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-- Mikhail Larionov - A Dancer in Motion. 1915
"It must be," Shukhov said. "The sun's right overhead."
"If it's right overhead," The Captain shot back, "That means it's one o'clock, not twelve."
"How come?" Shukhov asked. "Any old man can tell you the sun is highest at noon."
"That's what the old guys say!" the Captain snapped.
"But since then, there's been a law passed and now the sun's highest at one."
"Who passed the law?"
"The Soviet Government!"
-- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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-- Mikhail Larionov - A Dancer in Motion. 1915
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