Sky-watchers will be burning the midnight oil today (Saturday) as one of the year's most spectacular meteor showers reaches its fiery peak. (Manchester Evening News)Well, they won't will they? The one thing that the sky-watchers will not be doing, if they want to see meteors, is burning midnight oil. How counter-productive would that be? They're much better off blowing the midnight oil out, and standing in the dark. It saves the planet, and gives them a chance of seeing meteors....
Saturday, 13 December 2014
Quick Meteor Rant
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I have a feeling that the use of the expression "burning the midnight oil" in this case represents purely the employment of a go-to journalistic metaphor. But there is clearly a lack of precision in this text which outrages logic, and which you have correctly identified. Fair play to you!!
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Except Santa. He's just there to add some festive merriment.....
If this account is to be believed, midnight oil will be unnecessary as it won't be dark at all:
ReplyDelete"Hundreds Of Meteors Will Light Up The Night Sky Tonight"
http://www.iflscience.com/space/check-out-sights-and-sounds-geminid-meteor-shower
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