Saudis Hope Giant Clock Will Set 'Mecca Time' (It's Mecca Time)

Yahoo News ^ | 8/10/2010 | Yahoo News

[Dallas59]

Muslims around the world could be setting their watches to a new time soon when the world's largest clock begins ticking atop a soaring skyscraper in Islam's holiest city of Mecca.

Saudi Arabia hopes the four faces of the new clock, which will loom over Mecca's Grand Mosque from what is expected to be the world's second tallest building, will establish Mecca as an alternate time standard to the Greenwich median.

The clock is targeted to enter service with a three-month trial period in the first week of the holy month of Ramadan on or about August 12, according to the Saudi state news agency SPA.

[DManA]

Hey Saudi’s - it’s later than you think.

[livius]

Soon to be installed at Ground Zero, no doubt.

Our little Muslim brethren are feeling a bit cocky, aren’t they? Gee, I wonder why.

[nascarnation]

Hopefully Baraq can be there to bow at the grand opening.

[Dallas59]

NASA Agrees that time is coming from Mecca......

[DManA]

Personally, I prefer liv’n on Tulsa time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GlDufZrCPE

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[Dallas59]

I want a Mohamed watch!

[martin_fierro]

It's Bob Ross Time, foo'.

[steveo]

Morons have their own rules for everything else so why not their own time standard.

"At the sound of the blast, the time will be the ninth century"

[haywoodwebb]

That'll be one sweet target!

[Andrea19]

My thoughts on the black stone...stop hammer time!

[NurdlyPeon]

Is it going to run counter-clockwise?

[GraceG]

Mecca Mean (Mean as in Evil) Time.

[Troublemaker]

Stop...Mecca Time.

[BenLurkin]

[Patrick1]

Bloomberg will put one in NYC and Obama can put one up in DC.

[Gaffer]

The Hajj.......Ground Zero of the rest of the new millenia....

[Sybeck1]

Almost Miller time here........

[NormsRevenge]

Tick Tick Tick Tick .. Oh yeah!!