Don’t forget, the clocks go back an hour on Sunday. An extra hour is a gift that we wouldn’t want you to waste so we’ve come up with eleven ways to spend the extra time.
Carve your Halloween pumpkin
Don’t be fooled - it’s not a quick job – no knife is ever sharp enough and it will probably take a good few goes to get the face just right.
Text fun
Text your boyfriend saying: “I found a pink thong under your pillow and it isn’t mine” and time how long it takes for him to call you. Spend the rest of the hour laughing.
Make a night of it
The clocks go back at 2am on Sunday, so if you’re a nightowl then why stop the Saturday night fun early?
Watch the first and the last half hour of Friends
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the seminal show by spending your extra hour catching up with Joey, Chandler, Ross, Monica, Rachel and Pheobe. Clearly, you don’t have time to watch it all, so just turn on the first one so you’re reacquainted with how fresh faced and innocent they were.
Then fast forward a decade to see where they ended up.
If you’ve not seen it before, you’ll be satisfied that you know how they ended up without having to watch hours of people having coffee and wearing turkeys on their head. And if you have, all those ‘we were on a break’ memories will come flooding back. Now, this plan’s not perfect because the last episode was an hour long, so just watch the end of it.
Go to church
Each year, we all like to spend the extra hour thinking about our own mortality. But this time, why not find God by heading to your local church and joining in with the Sunday service. If it finishes early, spend the extra minutes in prayer and silent contemplation.
Cook something nice
Everyone’s favourite celebrity chef Jamie Oliver once wrote a book, recorded a TV series and probably nearly died so that we would all be able to cook a pukka meal in 15 minutes.
Use your extra hour by knocking up four. Winter’s coming you could do with the extra fatty warmth.
Or maybe just concentrate on one thing.
Plan some romance
Take the time to consider your significant other, or lack thereof, and hatch a plan to spoil/impress. You’ll be surprised by how much you can organise in an hour.
Chill, love...save the world
As discussed in the Craig David song Seven Days, one could enjoy an extra hour of love making on Saturday night or, if that’s not your thing, an extra hour of ‘chilling’ on Sunday.
Madonna and JT (Justin Timberlake) say you have four minutes to save the world in the irresistibly lively song ‘4 minutes’. With an extra hour, one could save the world an impressive 15 times.
Go selfie crazy
A student at Glasgow Caledonian University managed to take 657 selfies in an hour. It’s a world record. Beat that.
Start that novel/screenplay
You know, the one you keep saying you want to write. Here’s a free hour. Fire up the laptop, just don’t open the internet browser – that was distraction and failure lay.
Watch a ‘classic’ film you’ve never seen before
People talk up the likes of The Godfather but maybe you’re not convinced. If you give it a watch with your extra hour and decide you don’t like it then you’ll have actually only wasted an hour and 40 minutes.
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