2 Minute Silence Across Europe Today 12:00 BST

[JoeM]

That is:

11:00 GMT

12:00 CET

13:00 EET

In memory of those who died, were injured or bereaved last Thursday.


This is more a notice than a discussion thread, but didn't know what else to do...

 

[Gelion]

Thank you I was looking for that....

EDIT: Actually I should have read BBC first:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4679681.stm

 

[JoeM]

<edit> Trying to be two smart - the silence starts at 12:00 and finishes at 12:02 </edit>

 

[JoeM]

Bump.

To draw attention.

 

[JoeM]

Last bump.

 

[Rambuchan]

Very good of you to inform everyone Joe. There are also a number of vigils taking place, starting at 6pm.

 

[h4ppy]

Do minutes of silence actually do anything?

 

[Bartleby]

They stop noise, to an extent, for a short period of time.

 

[Rambuchan]

And train your thoughts on the grief.

 

[kronic]

What does BST stand for?

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Biatch slappin' time? Sorry Im channel surfing and momentarily had a rap video on.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

They stop noise, to an extent, for a short period of time.

What would happen if live on TV, somebody passed wind loudly during one of these much hyped moments of silence?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

And more importantly for us American-centric yahoos, what is that EST?

 

[kronic]

EET probably is Eastern European Time.

 

[alphanav1]

And more importantly for us American-centric yahoos, what is that EST?

Doing GMT - (5CDT,4EDT,6MDT,7PDT) really isn’t that hard to do.

BST is British Summer time.

 

[sysyphus]

We observed it in Canada too, though the times ranged from 3:00 - 8:00, so most of us were sleeping.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Do minutes of silence actually do anything?

It allows us to remember the victims, be thankful for our own lives and think towards the future. Stuff like that. It's a mark of respect, really.

I was asleep at the time, didn't know there was a silence until after. I suppose technically I was silent.

What would happen if live on TV, somebody passed wind loudly during one of these much hyped moments of silence?

Everyone would laugh, ignore it, or cast evil glares towards the offender

 

[kronic]

BST is British Summer time.

It might have made sense to mention the CEST instead of CET then.

Well, at least I was silent since I slept until 13:15 CEST.