Even the free market regulates store hours sometimes.   All the farmers' markets in my area, you have to open shop at exactly 8am and close at exactly 12pm, to be fair to everybody.  And that's even if you're sold out at 10--you still have to remain open until 12.  Otherwise people would be trying to open shop at 6am to try & increase sales, and soon they're sold out at 8am.  Then everybody else feels the pressure to be there at 6am, and you've pretty much screwed up the whole market.

Labor unions curtail the work hours of their members, even if the workers want to work longer hours (again, in an attempt to out-compete).  You have to show up to work at 8 and leave at 5. 

And then in athletics, the regulatory commissions (like the NCAA) forbid you from holding practice out-of-season.  Otherwise coaches would be holding 2-a-days the whole off-season and stress everybody out, in an attempt to be competitive.  And the student-athletes wouldn't be getting an education. 

Regulating the markets to cut back hours is not automatically a bad thing in this instance.  And it's arguable as to what exactly constitutes a "free market" or even if it's a good thing 100% of the time.

CarGuy made a funny.

@ CarGuy.... that's rude, about the lawyers, but I like it.

I know this banker who likes to go horse riding on weekends, so I asked him: "what's the only animal in the world with an arse hole half way along its back?"

He replied: "I don't know."

So I told him: "A banker's horse."

You guys are really hurting my feelings.   You don't know what I do for a living.   I'm going to need your names and contact information.

Okay, so are you gonna tell us?

Um, if I sent it you'd have to disappear soon thereafter.

It is highly hush hush.  

I was busting this one time so reluctantly went into a public convenience... and walked out prior to completing any business.

In the cubicle it said:

"It's No Use Standing On The Seat

The Crabs In Here Can Jump 10 Feet."

Nothing like that little ditty to make you wanna walk out and wait until you get home... even if it is 2 hours away.

Somebody else wrote on the bottom of the door, which stopped a foot short of the floor:

'Beware of Limbo Dancers"

I might be full of baloney, I'm not a lawyer.  

What do you call a bunch of lawyers skydiving out of an airplane?

Skeet.

And all your disposable income.

Oh jeez. Starkers is gonna love this. Even if it isn't for real.

I wonder why every thread I publish has to go completely OT?

I've not said much about that in the past, but why the heck not just start a thread about lawyers, politicians, bankers and ceos and keep the OT's there?

Yours and just about everybody elses... even Frogboy's, ID's and Jafo's at times

I think it's the nature of the beast that is WC  In fact, I've seen it across most Stardock forums I've visited.

It's not out of disrespect to you or the topic, though, it's just that when people see an opportunity for a bit of fun they usually take it.

I generally do it when I see others have, or when I see the forums getting too drab and boring, but I will try to contain my enthusiasm for a bit of tongue-in-cheek in your threads from here on in.