Benjamin Franklin?

Franklin's idea had nothing to do with clocks. In a joke, he simply proposed that lazy Parisian society arise from bed earlier in the day.

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I re-read this after 24 hours....I hope my reply didn't come across as being disparaging or angry. My only intent was to educate. If it did come across as being nasty, I want to apologize before more time goes by.

No. I always just do that to a really long comment. Just a habit. :)