These, however, were never meant to be used by Discordians and are thus too boring to merit any further consideration. To be the Discordian Time Measure, seeing as Discordians did not have one. Before I unload the principles of DTM on you, a brief word about Naming Conventions. This is when Discordian day begins. It may or may not be the same as your local time, most likely it isn't.
Any relationship is purely coincidental, arbitrary, and subject to disinfection.
This paragraph is not part of the Specification. The Thud is a lingering time. Remember that we started with 288 5-minute units. We are then left with 265 units to go. That's about it.