So we move the same amount of daylight to a different part of the day, and one hour of darkness to the other end of the year. Where does the saving come in?

Come to think of it, what does "saving" mean these days? My partner came home and said, Look Izi, I saved £20 on this gorgeous dress. It was only £99.

Sweetheart, I replied, you didn't save £20, you spent 99. But you look great in the dress.

"If I were a shadow, I know I wouldn't like to be half of what I should be."
Mr Otsuka, the old black tomcat in Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami)