At what point does the afternoon end and evening start?

Mint Sauce

5.30 this evening, pitchdark outside, and the TV station is commenting on its afternoon line up, personally I thought it was evening time.

What does the good people of AHs think?

Jamie2k9

Mint Sauce wrote: »

5.30 this evening, pitchdark outside, and the TV station is commenting on its afternoon line up, personally I thought it was evening time.

What does the good people of AHs think?

6 pm.

Around 4 o'clock.

My name is URL

When you've had your dinner

jobeenfitz

Ah its all in the head. Whatever you want yourself. You can decide.

Holsten

6pm.

Frosty McSnowballs

I'd say the afternoon is from 12:00 - 1700. I would class the evening time as 17:01 to 22:00.

SmurfX

Morning: 6-12
Lunchtime: 12-2
Afternoon: 2-5
Evening: 5-9
Night: 9 onwards

kwestfan08

I'd say any time from 4.30 - 5 pm. Whenever The Weakest Link used to start is when I used to associate the afternoon ending and the evening starting.

bodhrandude

OP are you actually a mint sauce?

Mint Sauce

bodhrandude wrote: »

OP are you actually a mint sauce?

No, but I can be a saucy at times.

Banjo String

Deleted User wrote: »

Around 4 o'clock.

Not tree fiddy?

looking_around

Always saw 12-3 as afternoon, so 4 o clock onwards as evening.
After 8/9 to be night.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055415705

Rho b

Sometime after afternoon tea and before the first gin and tonic as an apéritif:D

WilyCoyote

Afternoon NOON to 4pm
Evening .... 4pm to 9pm
Night ....... 9pm to dawn

OP, if you go with lamb ............ are you in after eight?

Mint Sauce

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Afternoon NOON to 4pm
Evening .... 4pm to 9pm
Night ....... 9pm to dawn

OP, if you go with lamb ............ are you in after eight?

Yes, but are you not busy chasing Road Runner.

MadsL

I'd say it depends if you had described an afternoon gathering to your housemate as "Lunch" or not.

kingcobra

Senor Jingle Balls wrote: »

I'd say the afternoon is from 12:00 - 1700. I would class the evening time as 17:01 to 22:00.

What about the one minute in between 17:00 and 17:01? :eek:

Onthe3rdDay

Depends on time of year. Evening begins for me at either 6pm or when it starts to get dark, whichever comes first.

BetterThanThou

Changes with the time of year if you ask me. At this time of year it can start getting dark at half 4 and the atmosphere feels like evening. However at the peak of summer you can go out shopping for the day and not realise it's 9 o'clock until the shops start closing because it's only just started getting dark.

Onthe3rdDay

AssH##e answer...isn't every minute afternoon expect for 12.00 mid-day itself?:D

joeguevara

Sheldon from the Big Bang theory says it best:

Wolowitz: "So, listen, what are you doing tomorrow afternoon?"
Sheldon: "Be more specific."
Wolowitz: "4:30."
Sheldon: "That's not afternoon. That's prevening."
Wolowitz: "What?"
Sheldon: "It's a time of day I invented. It better defines the ambiguous period between afternoon and evening, prevening. I'm fairly certain it will catch on as it fills a desperate need."

Spring Onion

6pm

StaticNoise

Whenever I have my first drink.

MadsL

joeguevara wrote: »

Sheldon from the Big Bang theory says it best:

Wolowitz: "So, listen, what are you doing tomorrow afternoon?"
Sheldon: "Be more specific."
Wolowitz: "4:30."
Sheldon: "That's not afternoon. That's prevening."
Wolowitz: "What?"
Sheldon: "It's a time of day I invented. It better defines the ambiguous period between afternoon and evening, prevening. I'm fairly certain it will catch on as it fills a desperate need."

Yeah. That's why I find that show desperately unfunny. Actually scratch that, just desperate.

Frosty McSnowballs

kingcobra wrote: »

What about the one minute in between 17:00 and 17:01? :eek:

Wellllll, 17:00 goes from 17:00:00 to 17:00:59 :P

MadsL

StaticNoise wrote: »

Whenever I have my first drink.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU

WilyCoyote

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Yes, but are you not busy chasing Road Runner.

TOUCHE ACME!

johnnyskeleton

SmurfX wrote: »

Lunchtime: 12-2

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

- Douglas Adams

Aestivalis

Morning 12am - 12pm
Afternoon 12pm - 6pm
Evening 6pm - 12am

MadsL

Aestivalis wrote: »

Morning 12am - 12pm
Afternoon 12pm - 6pm
Evening 6pm - 12am

And when would "the middle of the night" be???

PizzamanIRL

12pm - 5:59pm is afternoon
6pm - 12am is evening

McChubbin

4pm is Prevening.

ardinn

This was discussed on the last word and it was decided that as matt started the show with good evening, he ultimately made it law that evening started at 4:30!

WoollyRedHat

ardinn wrote: »

This was discussed on the last word and it was decided that as matt started the show with good evening, he ultimately made it law that evening started at 4:30!

Typical Fascist show , as a mouthpiece for this utterly facist state. If Cooper decides it's evening, then I declare it day, I'm a revolutionary, stop the oppression, bring in the light! The Last Word indeed.

Aestivalis

MadsL wrote: »

And when would "the middle of the night" be???

midnight of course! :pac:

Reindeer

Afternoon ends when the hangover starts to wear off, and evening starts with your first drink.