Hi everyone!

I don't know if it's a mistake, I'd like think it MUST have sense, but...

I think, and many people think too, that in the island time passes slower than in the rest of the world, isn't it? So, that would be the reason of why Richard Alpert doesn't age, or why Walt is older than he must if he would have stayed in the island, or the time lap in Dan's rocket's clock....

Therefore, I am worried for something: Losties stay in the island since september the 22th, or, the same, the plane crashed about 93 or 94 days ago; in the island, TODAY, is Christmas Eve. But, if the "out-time" passes faster, wouldn't have passed MORE time than 3 months? Wouldn't be, outside, a day of March, May, or even November?

Do you know what I mean? I say, why it's Christmas outside the island? You can think the calender on the boat is false, but in Penny's hous is Christmas too!!

I am very confused about that, any thought????

Ah, Sayid says that they left in the evening and when they arrive at the freigther it's in the morning! May be anything like "time dilatation", or similar...????

We do not know for sure that it is 2004. Two interesting things - (1) we heard Penny's voice but did not see her, maybe because she is older than we think. (2) Desmond told her he would call on Dec 24, 2004. She was searching for him, yet it took her a long time to answer the phone. Why wasn't she sitting by the phone? Maybe because it is not 2004 for her.

sitting by the phone all day?, thats unlikely

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It was to build tension! its only a tv show after all!

According to Faraday and the calender on the boat it is 2004.
1) I saw penny. She was hanging out by her christmas tree at home talking to Des on the boat phone. (did you miss this part maybe?)
2) I'm going with craze7 on this one, it took her a long time to answer because they were building tension.

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Well, maybe it's only christmas for the "real" world; we don't know what date it is exactly on the island...I forgot how long the losties have been on the island *shame on me* But never mind: So it could be that it's actually just October or November ON the island...

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The plane crashed September 22 2004. The day count at lostpedia says they have been on the island for 96 days. To my count this would place the date on the island smack dab on Christmas Day. ( or 1 days difference depending on if you count the day the plane crashed as an island day) The calendar on the boat was marked down to the 23rd of December. So if there is any time difference the island is moving faster, but took three months to accumulate 2 days worth of time on the island.

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And then there is the international date line. It could be tomorrow on the island and yesterday in jolly old England.

Right! Take that into consideration and it probably all fits! Thank you Hazzard! I am really bad at math, can any one figure out how many seconds a day it would take to gather 24 to 48 hours over the 96 days they have been on the island?

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