Cowboy Time

9.50am/pm is known as Cowboy Time, because if you say 'ten to ten' repeatedly, it sounds like a galloping horse - 'ten to ten to ten to ten to ten to ten to ten' etc.

Chap 1: "What time is it?"

Chap 2: "Ten to ten."

Chap 1: "Cowboy Time!"

by happynoj March 17, 2010

Cowboy Time

9.50am/pm is known as Cowboy Time, because if you sing ten to ten' repeatedly, to the tune of Rossini's William Tell Overture, it sounds like the theme tune to the Lone Ranger.

Chap 1: "What time is it?"

Chap 2: "Cowboy Time."

Chap 1: "Cowboy Time?"

Chap 2: "Yeah, ten to ten, ten to ten, ten to ten, ten, ten! ;-)

by Le-Chardon July 19, 2020

Cowboy Time

17.52

Pete: "What time is it?"

Roy: "Seventeen fifty two"

Pete: "Cowboy Time!"

by Tom squires September 29, 2011