I quite agree, it's not that bad an analogy, especially for an old codger. This is a minority opinion. However, I *have* been joking that we should petition ICANN to add a .tubes TLD.

Reminds me of a Schwarzenegger movie, in which the End Of The World is in the offing. Someone mentions that the world will end at a particular time, and Arnie, quite correctly in my opinion, asks:

"Eastern Time?"

My wife and her siblings found this a hilariously stupid question, but wouldn't you want to know how much time you have left to save the world? You wouldn't want to just assume it's GMT, and be off by five hours.