time going quickly

[mikesimm]

does anyone know why if you are a football fan and your team is winning by one goal and you are waiting for the final whistle, time seems to go slowly, but if you are losing 1-0 time seems to go quickly ?

[Rtaxron]

I thought the same myself watching Man Utd v Blackburn on Saturday.
We were 1-0 down from halftime till 3 minutes before full-time when Tevez scored, The second half seemed like 15 minutes.

[delboy3]

I thought injury time lasted twice as long whenever United need to score...

[Now-Voyager]

Einstein caricatured this matter as follows:

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."

From

http://www.bible-quotes-science-info.com/art/e instein-theory-relativity.htm