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This watch (digital, shirley) goes blank between hours you select during the setting process.
This way, when someone says, "you need to be there at 5:00 AM" you can rightfully say that according to your watch, there IS no 5:00 AM.
When you arrive "on time" (by virtue of the other clocks in your
home or car, probably), you can prove it.
Huxley's Teapot
http://www.is.wayne...sani/a&s/allsci.htm
Majorly cops out, literally. [rcarty, Jan 23 2008]
If you want a film, [marklar], here's the closest
http://www.imdb.com...le/tt0110588/quotes
... but I don't think they managed to work that one-liner into it. [pertinax, Jan 24 2008]
time-twigs
Uses opportunity to promote own idea for average time. I actually made one of these, and it's on my wall. [xenzag, Jan 24 2008]
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What's wrong with the present and accepted technique of when someone says "you need to be there at 5:00am" you can rightfully say "well you can fuck right off". |
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"Sorry, I will be unconscious at that time, and can't verify if it exists." |
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"Holy crap, I never knew there were two 5 'o clocks" |
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I can't remember the film or the exact quote. |
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Time is an unpleasant illusion caused by depressed levels of ethanol in the bloodstream. |
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It was Dorothy Parker, [marklar], way back when people were sometimes unscriptedly witty in real life... and I think it was *eight* o' clock. |
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Wasn't she the mother of Lady Penelope's Butler/Chauffeur ? |
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I read that as:
//Wasn't she the mother of Lady Penelope's Butter Chafer?// |
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I like the idea. I want this watch. Leave out those dumb boring hours. [+] |
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