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Face-Clock

"Got the time on you, mate?"

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Getting sick of being asked for the time by total strangers on the street? These wasteful encounters can now be avoided thanks to the 'face-clock'.

The Roman numerals I to XII are branded or tattooed in a circle on the forehead and a miniature clock mechanism (with hour, minute and second hands) is stuck or surgically implanted in the middle allowing passers-by to casually keep check on the time of day. The clock face actually consists of *your* face.

Now you'll be the one asking strangers for the time!

—	berno, Dec 08 2005

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I have long pondered why these strangers do not have their own watches. After all, reliable watches can be easily bought for $5 to $10 in most locales.

Now, there are those would-be muggers or shills, who will ask the time in order to see the expense of your watch. Aside from those, however, I can only assume these people are looking for human contact, and you do badly to rebuff their advances.

Btw, if you use a reverse clock, then you can tell the time simply by looking in mirrors or windows.

—	DrCurry, Dec 08 2005

Why should I have a clock surgically implanted on my forehead for the benefit of complete strangers?

—	hidden truths, Dec 08 2005

Because you can! "What time is it?" "Why, it's left ear after nose o'clock. No, wait...sorry, I was looking in the mirror"

—	sleeka, Dec 08 2005

or maybe instead of painfully implanting mechanical hands into your face, your nose could act as the centrepoint of a sundial and simply cast a shadow on the time.

—	shinobi, Dec 10 2005

//Now you'll be the one asking strangers for the time!//
Or for them to stop staring.

—	Letsbuildafort, Dec 10 2005

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