Some modern sayings just don’t translate into the past. One of my favorite is, ‘If Edison hadn’t invented the light bulb,we’d be watching television in the dark!’
“They” say that about clocks, and since “they” were probably talking about analog clocks when they said it, “they” were right. Doesn’t quite apply to sundials, and it doesn’t work too well with digital watches either, since a broken one most likely will have no display at all.
My grandfather’s clock was the best ever made by the Timex comp-any. Just like the clock John Cameron Swayze displayed, last night on the old TV. Oh, it worked under water so perfectly. And it still makes a ticking sound. Which my grandfather tried only this afternoon. And, that’s how the old man drowned. Allan Sherman.
Farside99 over 8 years ago
“They” say a lot of things.
thirdguy over 8 years ago
I used to know them. They are actually nice people. Oh, and they say it is supposed to be nice today.
nyssawho13 over 8 years ago
Some modern sayings just don’t translate into the past. One of my favorite is, ‘If Edison hadn’t invented the light bulb,we’d be watching television in the dark!’
C.RAPPER over 8 years ago
Once – a – Day
sandpiper over 8 years ago
Reminds me of the three branches in D.C. – right once – rarely twice.
cubfan1937 over 8 years ago
I suppose the most obvious non-sequitur is" You can’t get there from here".
zeexenon over 8 years ago
They make battery-less watches that never need winding, why not iPhones without batteries and four bars in horror movies?
jtviper7 over 8 years ago
My broken watch is correct twice a day…
paullp Premium Member over 8 years ago
“They” say that about clocks, and since “they” were probably talking about analog clocks when they said it, “they” were right. Doesn’t quite apply to sundials, and it doesn’t work too well with digital watches either, since a broken one most likely will have no display at all.
tea62 over 8 years ago
That doesn’t make any sense at all.
danketaz Premium Member over 8 years ago
Actually, once the sun has set, the shadow is always falling on the correct time. (At least til dawn.)
Jim Kerner over 8 years ago
My grandfather’s clock was the best ever made by the Timex comp-any. Just like the clock John Cameron Swayze displayed, last night on the old TV. Oh, it worked under water so perfectly. And it still makes a ticking sound. Which my grandfather tried only this afternoon. And, that’s how the old man drowned. Allan Sherman.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 8 years ago
Any relative motion can be converted into electrical energy.Things which do not involve relative motion don’t have kinetic energy to convert.
jtviper7 over 8 years ago
My ears hurt…Someone had a bad day…