Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for November 05, 2019

But it only works on sunny days.

Looks a bit heavy, Wiz – did you make it out of cast iron?

Not very useful if you need a spotter to use it.

It looks like Wiz has got a lot of time on his hands.

It also includes a pedometer and calculator.

Guaranteed to add inches to your biceps and forearms.

The sundial has to be pointed north, so you’ll need a compass on your other wrist.

Call it a dumbell, instead.

Self-winding?

Is it a good thing if you have to use the other arm to hold the arm with the watch up?

The first bright idea for the invention of a watch…

Thus the origin of the saying “Don’t run with that, you’ll poke your eye out!”

and now you know the rest of the story.

Look out! Before long, he will decide he’d rather have a pocket watch!

I recently bought a new wrist watch. They are mostly about 50% larger than I need, the current fashion.

Works at least twice a day.

Alexander the Great tried something first. It was a piece of cloth treated with chemicals and worn around the wrist. He called it Alexander’s Rag Time Band.

I’m not actually recommending this, but I was pretty sure I’d heard of novelty wrist sundials with built in compasses so that you can point them correctly. Here’s an example. Of course, if you really want to use it correctly, you have to correct the compass for declination depending on where you are.

https://www.amazon.com/Antique-Steampunk-Compass-Sundial-Watch-Leather/dp/B075HH82BJ/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=wrist+sundial&qid=1572960286&sr=8-4

Dude! You’re going to poke someones eye out.

There is this replica from 1570:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/786441153658184404/

But by far the more elegant design is the Lady Aquitaine sundial ring. Replica in modern materials:

https://www.amazon.com/Retroworks-Sundial-Ring-Silver-Finish/dp/B008TB3CH0

try bringing THAT thru a TSA checkpoint….

Time is on his side, yes it is

Actually, his left side

Which in now going to through out his spine alignment

I looked again…..I’m not sure which side…….but his chiropractor will know….

No batteries, no winding.

Looks like a wrist trebuchet

At first I thought it was the precursor to the derringer!

There’s an app for that.