Christmas of 2021 the Szechuan takeout we got in Rockford IL came with cryptocurrency-promoting fortune cookies – specifically for the soon-to-be-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX.
In the 1962 film “David and Lisa” Keir Dullea plays a young mental patient who, among other things, is obsessed with clocks and time. As I recall at one point he describes to a therapist his dream of equipping everyone with devices which would be constantly updated by a central facility with the correct time.
I carry an iPhone SE, but also wear a watch (cheapest Casio LCD digital) so I can get the time conveniently. (Remember the days of LED digital watches? To preserve battery life one had to press a button using the other hand to light up the display.)
I have a friend who collects watches and has a motorized 4-watch holder that tumbles them every minute or so to keep them wound.
Before the pandemic there was an eclectic seminar series held Fridays at noon at a local college; free submarine sandwiches were served. One Friday in Passover a member of our group of retirees – active in his Conservative synagogue – brought along matzoh to replace the bread in the sub he ate that day. The fact that his chosen sub was ham-and-cheese doesn’t seem to have been a problem (except for the ribbing he got from us at the time).
Evidently “through ventriloquism” is first on that list.