XPost: alt.suicide.holiday, alt.usenet.kooks, alt.troll   
   From: conio@bool.mu   
      
   On 3/13/2011 7:53 PM, miguel wrote:   
   > On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:01:09 -0700 (PDT), Mel   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Clocks aren't very useful. All they are intended to do is tell you   
   >> what time it is, which isn't really that helpful unless you have   
   >> something important to do. To keep a clock around as a matter of   
   >> course seems a bit strange to me.   
   >>   
   >> And most clocks, these days, run on batteries. This is usually a   
   >> source of much frustration for most people. Not everyone keeps   
   >> batteries around that aren't already being used, usually for something   
   >> way more important than as a replacement power source for their clock.   
   >>   
   >> The day when clocks power themselves will be a joyous one!   
   >>   
   >> I suppose, when I think about it, some already do. Solar powered   
   >> clocks. I wonder how they performed this feat in the stoneage? Solar   
   >> powered sun dials?   
   >>   
   >> And what about at night, when clocks are generally most useful? I   
   >> guess that's why they invented battery operated clocks.   
   >>   
   >> You know the old saying "Time flies when you're having fun"? I wonder   
   >> where that comes from?   
   >>   
   >> I doubt it's from when someone throws their clock out their third   
   >> story window, because of it's crap performance.   
   >>   
   >> And don't get me started on forks......   
   >   
   > You a Palin supporter?   
      
   Who doesn't love Michael Palin?   
      
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