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Adolf Oliver Nipples

2011-11-04 02:05:07 PM

...would probably approve if he didn't have to register to read the article. BOYYYYY!

Englebert Slaptyback

2011-11-04 02:13:14 PM

"'Scuse me while I whip this out..."

Cybernetic

2011-11-04 02:15:03 PM

The other day I was walking around with my clock in my hand. People didn't seem to mind.

SoCalSurfer

2011-11-04 02:15:38 PM

I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

CygnusDarius

2011-11-04 02:16:12 PM

I hate it when people clockblock me in bars. It's so annoying.

Fano

2011-11-04 02:16:31 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

As opposed to whipping out your iphone

pute kisses like a man

2011-11-04 02:17:13 PM

during the french revolution, revolutionaries took aim at the clocks, realizing the evil they laid upon society.

large public clocks were a mechanism and symbol of the dehumanization of the industrial revolution. The clock signified to the laborer that you no longer provide your service, now your provide your time. It was a creation of the factory baron to synchronize the lives of his lessers; it became the chiming sound of your soul slowly eroding alongside the clang of your new metal machine music.

CygnusDarius

2011-11-04 02:17:16 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

There's an ad for expensive watches that has an interesting motto that might explain things: "Time is only an excuse".

SweetSaws

2011-11-04 02:17:35 PM

I'm expecting "ceilingkittie.jpg" due to the guy sticking outta the clock, or perhaps clockkittie.jpg

micah1701

2011-11-04 02:18:41 PM

Hey kid, thumb a hundred bucks will ya, help save the clock tower.

dr.zaeus

2011-11-04 02:19:04 PM

idiocracy_flashing_clock.jpg

Pants_Optional

2011-11-04 02:19:17 PM

Amusingly enough, people went from pocket watches, to wrist watches and now back to a device that you keep in your pocket. Sure it does other stuff but still, keeping the clock in the pocket.

Rufus Lee King

2011-11-04 02:20:24 PM

tricycleracer

2011-11-04 02:21:52 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

Yeah, my Fossil watch evokes feelings of envy from friends and strangers alike.

/Can't. Leave. House. Without. Watch.

Hot Rod Zoidberg

2011-11-04 02:23:00 PM

Jester_King

2011-11-04 02:24:00 PM

micah1701: Hey kid, thumb a hundred bucks will ya, help save the clock tower.

i300.photobucket.com

Car_Ramrod

2011-11-04 02:25:06 PM

tricycleracer: SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

Yeah, my Fossil watch evokes feelings of envy from friends and strangers alike.

/Can't. Leave. House. Without. Watch.

I was an usher in a wedding a few years ago, and the groom bought all his groomsmen watches. It is awesome, and I wear it all the time.

Also, it's much easier to look at your watch than to pull your phone out. You can do it so much more subtly in meetings, too.

Renart

2011-11-04 02:25:33 PM

Rock out with your clock out.

FROGSTOMPER

2011-11-04 02:29:17 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

I hate when I forget my watch and have to take my phone out of my pocket just to see what time it is, especially if I have something in my hands. with a watch all you have to do is glance at it.

I'm a grown man so I don't care about looking cool anymore.

BurnShrike

2011-11-04 02:29:43 PM

I prefer my clock with two hands on it.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body

2011-11-04 02:29:49 PM

Car_Ramrod: tricycleracer: SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

Yeah, my Fossil watch evokes feelings of envy from friends and strangers alike.

/Can't. Leave. House. Without. Watch.

I was an usher in a wedding a few years ago, and the groom bought all his groomsmen watches. It is awesome, and I wear it all the time.

Also, it's much easier to look at your watch than to pull your phone out. You can do it so much more subtly in meetings, too.

This.

MBooda

2011-11-04 02:30:22 PM

Begging for an animated photoshop:
www.washingtonpost.com

Doc Daneeka

2011-11-04 02:32:28 PM

Rufus Lee King

2011-11-04 02:33:39 PM

The Irresponsible Captain

2011-11-04 02:34:14 PM

Subby's assuming kids today know how to read analogue clocks.

/My forecourt, get ye from it.
//Excuse me while I write a letter to my cousin in my finest hand.

SkittleBrau

2011-11-04 02:34:42 PM

Rock out with your clock out??

As somebody who makes a living from watches and clocks, I'm getting a kick out of somebody who is interested in spending money on clocks. Because that is good for me.

BurnShrike

2011-11-04 02:35:07 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

I wear a watch because it's small and easy to carry/wear.
I wear a watch because I don't carry a phone with me when I'm at home.
I wear a watch because even when I *do* have my phone on me, it's much easier to glance at my wrist than pull out my phone.

TheMega

2011-11-04 02:35:28 PM

Fano: SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

As opposed to whipping out your iphone

Exactly.... "Woo Hoo, look at me, I have one of the latest phones from last month, and I'm going to get a new one next week, too.
What? Yes I was just fishing around in my pocket to dig out my cellphone and check the time... NO, I DID NOT HAVE MY HAND IN THERE FOR 5 MINUTES!!! What little wet spot? Where? There's no damned wet spo.. that? It's uhh, just... I had tuna salad for lunch and must have droppe.... Whadyamean I never even looked at the time?! It is NOT 8:10am!!! It is? Leave me alone!"

Trocadero

2011-11-04 02:35:34 PM

It's the Black Clock of Time!

slapmastered

2011-11-04 02:35:35 PM

Don't you hate it when the cute girl at the bar notices you are wearing a watch, comes to ask for the time, but then remembers she has her phone with her?

What a clock-tease...

drhansenej

2011-11-04 02:36:55 PM

Link (new window)

very relevant.

Rufus Lee King

2011-11-04 02:37:39 PM

Clemkadidlefark

2011-11-04 02:38:38 PM

Oops. Misread headline

/my bad

MoronLessOff

2011-11-04 02:39:55 PM

Pants_Optional: Amusingly enough, people went from pocket watches, to wrist watches and now back to a device that you keep in your pocket. Sure it does other stuff but still, keeping the clock in the pocket.

I still wear a pocket watch. I've never liked wearing wrist watches.

DirkTheDaring

2011-11-04 02:40:23 PM

"Excuse me, do you have the time?"

Sure, if you've got the energy.

MorePeasPlease

2011-11-04 02:41:39 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

You think that?
Really?

Oookay.

Doc Daneeka

2011-11-04 02:42:10 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

There's nothing especially "cool" about my wristwatch, and I don't pretend there is.

However, it is still far easier to look down at my wrist than it is to fish my phone out of my pocket and turn on the screen.

Looking at my wrist is something I can still do when both hands are full of stuff, and I can do it discretely in a meeting.

Plus it requires close to zero maintenance. My phone needs to be recharged every night. My watch battery only needs to be replaced once a year or less.

numbone

2011-11-04 02:43:42 PM

I wear a Rolex and carry a gun. I'll be able to tell the officer what time the dead guy tried to take my watch.

tricycleracer

2011-11-04 02:46:49 PM

Like a boss:

www.strikesandspares.de

charttn

2011-11-04 02:48:02 PM

I'm still waiting...............

hjy6

2011-11-04 02:48:41 PM

Link (new window)Coolest clock Scares children

Adolf Oliver Nipples

2011-11-04 02:52:21 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

I went without a watch for a few weeks when I misplaced mine, going the phone route. I'll never do it again.

ilgallo

2011-11-04 02:54:01 PM

Fano: SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

As opposed to whipping out your iphone

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Minimally Hairy Beer-Powered Simian

2011-11-04 02:54:08 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

Looking cool is something only wittle teenie boys care about.

dittybopper

2011-11-04 02:55:31 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

I won't carry a phone with me. I could set my ham radio handheld to display the time, and I did one time when I was out hunting and had left my watch at home, but much like pulling a stupid phone out of my pocket, it's a lot more work than just glancing at my wrist.

kbronsito

2011-11-04 02:55:47 PM

Jester_King: micah1701: Hey kid, thumb a hundred bucks will ya, help save the clock tower.

[i300.photobucket.com image 500x314]

i came for this.

JLEM

2011-11-04 02:57:31 PM

Digital clocks displaying time and temperature are often comically wrong about both.

If only there was a way to fix that...

dittybopper

2011-11-04 02:59:46 PM

Car_Ramrod: it's much easier to look at your watch than to pull your phone out. You can do it so much more subtly in meetings, too.

Not only that, but an analog clock face (which you can of course replicate on a smart phone) gives a good graphical representation of time. Much better than digits.

red5ish

2011-11-04 03:01:04 PM

pute kisses like a man: during the french revolution, revolutionaries took aim at the clocks, realizing the evil they laid upon society.

large public clocks were a mechanism and symbol of the dehumanization of the industrial revolution. The clock signified to the laborer that you no longer provide your service, now your provide your time. It was a creation of the factory baron to synchronize the lives of his lessers; it became the chiming sound of your soul slowly eroding alongside the clang of your new metal machine music.

Very romantic sounding but wholly inaccurate. Public clocks predate the 19th century industrial revolution by centuries (a fact you illustrate yourself by citing their existence in 18th century revolutionary France), They were most certainly NOT the creation of "factory barons".

mod3072

2011-11-04 03:02:02 PM

SoCalSurfer: I never did understand why people still wear watches when everyone has a phone.

Hint: it makes you look like someone who tries to hard to look cool

Yeah, I wear around a $25 Timex to make a fashion statement. That's the ticket!

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