Clocks (don't drop the 'l')

[Mary]

I was called "Queen of the She-Devils" once by an agitated elderly patient with dementia. I think that trumps "witch".

[Heidi]

Jim wrote: "Oh, that's kind of mean Heidi, I like it!"

Oh, it'd only be a little white lie.

I've also been called a witch. In fact, an old roommate's mother wrote into a radio show once to say that I was a witch (didn't use my name, but our other roommate recognized some clues in the story - my daughter works at ''... she moved in with roommates in the neighborhood across from this landmark around this date... and the story was meant to be scary, but it just sucked) for a scary Halloween story contest... she said she even found a Bible with my name engraved on it, and their minister told them to "burn it!!!"

It was the Bible I loaned her crackhead daughter when she couldn't sleep at night because she saw a ghost in her closet that wanted to get her. I had wondered where it had gone and had searched the house high and low for it. And even searched for it after I moved...

Incidentally, her daughter kept talking about playing with the Ouija board in the house, but I made it clear that I did NOT want them to do that. And she hinted that she'd just do it when I wasn't around. I should mention that her mother is one of those Christians that gives Christians a bad name - she's EXTREMELY judgmental and closed-minded. So her daughter confided in me that she had dabbled in Wicca and occultism in secret for years. I kept it secret from her mother because, frankly, it wasn't my place to get involved. And I didn't see what the big deal was. For someone who's sworn that she's seen ghosts all her life though, I couldn't believe she'd even consider messing with a Ouija board. She apparently told her mother that it was my idea, and I tried to make her do it... and I can't remember what the other stuff was that she said, but it was infuriating and hurtful.

Incidentally, the Bible she burned was the last gift my grandfather gave me before he died. It was after my first semester of college. The Bible was given to me as a confirmation gift. He died on my birthday two weeks later.

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ok enough Bun! now you're scaring me!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I like a clock in every room. (Also a trash can in every room.) I have a somewhat formal looking clock on my mantelpiece. I always wear a wristwatch, even to bed. For watches it has to be analog. My alarm clock is digital. I really like the clocks with the numbers that flip over, which I associate with the 70s and bourgeois people with thick white carpets.

[Heidi]

BunWat wrote: "Aaaaagrrrrgggggghhhhhh a MINISTER told people to BURN BIBLES???? Arrrrghghghghghghghggh.

People make my head spin sometimes. "

Oh, I missed your response, TawNub - yes, he did. Weirdo.

Also, I, too, like "splonky." I shall try to incorporate it into my everyday vernacular.

[Sally, la reina]

Lobstergirl wrote: "I like a clock in every room. (Also a trash can in every room.) I have a somewhat formal looking clock on my mantelpiece. I always wear a wristwatch, even to bed. For watches it has to be analo..."


I don't like to be in a clockless room either.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

You mean cockless, don't you?

[Félix]

Cockless and Musseless, alive alive o.

[Sally, la reina]

Yes, LG. I need many cocks in a room to feel complete. That is exactly what I meant.

[Phil]

Oh crap. I read the thread title and immediately dropped the "l."

Back in the gutter we go. PEEN!

[Jonathan]

[Phil]

Ball and Peen in this pic!

[Aynge]

Doesn't matter to me either way. I like my analog Timex, and I like my digital alarm clock with the ceiling projection feature.

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I've had the same digital clock for over 20 years...I can remember it as far back as high school. It has huge numbers...cuz I can't see a thing without my glasses-- although, the alarm does decalcify bone.
Have had the same Timex wrist watch for about 8 years.

[Michele]

I prefer analog watches and clocks. The only good thing about digital is that I can see them without turning on the light. Has anybody taken a poll about children being able to "read" an analog clock?