"Dad! Dad!" the boy says, "I've found out the most amazing thing!""What?" I ask, torn away from the brain-sapping excitement of the X Factor, "This had better be better than the brain-sapping excitement of the X Factor."
"If you dial 123, this guy at the other end of the phone tells you the time."
"..."
"That's just BRILLIANT!"
"That, my son, is called the Speaking Clock. And it's been going forever."
"Oh. Right."
"And I'm blogging this."
"You git."
And a bit of a hero-gram
Remember my recent biscuit-related woe at the hands of a packet of shoddy Co-op Rich Teas?
They reply!
Dear Mr Duck,I heart you The Co-op. I really heart you.
We're sorry to hear about your recent biscuit-related woe at the hands of a packet of shoddy Co-op Rich Teas.
Please accept our apologies, our pledge that all biscuits will be individually stress tested as per EU regulations, and some vouchers.
Your pals,
The Co-op.
6 comments:
There's a man on the other end of the phone telling the time?!!!
Unless it was Chris Moyles, I believe the speaking clock (or Timeline(tm)) is voiced by one Sara Mendes da Costa.
STOP CALLING ME DAMMIT!
Send this complaint to all biscuit factories and YE'R GONNA BE RICH!
Now, now Duck. Stop teasing the Lad. The Speaking Clock has not been going on since the beginning of time and I can prove this. Yesterday it said to me "at the third stroke the time will be.." and it can't have been the real third one as it only took three seconds to peep and I am almost 50 years of old.
Mess with his head. Tell him the speaking clock was there before time itself.
This can't work as a matter of fact, that is exactly what I believe.
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