I asked my parents for the Dead Kennedys Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death for Christmas in 1984...they gave my brother, my sister, and me each a copy of Michael Jackson's Thriller......ummmm, no.
i have a clock just like that i got it for my grandparents :) its great lots of neat calls also tho it has a auto setting in it so its doesnt do any calls after 12pm and 7am :D
My parents have that clock. But theirs has been slowing down lately, so all the birds sound very large and mean. And it's controlled by a photosensor, so it is hushed when it's dark out -- but when you hear a distant, angry bird whispering in the middle of the night, you're first instinct is to turn on the light, which makes the clock think it's suddenly daylight out, so it starts yelling its angry bird calls at you.
Moral of the story: Don't raid my parents' fridge at 2 am. (That's when the Barry Manilowe and James Earl Jones of owls are hooting.)
Gord, I think that is about the funniest thing I've ever read. And this comes after a good long day reading Failblog, Emails from Crazy People, There: I fixed it, Cake wrecks, etc.
My Aunt had that clock, I used to take the batteries out when she went to work and hope she wouldn't notice. The wonderful thing that they don't state on the packaging is that the "mating calls" sound like torture cries and aren't easily identifiable as having come from a bird. To the maker's defense it does have a light sensor that keeps it silent when the room is dark unfortunately this doesn't help at 6:00am on a saturday morning.....or 7:00am, or 8:00am.
My Aunt had that clock, I used to take the batteries out when she went to work and hope she wouldn't notice. The wonderful thing that they don't state on the packaging is that the "mating calls" sound like torture cries and aren't easily identifiable as having come from a bird. To the maker's defense it does have a light sensor that keeps it silent when the room is dark unfortunately this doesn't help at 6:00am on a saturday morning.....or 7:00am, or 8:00am.
Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Costanza wins the trivia game with the Boy in the Bubble over the misprint of "Moors." "The Moops"...it's in print, it has to be right. <3
October 8, 2006
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I asked my parents for the Dead Kennedys Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death for Christmas in 1984...they gave my brother, my sister, and me each a copy of Michael Jackson's Thriller......ummmm, no.
Sic the Droips on them.
"Droip..." You can't argue when it is print...
i have a clock just like that i got it for my grandparents :) its great lots of neat calls also tho it has a auto setting in it so its doesnt do any calls after 12pm and 7am :D
"ah so it does............"
The perfect response to any correction.
My parents have that clock. But theirs has been slowing down lately, so all the birds sound very large and mean. And it's controlled by a photosensor, so it is hushed when it's dark out -- but when you hear a distant, angry bird whispering in the middle of the night, you're first instinct is to turn on the light, which makes the clock think it's suddenly daylight out, so it starts yelling its angry bird calls at you.
Moral of the story: Don't raid my parents' fridge at 2 am. (That's when the Barry Manilowe and James Earl Jones of owls are hooting.)
Gord, I think that is about the funniest thing I've ever read. And this comes after a good long day reading Failblog, Emails from Crazy People, There: I fixed it, Cake wrecks, etc.
what better time for mating calls, indeed!
i can hear the implied snuffle of the gift giver in panel one....it carried over to the rest of them. now i cant i get it out of my head...
"droips...*snuffle, push glasses up*...is says so on the box."
now you have it too. glad i could share.
wasnt this the sports guy..
My Aunt had that clock, I used to take the batteries out when she went to work and hope she wouldn't notice. The wonderful thing that they don't state on the packaging is that the "mating calls" sound like torture cries and aren't easily identifiable as having come from a bird. To the maker's defense it does have a light sensor that keeps it silent when the room is dark unfortunately this doesn't help at 6:00am on a saturday morning.....or 7:00am, or 8:00am.
My Aunt had that clock, I used to take the batteries out when she went to work and hope she wouldn't notice. The wonderful thing that they don't state on the packaging is that the "mating calls" sound like torture cries and aren't easily identifiable as having come from a bird. To the maker's defense it does have a light sensor that keeps it silent when the room is dark unfortunately this doesn't help at 6:00am on a saturday morning.....or 7:00am, or 8:00am.
The problem here is a lack of creativity. What we need is a clock with Star Wars characters' mating calls.
"No, I'm sorry - the answer is Moops!"
What we need now is a way to stop thinking about Star Wars characters' mating calls. Well, I need one. "Mrrm. Do, or do not."
Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Costanza wins the trivia game with the Boy in the Bubble over the misprint of "Moors." "The Moops"...it's in print, it has to be right. <3