Clock Cock Up

29 August 2005
I have a clock, made in China, given to me by a Pharmaceutical Company. This clock uses a radio signal to 'correct' the time. I'm not sure what the source of this radio signal is, but I suspect it's satelite. The trouble is, this radio 'correction' always puts my clock an hour ahead of the correct time. You can fix the time manually but it inevitably re-'corrects' the time as soon as your back is turned. In addition, the makers of this clock are so sure that you would never have to fix it manually that adjusting the time is not simple. What is wrong with this clock? The only explanation I can think of is that the headquarters of this particular Pharmaceutical Company are in another country that just happens to be an hour ahead of my country and they overlooked this little point when they started distributing it outside their homeland. I fix the time regularly, then, again strangely, the clock will sometimes accept that I am right and switch off its auto-update for a month or so, but just when I think I can rely on it, it starts auto-correcting again. There is no obvious manual de-activation of the auto-update, I have to rely on the clock's 'wisdom' or lack of it. This clock has to be some kind of metaphor for life, and, of course, I wouldn't be parted from such a wonderfully flawed piece of technology. Incidently, the damned thing is again an hour ahead as I type this.
The only other issue for this blog is today's title. Try saying it again and again, as fast as you can, for the next three hours. You'll find it very difficult and may get arrested if you're in a public place. The point is not that it's a tongue-twister, but that it sounds like a clock. Yes, it does. Don't argue.
There endeth this blog. Stay tuned!