tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636747356450108593.post6825724067416959465..comments2023-11-20T06:05:20.853-05:00Comments on WIG & PEN:Excursions in Lateral Thinking from Amherst,Massachusetts and the Pioneer Valley: Meditations on Annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wig & Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15883988890861506854noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636747356450108593.post-23821870984369075312011-07-09T07:26:57.412-04:002011-07-09T07:26:57.412-04:00I"m curious! who was that clock hobbyist?I"m curious! who was that clock hobbyist?sitting stillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18200796577140619104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636747356450108593.post-53731841780831506902011-05-28T18:34:33.774-04:002011-05-28T18:34:33.774-04:00My cousin Patty and her son visited the Horologica...My cousin Patty and her son visited the Horological Department of Philadelphia's Wanamaker's Department Store on April Fools Day and discreetly set dozens of alarm clocks to go off minutes apart, starting in 20 minutes, hence. The initial cacophony was followed by one disturbing annoyance after another until a Wanamaker's department head organized a team to neuterize all the alarm clocks in stock. (Cousin Patty & son gleefully snickered at their terrorist plot from a distant corner, next to the down escalator.)<br />Alan RootAlan Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881363498945250414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636747356450108593.post-15986230091866249522011-05-28T06:04:48.255-04:002011-05-28T06:04:48.255-04:00Nice relativistic outcome in the demise of the clo...Nice relativistic outcome in the demise of the clock. Indelible life is something that is unavoidable, but annoying is something over which you might triumph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com