On Jul 1, 8:55=A0am, s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Ian) wrote:
> This morning =A0I was tottering round looking for certain lost items to
> return to their familiar old places in the house. =A0One I was always
fond=
> of was =A0a talking clock in the shape of a cube about 3 inch all round,
w=
ith =A0a
> single button to hit to make it speak the time.
> I've had it maybe e 15 years beside various beds in two countries.
> At one point, in the computer room, I picked up a carton and put it
> down again with a bump, and a little voice said: =A0"Ten twenty-five
> ayem".
> Hello, I thought, either I'm hallucinating or that clock is trying to
tell=
> me something, =A0like Help, I'm in here! =A0Went into the box, dug out
som=
e
> stuff, and sure enough,
> there was the little darling ready for duty once more!
> Makes yu fink, dunnit ....
> --
> Ian
Living with four kids in an age of electronic toys, I hear those
voices all the time.
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