The clocks to be found in here are supposed to be for kids, but that isn’t going to stop me getting one for Christmas, subject to the generosity of a third party. The sound effects are probably NSFW, unless you work on a farm, or maybe a game reserve.
Essentially they are cuckoo clocks, but without the cuckoo. Instead, you can have the choice of various animals, complete with appropriate noises. I heard one at a friend’s house yesterday for the first time. Imagine my surprise when, at 8pm sharp, a cow shot out of the clockface and issued a moo-type noise before disappearing back to whence it came.
I have since read some reviews on Amazon concerning these clocks. Some customers have several of them, synchronised to sound like a barnyard every hour, on the hour.
Personally I’m going for the elephant, just so I can listen to people talking about the elephant in the room.
I misread the title as ‘Goo Clocks’. Actually, that would be pretty cool; a clock that oozes green slime on the hour. Maybe with some sort of sound effect.
After reading this thread, I decided I kind of want just a regular cuckoo clock for myself and looked them up. Holy crap, are they all that ornate? And expensive?
Just by the way, did you see the article in today’s New York Times? The most expensive apartment in Brooklyn is in the Clocktower Building. In the clocktower. It is three floors, the first floor has four glass walls with a freaking huge clock facing out from each one.
Crazy, eh? They’re a pain in the butt too. My father bought my mother one about ten years back and he’s forever having to fiddle with the chains and synchronize the chiming. My mom loves that clock though, so Dad perseveres.
As to the Coo clocks, I want the orangutan. Hoo, Hoo.