# Hickory, dickory dock! Bad, bad, bad beckdawrek and the mystery of the clocks, and other varied and sundry small items. (well, one thing is kinda big) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012 "2022-09-05T19:41:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/1 "2022-09-05T19:41:26Z")
So…I got sprung from jail (ummm, I meant the rehab facility) I have to go go back tonight. I came in the house this morning. It’s obvious they had a fast clean up. But it’s was clean, I was happy. Son-of-a-Wrek is doing a craw-fish boil. He got some nice shrimps too. He’s cooking up a party. Oh, my. I hope I live thru it. The weird thing in the house is all the clocks were off or the wrong. Even the micro-wave oven and my huge vintage VCR machine. (Yeah, I know but VCR tapes are cheap. All junk shops have them for about a quarter, but I digress…) I’ve had that clock working on that since the late eighties. But it wasn’t anymore. Just 4 blinking red lights. I stared at the lights. Yep, I’m being hypnotized. I broke away from the lights just in time. (Hmmm??) I sent the Li’l wrekker to get paper plates. I told her get AA batteries and AAA batteries. And C batteries. Don’t know why the C battery, but just in case. I walked around the upstairs all the alarm clocks were blinking. Why didn’t these people notice this. I’m getting afraid. Mass hypnosis? Hmmm?👽 I used exactly 2 batteries. The Li’l wrekker spent approximately $40 bucks. She got some of every kind. I have one old cheapy wall clock in the hall that takes 2 AAA, too run. Down stairs all the clocks were all on but the times were wrong. Except the Microwave. Impossible to set and chirps every 4 minutes to kindly let you know. Accckkk! My Grandfather clock has a mind of it’s own. Never has worked right. I dismiss that. Yep. Aliens👽 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/2 "2022-09-05T19:43:50Z")
Blinking lights can be a seizure trigger - just a warning. I’m glad you got to go home. Did you bring any cats with you? StG ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/3 "2022-09-05T19:46:55Z")
Sounds like aliens may have visited the house while it wasn’t under your supervision, and they stole a bunch of time. That’s how that “missing time” stuff works, right? If no Wreks recall being visited by aliens, that means it therefore must have happened, and the experience was during the missing time! Or something like that… ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/4 "2022-09-05T19:48:55Z")
n/m. I was worried that your OP cut off in mid-sentence, but I see that you’re back with us! 🥲 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/5 "2022-09-05T19:51:15Z")
Oh, you’re sweet to see about me. I actually was trying to edit a little. I’m kinda computer illiterate. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/6 "2022-09-05T19:54:02Z")
SOS! Need immediately a big supply of aluminum foil!! Dirty filthy Aliens​:alien:👽👽👽 ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/7 "2022-09-05T19:55:08Z")
You have to go back tonight? Or Beck tonight ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/8 "2022-09-05T20:12:33Z")
Y’all know my theory on Alien visitation, right? Oh, really? You don’t? Let me bring you up to date: I think the aliens are already here. Think wasps or bees. They are equipped with the probes. The kind that have a little bite to them (I know wasps or bees don’t bite, not even if they’re dead) Don’t forget the Murder Hornets. They are upping their game. All the wasps the Orkin man killed, in this place. And the few ran away. We’re on the list, I’m sure. Dirty, filthy Alien wasps​:alien:👽🐝🐝 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/9 "2022-09-05T20:16:53Z")
That emoji is supposed to be a bee. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/10 "2022-09-05T20:18:35Z")
It looks like bees. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/11 "2022-09-05T20:40:40Z")
I’m glad to see that you’re able to go home, at least for a visit! > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The weird thing in the house is all the clocks were off or the wrong. Even the micro-wave oven and my huge vintage VCR machine. (Yeah, I know but VCR tapes are cheap. All junk shops have them for about a quarter, but I digress…) I’ve had that clock working on that since the late eighties. But it wasn’t anymore. Just 4 blinking red lights. My guess: there was a power outage, and either (a) no one in the house knew how to reset the clocks on the various devices, or (b) they didn’t care. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > SOS! Need immediately a big supply of aluminum foil!! You could put a nice layer of aluminum foil on the inside of your cheesehead hat. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/12 "2022-09-05T20:53:59Z")
They all have phones and Smart watches. They probably never look at the wall. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/13 "2022-09-05T22:01:43Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My Grandfather clock has a mind of it’s own. Never has worked right. I dismiss that. Definitely do NOT put it at the top of the staircase because it might run down. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/14 "2022-09-05T23:30:13Z")
Yay Beck at home even if only briefly! – yeah, my bet’s on the power outage. Doesn’t take a long one to screw up most modern clocks. . . . except . . . Beck, did you mean that some of the clocks showing the wrong time run on batteries? wooooooooooo, maybe it is aliens – or somebody getting back for old practical jokes! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/15 "2022-09-05T23:37:35Z")
When she returns, the clocks will all be set at different hours. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/16 "2022-09-05T23:55:19Z")
> [@Retzbu\_Tox](#): > > Sounds like aliens may have visited the house while it wasn’t under your supervision, and they stole a bunch of time. That’s how that “missing time” stuff works, right? If no Wreks recall being visited by aliens, that means it therefore must have happened, and the experience was during the missing time! Or something like that… It was the Time Being. That’s what happens when you set things aside for him. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/17 "2022-09-06T00:38:18Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I’m glad you got to go home. Did you bring any cats with you? Is it odd that I first read that as: Did you bring any cash with you? > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > My guess: there was a power outage, and either (a) no one in the house knew how to reset the clocks on the various devices, or (b) they didn’t care. Maybe the aliens set up an SEP field around the clocks. (Somebody Else’s Problem) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/18 "2022-09-06T01:04:00Z")
It seems only one clock had batteries. $40.something later “I’ve still not gotten enough batteries for the upcoming Armageddon)” says Son-of-a-Wrek. Let me look at the receipt. BBinnaM Yep. She went to Walgreens. $40 for batteries I never needed. And $65 for the Li’l wrekker some make-up and hair products. I think. One item is called: Cake 12oz. I’m not sure , but I don’t think Cake is liquid… Oh, look, she bought a box of bandaids. So helpful. You know my house is built on some sacred Indian burial ground/black hole. I’ve been gone awhile. So…my return has been put on emergency. They had to be worrying about bigger things like a sinkhole and my house falls in. Accckkk! Worms be down there and tectonic plates. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/19 "2022-09-06T02:08:41Z")
Hickory, dickory dock Two mice ran up the clock The clock struck one… but the other one got away ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012/20 "2022-09-06T16:27:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Hickory, dickory dock I saw this thread title and thought it was going to be about The Killer Elite. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hickory-dickory-dock-bad-bad-bad-beckdawrek-and-the-mystery-of-the-clocks-and-other-varied-and-sundry-small-items-well-one-thing-is-kinda-big/971012.md?page=2)