# How many clocks do you have to "fall behind"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-do-you-have-to-fall-behind/378224>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-do-you-have-to-fall-behind/378224 "2006-10-28T12:48:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-do-you-have-to-fall-behind/378224/61 "2006-10-30T19:32:02Z")

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Hmmmmm…

Alarm clock in my bedroom  
Stove, microwave and coffee pot in the kitchen  
Clock on top of the entertainment center in the living room  
Clock on the back porch  
Alarm clock in the guest bedroom  
Alarm clock and VCR clock in the study. For some reason the VCR in there does not set itself like the others do.  
Truck, Blazer, and Stang clocks

Grand total: 12

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-do-you-have-to-fall-behind/378224/62 "2006-10-30T20:51:41Z")

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Five.  
Clock radio  
Microwave  
Clock in kitchen  
Cordless phone  
Clock in livingroom  
This computer and my cable TV set themselves.  
Let’s stay on STANDARD TIME and forget this nonsense! :dubious:

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