# I just ate a clock of cheese the size of a car battery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356 "2002-07-29T11:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/1 "2002-07-29T11:36:11Z")
Well OK it was 120 grams of edam, but still. I started a low-carb diet this morning and am aiming for ketosis tomorrow. 25lbs is what I am aiming to dump. I am staving off hunger pangs with cheese. Anyone else done this? Any success stories? P.S. Nay-sayers begone: I am aware of the controversy behind this weight-loss method, and I am also aware of the need for hydration and nutritional supplements. I have done this once before, and I felt a million dollars - not to mention that it completely eradicated my IBS symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/2 "2002-07-29T11:46:14Z")
I’ve never eaten a clock of cheese, but I _have_, on occasion, eaten various other wall-hangings of cheese! 😃 Good luck on your diet! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/3 "2002-07-29T11:46:34Z")
“Clock” of cheese? Thyme-flavored, perhaps? Seriously, I’ve herad of “wheel”, “chunk”, “whopping hunk of”, and other phrases, but never “clock”. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/4 "2002-07-29T11:51:49Z")
A clock? Doh. :smack: Oh Mooooooodddds? Pleeeeeeeease??? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/5 "2002-07-29T12:20:26Z")
was it a Swiss clock of cheese? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/6 "2002-07-29T12:22:52Z")
Well whaddya know? A [clock of cheese](http://www.packertailgate.com/tasteofwi/photos/11.jpg) - shaped like Wisconsin! ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/7 "2002-07-29T17:16:12Z")
Mmm…cheese. I think I may have at one time or another, eaten a block [or clock, whatever] of cheese the size of a car battery. No big whoop. I’ll reiterate: Mmm…cheese. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/8 "2002-07-29T17:26:07Z")
“Why do you associate eating a large block of cheese with bachelorhood?” Or somesuch quote like that. Weird that I just saw that Seinfeld episode this weekend. Good luck in the bathroom over the next few days. What? I’m just sayin’… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/9 "2002-07-29T17:31:04Z")
I never need luck in the bathroom (clue is in the OP - I have IBS ;)). ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/10 "2002-07-29T17:32:17Z")
Dear Sirs, I am greatly interested in cheese clocks and wish to subscribe to your magazine. yours, BTD ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/11 "2002-07-29T17:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > \*\*“Clock” of cheese? Thyme-flavored, perhaps? > \*\* Ouch! Yer killing me over here! I was on a low-carb diet for 2 weeks, and ate a clock of cheese, myself. I lost weight, but couldn’t handle the icky taste in my mouth. Have you considered eating a watch of hard-boiled eggs? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/12 "2002-07-29T17:45:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Have you considered eating a watch of hard-boiled eggs? No, but I have been considering trying a sundial of bacon. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/13 "2002-07-29T17:50:57Z")
**jjimm** - Glad the hi-protein diets work for you. They make me sick as a dog. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/14 "2002-07-29T17:58:52Z")
Mmmm… Og love cheese clocks! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/15 "2002-07-29T18:03:41Z")
Hey, who cut the cheese clock? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/16 "2002-07-29T23:05:46Z")
I like putting a slice of cheese on a plate in the microwave and blasting it for a minute or two; when it starts to brown, take it out and you can pour off most of the fat; what is left is a lovely crispy chewy cheese thing. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/17 "2002-07-30T02:33:13Z")
IBS can overcome the Fort Knox effect of a block of cheese? Man, I’d need one of those rescue drills they used in Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![Baron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Baron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/18 "2002-07-30T02:48:31Z")
It’s going to feel like you’re passing a clock the size of a car battery when you digest that. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/19 "2002-07-30T03:08:55Z")
George? Is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356/20 "2002-07-30T03:59:10Z")
_sings_ “I hanker for a hunk of A slab, a slice or chunk of I hanker for a clock of Cheese!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ate-a-clock-of-cheese-the-size-of-a-car-battery/121356.md?page=2)