Reasons you will hate me

At least Doug wouldn't miss his alarm at 2am. Because he has a lot of clocks. And by the time you hit snooze on the last one, the first would be going off again. Because there's, you know, seventeen-

Ah, Fits...it's (d). But don't worry, we'll be spending plenty of time watching this space for more clock related humour.

I have close to twenty watches, plus clocks, and I think I handle the time change the same way most do; I change the Microwave/main clock and the rest get changed as I use them, when it really irritates me.
I have some watches I just never bothered to change last time, and Yay! They're the right time again!
Why can't we all adopt this method?

Nice prank but not as good as mine - don't have a watch, radio or body fat these days *sighs - rattles slightly*

I just love that he loves clocks. Joke or not, it is nice to know there is someone out there for every inanimate object.

Doug could effectively cut down his clock collection to two. He could set one to Daylight Saving and one to - what do you call non-Daylight Saving? Usual Time? - anyway, one to that, and then not have to get up in the middle of the night twice a year.

Sheesh. I don't know why it should be up to me to solve all these idiots' problems.

You'll be pleased then to know Fitz, that you so nearly caught me. I was in my car listening as I drove to the station, and actually had to ring my husband to ask why JJJ was announcing the 7am news (there was no way I was possibly running an hour early - that would be inconceivable!) and then I twigged. Hehe - fairly funny.

I hope that Doug's letter is not a joke - cause there are going to be oh-so-many fools out there nodding in agreement who wouldn't get it.

Two possibilities me thinks:
a. old duffer (aww cute, nana posted it for him)
b. pisstaker

Dumbass's don't write to newspapers... wait... unless... they're... tories! Hmmm...

c. a tory?

My watch stopped this morning. I always think this is a bad omen

Data, do you by any chance keep those 20 watches in a special automatic watch winder box with glass doors?

squib I know of what you speak, and no, they have no special holder as they aren't auto's, they're regular battery driven, leading to expensive replacements en masse every few years.

Doug should've done what I did. I didn't change my car clock for the last Daylight Savings shift, instead just added an hour on everytime I looked at it. So now, I don't have to change it because its already an hour behind.

Although unlike Doug, I didn't actually know how to change the car clock and as a 17yo teenager, it wasn't one of my main priorities.

I also agree with Marmalade. The world needs more online c(l)ock related humour.

Obviously a joke. >_>

This is definately a joke - I can tell a mile away ;-) Some letter writters have good a gr8 sense of humour ;-)

Plus who said that 17 clocks was a lot? What do you think the people that COLLECT clocks do when it's time to change the time? It probably takes them about 6 months to do them all, after which daylight savings starts again and he has to set them forward an hour....

I'm sure there's an aussie who has more than 1000 clocks ... just watch ABC's Collectors program - I'm pretty sure they had featured someone who collected clocks ;-) And miff (who posted, above) anybody who collects doesn't consider them inane objects .... ;-) ;-)

Doug could consider a move to Queensland, or Darwin, where they don't mess with nature quite so. Though, shifting 17 timepieces from Nambucca may be a far greater challenge.

A fraulein friend’s grandfather collected clocks. He had an alarm full, I think it was more than 17.The family used to give him shit for his stories. I’d prefer to encourage him to talk and listen with respect ,unless of course he stinks

My body clock woke me Sunday morning, I was glad to not hear the worshippers across the road singing.They sang later. I live opposite a church and am woken every Sunday morning by the songs of Jebus

Please avoid the word 'comedic'.

It's a crap word lately invented by people who want to sound smarter than they are.

Comics have comic skills, not comedic.

The word never existed anywhere until this century anyway, and we can do well without it.

Nobody needs 17 clocks. Did Doug ever stop to consider the carbon footprint that comes with 17 clocks all running on batteries or mains power 24 hours a day (whether they're being looked at or not)? I bet he didn't.

We all need to play our part to stop global warming. Getting rid of excess clocks is the least we can do.

The guy is a clock-head

True, BB, however the use of the word "comic" to describe a certain type of graphically illustrated literature, and the rise of the word "comedian" to describe one who performs comedy has led to the necessity of the word comedic in order to dispel possible ambiguity.

I heart Marty McFly.

thanks fr yr post ms fitz! Very funny letter.

My favouritist bit is this : "... couldn't THEY let us put them back ..."

monsieur jacques couldn't put his clocks back at 10pm, because THEY wouldn't let him.

i can see him muttering to himself on the night;
"i'll just put a few back before i turn in"


"no i won't, it wouldn't be right. THEY won't let me."

(glances at clock, snarling; shoulders held back awkwardly ... stumbles and staggers bedward)

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In closing I would like to say...
'Good DAY! sir'.

Clearly it was a joke. Don't you antipodeans understand humour or is it just this particular site?

Clearly we do Andrew else we would no longer be a monarchy. Clearly we do.

I don't ever know the time anyway. or the date for that matter. i'm in a perpetual state of confusion, and therefore doug scares me senseless.

It's such a delicious dilemma. Do you turn the clocks back before bed, and have the thrill of crawling into that comfy warm bed "early" (with a good book, a bottle of red/whisky, heatbag and dogs), or leave it until morning and the joy of discovering you've got an hour up your sleeve for the pursuit of your choice?

What I want to know is how they manage to push the sun back an hour to make up for the change.

Ahhh, anon.... but you are.... and we like it like that.

17 clocks, give me some of his OCD...
d) If this is a joke letter I would prefer to remain ignorant. The pure joy of choice...You might end up on Media Watch when this letter reappears in 12 months time in some obscure Darwin newspaper...

Doug Jacques is obviously the pen name of a certain P. J. Keating,

Conveniently, our power got knocked out last week and all my electric clocks are still blank and therefore not bothering me. I only had to manually turn the one wall clock back at 2am, as my mobile and computer helpfully changed themselves a week early. I was able to get back to bed quicksmart.

"Basically it was just an excuse for us to lie in for an hour or so..."

C'mon, you can be more inventive than that. How about:

"We were making up for those exhausting 60 minutes of Earth Hour."

I live in Queensland- J squad was always saying the wrong time on the radio for me

Well at least he won't be late to anything. Not that I can imagine going anywhere...just sitting at home, obsessively watching his clocks...

It would be a shame if it was a prank, but there should be more out there. I for one, love writing into the greenguide (which I only read because of a certain hilarious and ingenious thirty-one year old pig tailed columnist) because the letters in there are just so hilariously pompous and petty. I've written in a couple now to stir people up that got published, including one a year or so ago sayign that it was good that "The Sopranos" was moved to a more appropriate timeslot, being 1am, and another congratulating the abc on making the watermark bigger, preventing confusion for the visually impaired.

This is my first comment, by the way, and I'd just like to say that you are one of my heroes. Which is odd, for a teenage kid, but it's better than being of the delaney-worthington variety.

... I would prefer to remain ignorant.

As if you had a choice.

stop being cruel.
this person has obsessive compulsive disorder.
why do you feel so threatened by someone's peculiarities? they may be different to yours, as they are to my slovenly approach to life (my clocks stay at the wrong time for years), but i find them quite endearing. even if it is a joke, there are people of this ilk out there, bless them and their contribution to the tapestry.

So in summary: daylight savings; a controversial issue with many varying points of view.

Next week, Jesus in India.

in the smh article you say you're not going to remove any posts pre-fame, does this include the picture you posted of your breasts?
If so I salute you! brave indeed.

you guys totally nearly made my head explode with that prank.. saying it was the 6am news, while im looking at mobiles/phones/various other time tracking devices and just convinced that JJJ was not wrong... that someone had snuck into my room and changed the time

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For some people it's clocks, for some people it's tables. I'd hate to see him in IKEA.

Speaking of the youth of Australia - how come lots JJJ hosts are over 30 ? Huh ? Huh ? yeaah gotcha.

Um and why does the Govt. need to provide a pop radio network ? Has the market failed ? Don't these people get itunes or sumfink ?