I have just learned about the spice clock (A thread for strangely beautiful and sadly obsolete technology).

yuppie

It's spice time all the time!
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yuppie

I said finely constructed, not slapped together by slave children and sold in stores that are not well served by public transit!

Jeez.

I've seen a flower clock, planted in a town square somewhere (for the life of me, can not remember where). The different sorts of flowers bloomed fullest at different times of the day. Problematic at night. The idea of a spice clock is lovely.

i have one of these!

smells like cat breath, must be 5:30 am

I heard about the flower clock from the same place. All about it.

I really want a spice clock, though, because it would be a spectacular gift for one of my more whimsical friends.

hippie

That's more like it!

This is a clock, designed before illuminated clock faces, to inform one of the time during the night by indicating what hour it was based on what spice it smelled like.

You have no idea how much I wish the word "Girl" appeared in this sentence

This is a clock, designed before illuminated clock Girl faces, to inform one of the time during the night by indicating what hour it was based on what spice it smelled like.

Better?

I really want a spice clock, though, because it would be a spectacular gift for one of my more whimsical friends.

really all I want is a waffles invite.

I was thinking more along the lines of "good god, is it Baby already? we'd better get going if we want to be there by Posh"

Actually, I was thinking of Pete. I'm working on another gift or two for you.

xpost Honestly, I don't think I want to smell any of the Spice Girls. Maybe, maybe Ginger in Hippie Mom mode.

You can get a harmonium for a measly $300 on eBay if you need any last minute gift ideas.

What the Spice Girls smell like:

Baby: dasies, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, meadows
Ginger: wet dog, wet wool, scones
Scary: Norbit latex fat-suit residue
Sporty: the morning after a really good party
Posh: Yangtze river dolphin extract, urine

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ive been trying to think of a dune joke since this thread was started and im just letting you all know that ive given up

I think this is true of most if not all of us.

The sleeper must awaken