March 14, 2002

5:00 AM

the domesday clock not the most accurate time-piece used by boffins to guage how near impending nuclear apocalypse is.
posted by johnnyboy (15 comments total)

Hard to predict when the dome is upon us. Same with doom.
posted by liam at 5:17 AM on March 14, 2002

I for one welcome the coming of the day of the dome.
posted by glenwood at 5:44 AM on March 14, 2002

Here lies a related thread about moving the minute hand forward on the clock.
posted by bloggboy at 6:12 AM on March 14, 2002

Is there a double-post clock?
posted by ParisParamus at 6:27 AM on March 14, 2002

How does one guage dome, anyway? Are only boffins able to guage dome? And what is a boffin?
posted by briank at 6:37 AM on March 14, 2002

Main Entry: bof·fin
Pronunciation: 'bä-f&n
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1945
chiefly British : a scientific expert; especially : one involved in technological research

Love that Merriam-Webster. I had no idea what a boffin was either.
posted by iconomy at 6:47 AM on March 14, 2002

Thanks, iconomy, but I was being facetious.
posted by briank at 6:59 AM on March 14, 2002

I know you were, but I still had no idea what a boffin was ;)
posted by iconomy at 7:19 AM on March 14, 2002

It's especially British headlinese, as in Boffins crack atom, build clock.
posted by dhartung at 7:42 AM on March 14, 2002

no double-post clock but there is a being a twat clock, or even I'm sad enough to know that this is indeed a double-post or even why bother commenting. I apologise unreservedly for such a heinous crime now add me to your axis of elvis with all those other bad folks.
posted by johnnyboy at 7:57 AM on March 14, 2002

"...now add me to your axis of elvis with all those other bad folks."

Welcome aboard, JohnnyBoy! =)
posted by ZachsMind at 8:12 AM on March 14, 2002

Axis of Elvis! Oh, that explains SOOOOO much around here!
posted by briank at 8:12 AM on March 14, 2002

"Ladies and Gentlemen ...... Elvis has left the axis"
posted by urban greeting at 8:14 AM on March 14, 2002

I got a toy truck for Christmas once. Doncha know it, those Elvis had broken the axis on it. Now you tell me they do it all the time? On purpose? Does Santa know about this?
posted by faceonmars at 8:36 AM on March 14, 2002

santa is a communist boy, why else would he run round 'bout everywhere with a big red suit and commie beard giving out free presents. Goddamn commie bastard, those goddamn elvises breaking everything.
posted by johnnyboy at 8:40 AM on March 14, 2002