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Tock-a-doodle-DON'T.
A recent independent survey
undertaken by clock tick-tock enthusiasts
to determine whether the general public
preferred ticks in clocks to tocks in clocks
was revealed last week. Overwhelming results
showed the ticks coming over winningly,
with a resounding 81% of people saying they
liked the ticks in their clocks more than
they liked the tocks.
This has led to clock
tock manufacturers in the Arctic going bankrupt,
and clock tick makers in Africa taking over
the future market, with clocks that only
make ticks. Factories where the old-fashioned
ticks and tocks would be brought
together to get the traditional tick tock
sound are having to change all their equipment
to make the new tick tick clocks.
This will be done in a
scientific way by taking away the tock and
inserting (or 'clicking in') a second tick
after the first tick to replace the old
tock, which will then make the new clocks
only go tick tick instead of tick tock.
The small minority of tock fans (19%) are
said to be stealing the old tock-making
equipment from which they plan to start
making their own tock tock clocks, just
for fun.
Mick Cox (66), a dock
worker from Didcott, is sick of the ticks
in clocks. "They really get on my wick,"
quipped Mick. "People who prefer ticks
to tocks in their clocks are dicks and cocks
and thick."
Fox out. |
