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December 7, 2007

The World Needs More Interesting Cuckoo Clocks! (gift idea ... hint hint)

I think someone should make modern (or even post-modern) cuckoo clocks with a lot of fancy animatronics. It looks easy, right?

It looks like you can get the internal parts on eBay. The first idea suggested the other day was to make one that looked like Nat coming out of a dark office with a glowing computer on the hour and saying, "get back to work!" not that he has a tendency to say things like that ... it's funny, but I can't really think of any Nat catch phrases. Maybe, "That's. Pretty. Awesome!" ? That would be encouraging -- to have someone say that to you every hour, right?

Maybe someone has made Personal Affirmations Cuckoo Clocks? They could say things like, "You're doing a great job!" or, "Keep up the good work!" or "You look fantastic!" or whatever every hour or even half hour, if you were especially insecure.

You can get some cuckoo clocks with other animals. Some modern-looking ones. But I'm not seeing cuckoo clocks with, like, a modern business man running for a bus or whatever cursing as he goes along.

But you know, right now, after all this clicking around, I don't want a postmodern cuckoo clock, I want a good old-fashioned one. Like a 22in Moving Wood Sawyers & Turning Waterwheel German Black Forest Cuckoo Clock 1 Day Musical -- doesn't somebody love me enough to get me a $700 cuckoo clock for Christmas? Or a 22in Moving Cute Girl & Deers, German Black Forest Cuckoo Clock 8 Day Musical Chalet (including hummel-esque figure). Or what about this one, the most beautiful cuckoo clock 2004?

Anyone? Anyone?

I wish I could go buy one in a shop.

Now that I think about it, what about a clock that looked like a slice of log? I'd like one of those, too.

I was thinking about animatronics because Chris Higgins made me watch this episode of the The Secret Life of Machines the other night, and I was intrigued by the discussion of irregular cogs (or whatever it was) used to make machine movements look more life-like. This guy Tim Hunkin seems to be some kind of genious.

Posted by mary at December 7, 2007 10:41 PM

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oh man, I am so ready for the clock that pops up and says "you're doing great!" every hour on the hour. because, you know, if you're not getting it from the people in your life, why not just install a mechanical device that will take care of it?

and how about the clock that says "grad school was a great idea!"?

http://catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=546

Posted by: melissa [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 10, 2007 2:14 AM

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