Comment on I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.

NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The second hand is the minute hand and the third one is the second hand!

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• noxy@yiffit.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That was exceptional. I hadn’t heard of Dave Allen before but as a watch collector this bit really cracked me up1

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