Clock This

It’s Nick’s first post-university apartment, and he is showing it off to a friend. The big attraction: a large brass gong in the living room.

“What’s the gong for?” asks his friend.

“It’s not a gong. It’s a talking clock,” says Nick.

“A talking clock? How does it work?”

“Watch,” says Nick. He picks up a hammer and gives the gong an ear-shattering pounding. Suddenly, from the other side of the wall, a neighbour screams, “You idiot! It’s 2.30 in the morning!”