While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, the man led the way into the den. “What’s that big brass gong for?” one of his guests asked. “That’s the talking clock,” the man replied. “How does it work?” “Watch,” the man said, giving it an ear-shattering pound with a hammer. Suddenly someone on the other side of the den wall screamed, “Knock it off, jerk! It’s two a.m.!”
