"What's that brass gong for?" asked one of the guests.
"Why, that's the talking clock," the man replied.
"How does it work?" asked a second friend.
"Watch," the man said, giving it an ear-shattering pound with a hammer.
Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screamed, "For God’s
sake, you jerk, it's 2 a.m. in the morning!"
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