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2020-05-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-
'It's still working!' Metal-detecting divers discover luxury watch worth thousands of pounds on sea bed off Corfu
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Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 My finest off the cuff riposte of all time: I was sitting in a bar having a drink while waiting to see the restored version of Touch of Evil. A guy and his lady friend, both pretty well oiled were sitting next to me at the bar. The woman admires my Breitling and asks me if it's a diver's watch. I tell her no, it's a pilot's watch. The guy then asks "But is it waterproof?" I replied "Not if you are a good pilot."
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-22 07:23||   2020-05-22 07:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Too bad Timex owns the immortal tag line "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking!"
Posted by Warthog 2020-05-22 09:16||   2020-05-22 09:16|| Front Page Top

#3  I tell her no, it's a pilot's watch.

Wonderful story, M. Pilot’s watches measure height, dive watches measure depth — which is just like height if you’re falling. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-22 10:48||   2020-05-22 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Looks like the seal leaked, so they'd better get it serviced asap.
Posted by KBK 2020-05-22 18:08||   2020-05-22 18:08|| Front Page Top

#5 I lost a contaier of HH goods in a typhoon off Japan. Guess my Oyster might still be ticking.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-22 20:34||   2020-05-22 20:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Who remembers John Cameron Swayse (sp?) and his Timex ads? Takes a lickin' but keeps on tickin'!
Posted by Clem 2020-05-22 21:02||   2020-05-22 21:02|| Front Page Top

#7 @ #2 - Oooops, sorry, Warthog. I didn't scroll up.
Posted by Clem 2020-05-22 21:04||   2020-05-22 21:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Elephant, crushing the timex watch ... Swase: "Well... not always!"
Posted by Lex 2020-05-22 21:22||   2020-05-22 21:22|| Front Page Top

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