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What does it mean?
Hedberg humorously compares a ticking clock to a microwave oven by implying it sometimes cooks things.
In plain terms
A clock occasionally cooks things like a microwave.
What can you take from it?
Everyday objects can seem strange.

Where it applies

  • kitchen
  • household chores

Putting it to work

  • observe everyday objects
  • rethink function

Questions to consider

  • What everyday item do you find confusing?

Another view

The joke is based on a false equivalence.

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