Background:
In the pre-smartphone era, it was possible for a person to not know what time it was.
This time-inquiring individual could have have asked someone else what time it was and then received the reply “it’s a hair past a freckle!“ (as the responder pretended to check a nonexistent watch on their wrist). (Details: https://www.google.com/search?q=hair+past+a+freckle+time.)
Proposal:
We have the option to make an actual “hair past the freckle” watch that displays the time using a synthetic hair (minute hand) and freckle (hour hand), as shown in Figure 1.
The time shown in Figure 1 would be approximately 12:05 (reading the freckle as noon and the hair as approximately 5 minutes after the hour).
Conclusion:
This is likely to become the next new fad in timekeeping fashion!
PROS: Finally, after hundreds of years, “it’s a hair past the freckle” can become a useful response!
CONS: None!
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