A man showed some friends his apartment. One guest asked "What's that big brass basin for?"

"That's the talking clock," answered the man. He gave it an ear shattering pound with a hammer.

Suddenly, a voice on the other side of the wall screamed, "Knock it off, it's 2 a.m., you idiot!"

Received from Thomas Ellsworth.

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