And regular power cuts
those annoying ones that only last for a minute or so, but might happen 3 times in a row. Re-setting digital clocks has never been so much fun.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 15:48, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

we don't get those here

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 15:51, Reply)

well you see
some scientist found that by putting an electric current through quartz it was possible to make a time-piece without moving parts. They then put some computer circuits and light emitting diodes around it and... sorry, I've lost you haven't I?
( djtrialprice, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 15:54, Reply)

very good indeed
you bastard
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 15:54, Reply)

You don't live in some piss-pot back-of-beyond village though
like wot I do (although I wouldn't want to live anywhere else).
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 16:15, Reply)

that is true
but I used to, and we didn't get them there either.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 16:28, Reply)

GREMLINS

( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 15:52, Reply)

GREMLINS II
the new batch
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 12 Jul 2010, 16:23, Reply)