Man begins three-day period of saying the time and then what time it ‘really’ is | NewsThump
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Article written by Rich Smith
Every year when the clocks change, one insufferable man insists on narrating both the official time AND the 'real' time for three full days, to the barely contained homicidal fury of his wife. Sharon's deadpan escalation from eye-roll to landscaping threat — punctuated by the oven clock kicker — is the engine that drives this beautifully observed slice of domestic British hell.
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NewzGrade: 91 [A-]
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SPAG95
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Graded by NewzGrade AI AI on October 26, 2026 at 04:32 AM
91A-
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95
Coherent
92
Objective
90
Sourced
94
Concise
85
Sharon's patio threat alone earns this piece a place in the British Satire Hall of Fame, right next to the oven clock Simon definitely cannot change.
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