To think that if you have a clock on the mantlepiece it needs to go in the middle?

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Or am I being anal? My children say so. I don't think I am, but I need support from the MN jury. How could the clock go on one end? That would be wrong.

Right now it goes plant, photo frame, photo frame, CLOCK, photo frame, body sort of sculpture thing, flowers.

But clock in the middle. Yes?!

Flying fuckaroos?

Are they like those flying ducks that go up the wall. Now don't get me started on them !!

If you had those, you'd need 3 so that one could be in the middle......

And evenly spaced ............

protractor and tape measure minimum

I think in some counties it is actually illegal to not have the clock in the middle Rather. £60 on the spot fine and a pebbly shit ornament to put in it's place for 12 months. Banned from clock owning indefinitely.

I would say that a mantlepiece with a clock in the middle or otherwise is icky anyway

I have a giant black train station type clock hung on the wall AND its radio controlled

no mantlepiece, dont want one

and ticking clocks are hideous

Do you meet people under your clock Trinity?

radio controlled clocks are the way to go

...doing the right thing... PFT bollocks

lol only the kids after they have brushed teeth and hair for the 'before we leave for school check'

my dad gave it to me, he took out its innards to make it radio controlled cause he knew I would love the look of it but love gadgety stuff

I have a huge clock like that in my kitchen, but I do have a mantelpiece and it needs sommat on it? So a clock in the middle. No?

at Sparkling, but checks all is in order so doesn't get fined with the pebbly shit....

you could have nothing on it at all..

or just no clock

what about those hideous delightful letters that spell shit out

you caould have H O T

or splash out and go for

D O N T S T I C K Y O U R H A N D I N T H E F I R E

but that would be a long fireplace

I may go for G E T M E A G I N P R O N T O not quite such a long one needed!

have I said something offensive?

what about leaning those god awful wonderful ducks on your mantle

and do you have a mirror above it?

well you could just shorten it with D R I N K, F E C K a la vicar of dibley

Now I really fancy a gin!

look at this lol apopofpretty.com/a-year-in-seasonally-decorated-mantels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-year-in-seasonally-decorated-mantels

Now I think they might need to get out more......! Still the clock goes in the middle.....

Clock in middle, yes, but surely the flowers are too tall to go on the end???

I told dh about this thread, I explained that a clock not in the middle would make everyone who came in feel unsettled surely - he said if he lived alone he would have the clock off centre because that would upset people. He goes around changing the clocks because he likes to see a clock, but not one that works (we have compromised on a functioning mantle clock IN THE MIDDLE) and a not telling the right time one in the dining room. Ishoos.

'would make everyone come in feel unsettled surely'

you have to be kidding right?

I'm not sure I would even notice there was a clock, let alone where it was positioned

a wrong time clock bugs the hell out of me though

No, our mantel clock goes to the side. We have a display in the centre, which takes precedence, you see.

oooh whats your 'display'?

Ticking clocks are horrid - people seem to put them in guest bedrooms ?
We have radio controlled clocks at school - one of them spins through 24 hours at 4.10 every afternoon.

lol wonderstuff, thats a bit weird

its a 'thing' in our house when the clocks change, we stay up to watch it lol