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A useful method of telling when a certain disaster/event happened is that all of the clocks have stopped at the same time. This can also happen to individual time pieces that have been damaged. |
A useful method of telling when a certain disaster/event happened is that all of the clocks have stopped at the same time. This can also happen to individual time pieces that have been damaged. |
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* ''[[wikipedia:The Quiet Earth|The Quiet Earth]]''. When John Hobson wakes up he finds that his watch has stopped at 6:12. As he explores the deserted world he finds that all watches and clocks have also stopped at 6:12. |
* ''[[wikipedia:The Quiet Earth|The Quiet Earth]]''. When John Hobson wakes up he finds that his watch has stopped at 6:12. As he explores the deserted world he finds that all watches and clocks have also stopped at 6:12. |
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* [[Agatha Christie]] used it, of course. In "At the Crossroads", it's one of the stock detective-story elements faked by the [[Genre Savvy]] murderer to make himself look innocent. |
* [[Agatha Christie]] used it, of course. In "At the Crossroads", it's one of the stock detective-story elements faked by the [[Genre Savvy]] murderer to make himself look innocent. |
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* In ''[[Great Expectations]]'', Miss Havisham's clocks are all stopped at 8: |
* In ''[[Great Expectations]]'', Miss Havisham's clocks are all stopped at 8:40—the exact moment her groom-to-be jilted her. |
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