1st of the month = theme day! The one of today is: Time. When I saw this, I immediately thought of a photo I took at the crossing of rue Lafayette and rue du Faubourg Montmartre where there is public clock. I looked on the web and found out that there are 101 public clocks like this one - or the same kind - in Paris, that is on average 5 per arrondissement (and that doe not include the ones in shop windows of course!). No excuse to be late... See the rest of the community to see if everyone thought of a clock when the heard about our community theme day...
I'm late
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For a very important date!
-The March Hare
The only reason for time is so everything doesn't happen at once.
-Albert Einstein
I love the public clocks in Paris. They get replaced over time with newer models, but in the same place.
And isn't that a time/place continuum?
ReplyDeleteTime to tell Eric that we LOVE Paris Daily!
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Speaking of space, the clock pole and one of its sides are perfectly aligned with the building. Your eye is working overtime, Eric!
ReplyDeleteJeff, you and Mr. E. are cracking me up. Dare I say, the gravity of your statements is overwhelming!
No time to say
Hello - Goodbye.
I'm late,
I'm late,
I'm late!
Speaking of space, the clock pole and one of its sides are perfectly aligned with the building. Your eye is working overtime, Eric!
ReplyDeleteJeff, you and Mr. E. are cracking me up. Dare I say, the gravity of your statements is overwhelming!
No time to say
Hello - Goodbye.
I'm late,
I'm late,
I'm late!
Marvellous shot.
ReplyDeleteNice choice for the theme—and I'm loving the lack of "gravity" here today!
ReplyDeleteWell, as Time Goes By, it's Cryin Time for me because it's Time for me to Fly where my work becomes Howdy Doody Time.
ReplyDeleteThe picture reminds me of Love me Two Times but I'm Three Times a Lady so...Hit me baby One More Time. Stop me, please.
Ah, PHX, the future's uncertain and the end is always near, so Do It To Me One More Time...Until the Next (time we say) Goodbye. Ahh, time, time, time, what has become of me?
ReplyDeleteTomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
=Macbeth Act 5, scene 5
I love that extract from Macbeth, Jeff
ReplyDeleteOf course Einstein is right, time exists so that we don't do the same thing over again, isn't that right Carrie?
ReplyDeleteOf course Einstein is right, time exists so that we don't do the same thing over again, isn't that right Carrie?
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that the clock seems to have 3 faces. . .is that right? Here in the States most of the public street clocks from the last century were put there by jewelry stores--I guess because jewelers made, sold, and repaired watches. I like public clocks, despite most of us having a modern version of the pocket watch on hand. . .our cell phones :-).
ReplyDeleteEek as usual I've missed the boat, just shall make TIME to contribute over at my blog right away!
ReplyDeleteGreat shot, Eric, lovely perspective, so much more interesting to shoot upwards :)
As James Taylor reminds us, "The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." Would Einstein agree?
ReplyDeleteLOOOOOOOOOOL Anonymous! Well, at least not in the same place. Isn't that the Heisenberg principle?!
ReplyDeleteBut, you know....
tiii-iii-ii-iime is on my side, yes it is.
- The White Rabbit
And now for something completely different ;0 Jeff, do you know the name of Lady MacBeth's dog?
ReplyDeleteWould Einstein agree? no way, he would've argued with it a lot.Hotel La Defense
ReplyDeleteHi Carrie!
ReplyDeleteMy husband, the Shakespeare prof. said there was no dog. So, what's the punchline?
Carrie/PHX It's a little known fact that Lady Macbeth DID have a dog, but it was of course, a little Scottie, not a little Spottie.
ReplyDeleteIt always shook its back leg before relieving itself and was thus named Shakespeer.
This extract from Macbeth proves it:
"What is this devilish creation in canine form which I see before mine eyes?
This terrier Scot,
which having quivered his hindmost quarters so daintily,
doth proceed to use his Lady's bedchamber as a common pisspot!
Out damned Scot, for my lips pursed in anger as they are, cannot utter thy name!"
-Shakespeer.
A question.
What two words could be used as an alternative title for Eric's photo today?
You have ten seconds to answer, starting from...NOW.
-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0
Sorry, time up.
These pills are great!
Ooooohhh Drummond, there are no capital Ls and Os tall nor long enough for me to describe the gales of laughter on this side of the Atlantic. I am at work and people are staring and laughing at my laughter as they walk past my door!
ReplyDeleteDear PHX, if it's not clear from Drummond's one-act, the Lady quoth "Out, damned Spot! Out I say!"
Drummond, I give up. Please tell; please do!
ReplyDeleteCarrie you've already got the answer. Time Up!
ReplyDeleteAha!
ReplyDeleteOf course I did.
Brilliant!
(Giggle!)
:-)
I'll just sit here, Waiting for Godot. It'll pass the time, though it would have passed anyway.
ReplyDeleteWhat a coincidence! I recently wrote up a blog entry about being "on time" in Paris. I included photos of ten public clocks of contrasting style, scattered across the city. I thought you all might enjoy having a look a these here on http://www.paris-sharing.com/blog-en/paris-clocks/
ReplyDeleteI love the blue! Blue sky in December is so beautiful. The clocks are nice, and I hope that everyone is on time today! (Since I don't have anywhere I have to be today, I guess I already am!)
ReplyDeleteI love these clocks! They don't just tell the time, they tell you where you are, as well!
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