Query

[bktheirregular]

Has anyone else heard an expression about a clock striking thirteen - something about it calling into question all the information that's ever come out of that clock, and any information that may come from the clock in the future?

Comments

[alexseanchai]

*pops in from network* Haven't heard it about calling into question the information coming from the clock. But I'm given to understand that George Orwell opened 1984 with a clock striking thirteen in order to make it clear from the get-go that something was rotten in the state of Oceania.

[bktheirregular]

Wouldn't surprise me.

I just keep having this nagging feeling that I've seen it referenced somewhere. Specifically, about some report out of a news organization of questionable rigor, that would legitimately call into question anything that had ever come from that source, and taint anything to come from them in the future...

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Not me, though it's an interesting phrase...