Second Opinion

Once in a boring meeting I looked at the clock on the wall and I thought of this:  A clock has three hands, right? The big hand, the little hand, and the second hand. Wait. What? How can the third hand be the second hand? How confusing! The second hand really needs to be the “third” hand, doesn't it? So then, should seconds become thirds, as in “Hey, wait a third”? I don’t know how I ever learned how to tell time. On a recent prison visit I attempted to teach a young man how to tell time. We finally ended up busting the second hand off the clock to make it easier for him. He’s now punctual to all his activities. 

Your Uncle Tommy has used the above “three hands” demonstration many times when running a meeting and people come in late. An even better application may be to use it yourself when you come late to a meeting. It’s not without risk, but it can lighten the mood and allow you to convert the embarrassing moment of being late to the victorious moment of becoming the funny person of the group. Feel free to run with it. I probably wouldn’t use it more than once with the same group. 

It also can be extremely handy after one of those nasty time changes.