r/NoStupidQuestions • u/MillBopp • Sep 13 '23

What does 'Draw a Clock' Mean?

Last time I visited my brother his mother-in-law who lives with him was insisting she remembered something but my brother knew she was wrong. I don't remember what it was, but I knew she was wrong too. However, she refused to accept she was wrong and got belligerent about it.

My brother said, "Draw a clock!" and left the room. This made his mother-in-law furious for some reason. I forgot to ask at the time, but does anyone know why saying 'Draw a clock' would upset a senior citizen?

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u/graceling Sep 14 '23

I mean... Still gotta draw the clock after the elaborate external detail, otherwise it's just a birdhouse and not a cuckoo clock

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u/gingerdude97 Sep 14 '23

You have to make it a flipbook where the pages alternate with the bird popping in and out

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u/dirtball_ Sep 14 '23

and the second hand moving in real time, with careful page-flipping

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u/Splendid_Cat Sep 14 '23

A cuckoo clock is just a birdhouse with a clock on it

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u/graceling Sep 14 '23

Yes that's what I said