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I'm reminded of an old commercial depicting kids taunting another kid by asking "What time is it at Billy's house? 12 O'Clock! 12 O'Clock! 12 O'Clock!" Might have been a Blockbuster commercial? I can't remember.

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The Internet Helpdesk sketch, by Three Dead Trolls In A Baggie, had the helpdesk guy describe the hapless user he's trying to help as a "12 o'clock flasher". "You know, every appliance in his house is always flashing 12:00".

P.S. Found the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7FYR72mr0E

Oh man, this reminds me of an episode of a show I watched when I was a kid in the 90s, where the running joke was all the characters, at different points, saying something like "I tried setting up the VCR to record it, but every time I press the button the number 12:00 starts flashing on the screen and I panic." I haven't been able to find it again. I think it was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goose_and_Grimm_(TV_ser...

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