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Time Puns for a Wind Up

A page of Time Puns, jokes and anything humorous to do with time, including horology, maybe even a little time-travel.

It is of course well past time this page was created. 

A just in time delivery, built in a timely fashion with no time to waste.

Without a minute to spare and all hands on deck, a metronome keeping the beat of fingers tapping on keyboard, and the sands of time measuring progress - this writer has endeavored to bring you a humorous journey through time puns.

Horology The Study of Time Gifts >>

OK, you get the idea.  A set of puns, maybe the odd joke, a little content (nothing too taxing) and a picture. 

Chances are you can skip through it in under a minute and go back to clock watching until the lunchtime break.


Obviously it takes considerably longer than a minute to create a decent Time Pun page so expect a few gaps until more time has passed.

Set the sundial for a suitable period and let's check out the puns.

Puns

analyze a horologist and find out what makes him tick
bedside clock panicked - it was an alarmed clock
bet on a horse at five to one, it came in at half past four

buy old clocks from second-hand shops
clock with no hands - timeless
curvy horologist with an hourglass figure

​deep sea clocktopus has lots of hands

dental appointment at two-thirty (tooth-hurty)
dog with one eye on the clock - watchdog

don't want a stopwatch, I want one that works

eating a clock was time-consuming
he was so slow you could use a calendar as a stopwatch

m
ake time for horology
jailed horologist was serving time
no one's stealing clock puns from here, not on my watch

time-pressed religion - Hurry Krishna

time-travelling reptile - clockodile
timely bird - clockatoo

throw alarm clock out the window and watch time fly

want to grow herbs but don't have the thyme
watches hate humans, we keep winding them up

watch-maker never forgets a watch-face

Expressions

A stitch in time saves nine - avoid procrastination
​Even a stopped clock is right twice a day
​Second to none - the best
Time is like a river - it flows and is never coming back

Time is money - make the most of it
Time waits for no man - but is flexible for women
​​Times up - end of something

Films

Back To The Future - the space time continuum
Clockwise - John Cleese headmaster races against time
Endless - intriguing horror film leaving as many questions as answers

​Groundhog Day - repeat the same day until you finally get it right
Predestination - the snake that eats itself - absorbing film about time travel and more
​Terminator - the future has not been written

Horology Corner

Horology is the study and repair of timepieces, the older the better.  It is a fascinating, absorbing and satisfying hobby which can also be a profession.  

The timepieces are wonders of tiny engineering.  With many small moving parts they will eventually require some maintenance to prolong their lives.  

​That is where the horologist comes in. 

Jokes

Don't ask a horologist to work in a bar.  They are always calling time.

Two burglars in a jeweler's shop.  "I'll take the first watch"

Clock jumped off the table and disappeared out the door.  Need to retrieve it but times running out.

​What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence?  Time to get a new fence.

Famous Timekeepers

Big Ben - famous London clock at the Palace of Westminster
Doctor Who - time-travelling doctor uses Tardis to travel through space and time
Father Time - old man who represents time 

Social Clocks

FaceTime - make time for acquaintances
​NetFlux - for watching Back to the Future reruns

Strapchat - pictures of clocks
​​TickTock - time passes

Songs about Time

In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
​Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets
Time - Pink Floyd

Trivia

The Doomsday Clock was something that used to worry me.  I guess that was the point of it.  It is a measure of how close they think humanity is to its own destruction.

​Seriously.  Some people have too much time on their hands.

Words for Punning

Handy words for making puns about time.

​age, alarm, calendar, clock, hands, horology, hourglass, metronome, minute, punctual, second, stopwatch, sundial, thyme, tick, time, tock, watch, wind, wound

Times Up

Looks like we ran out of time.  It is a precious commodity so use it well.

​Or waste it on the internet, it's your time after all.