A Sprinkling of Fairy Dust Is No Substitute for Accurate Timing

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CAN you trust a fairy to tell you the time? Please, put the phone down, the PC police are not needed as I am not using the word as a demeaning term for gay men, who, I find, are diligent, punctual and only too happy to utilise their ostentatious timepieces for the common good.

I speak of spirits and sprites and the fairy folk who dwell in wooded glades, in the pages of books and on the dandruffed shoulder of that strange young man who collects plastic bags and giggles about goats. The reason I ask is because of a disturbing new development at BT. At 1am on Sunday morning a chronographic coup took place. The old "speaking clock" was bundled into a hessian sack and, no doubt, tossed from the top of Telecom Tower, to be replaced by ... Tinkerbell.

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A Sprinkling of Fairy Dust Is No Substitute for Accurate Timing

You can pick up the phone now to check. In fact, when you've finished reading this, I'd very much like you to put down the paper and dial 123, where you will hear: "Hi...

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