Quote from: StrangeClockSurely you deserve to be knighted

Sir Leek of Clock

Yay! So when are you doing it?

Quote from: bibloYay! So when are you doing it?

Sorry to dissapoint, but the deed has been done. I would have posted something about it beforehand but It was a very frantic morning.. At one point I was going to call it off.. But in spite of logic, I did it anyway.
 
Later, I'll write a full report of my wacky day out, and i'll post photos and video.
 
It was very surreal. Like a dream you know? Very disorientating for the most part. And weird because absolutely everyone (people in cars , tour busses, trains...passers-by, kids, etc etc) turned their heads to see this thing.

what are you going to do with the disguise now?

Quote from: LeekClockSorry to dissapoint, but the deed has been done. I would have posted something about it beforehand but It was a very frantic morning.. At one point I was going to call it off.. But in spite of logic, I did it anyway.
 
Later, I'll write a full report of my wacky day out, and i'll post photos and video.
 
It was very surreal. Like a dream you know? Very disorientating for the most part. And weird because absolutely everyone (people in cars , tour busses, trains...passers-by, kids, etc etc) turned their heads to see this thing.

:'( I'll never forgive you for not telling me.

pint: no idea. just bung it in the garage for now.
 
evilberry: very sorry :'(
 
 
Here's a long shitty written outline of what I did today:


 
Friend came over (without whom, today's shennigans would not have been possible!)... I tried SBC on for the first time since its completion. Met some major design flaws, such as its being spine-breakingly awkward to wear, and its being very difficult to get in and out of.
 
I almost called the whole day off when I found that the large stock of batteries I had bought for the viewfinder, were incompatable with the hardware, this being useless (and with the train departure time approaching). So without this.. I could not see.
 
But then I found 3 pairs of suitable batteries, and decided, "fuck it, let's go".
 
We WALKED almost 2 miles to the train station, carrying this blasted SBC between us. ALREADY, in this rural Irish village, we were turning heads at every step of the way. It was very amusing at first, but it was only a taste of things to come.
We got to the train station, exhausted by the manouvering of this thing along a very narrow, very busy road. Lots of cars driving by gawking and honking. Just about fit through the station door, and we got the clerk to open the larger gate. He didn't even ask for a ticket, but we bought one anyway to prevent trouble later on.
 
We arrived at this much busier station in the heart of Dublin, and we became a great sense of wonderment to the station's many patrons. Kids were dancing with glee before this thing (seriously, every kid we saw today was entranced by the thing). EVERYBODY LOVES STRAWBERRYCLOCK, it's true. Every head turned. It's like something out of a dream, when everyone is focused on you. Being an attention whore, I enjoyed it.
So we walked to a quiet area in town where I suited up in this thing. Immeadiately I found that my batteries were useless, and so I reverted to just looking through the small hole in the clock. This was much more difficult because I had to lift the costume into place in order to see through the hole. Back-breaking.
Eventually we surfaced at my college entrance. By which time I was already perspiring and ready to keel over and die. This costume isn't userfriendly!
 
I began to force flyers upon people around the entrance gate. I walked through the main entrance, and heard someone shout "hey! hey! stop!", but then I heard laughter so I thought it was just someone messing around. So I continued my majestic entrance into the historic premises. The next thing I know, we're being evicted from the grounds by security. What a bummer!
But instead we just hung around just outside the main entrance, and handed out an assortment of "OBEY" and Newgrounds.com flyers. I was hugged by at least 4 people.
 
This was all very flustering and I was still struggling under the costume. I was perspiring so much that beads of sweat were dripping off my nose. Not nice, I know.
 
Luckily, someone saved me from dehydration by giving me a bag containing a bottle of water. He probably doesn't know how amazingly thankful I was, because I couldn't see a damn thing and I didn't know what he had put in my hand until after. He hugged me for ages, too, that was great.
 
Lots of hugging, hassling, and promoting later, we called it a day and headed home. We stopped off at a deli and my friend got us a snack and refreshments. All the while still receiving mixed responses of joy and bafflement.
 
Here in Ireland there's a radio show called The Strawberry AlarmClock, and some people confused me with that. However, some people had heard of Newgrounds.
 
I found a quiet place to desuit. Wow. It must have looked like the rhinoscerous-birth scene in Ace Ventura 2. A soggy leekclock being dispelled from strawberryclock's anus, out onto the curb. I was very glad to be free, as you can imagine.
 
We caught the train home and then got a taxi (didn't feel like another 2 mile walk).
 
There's more but this is a condensed version.I'll post a link with video footage when it's hosted.

somebody give this guy a harmony award<3

....I can't believe you acually pulled it off.

aids

On my way back to the train station, a couple of thugs DOUBLE TEAMED me. They bounced me. They didn't persist though.
 
However, the suit was so disorientating and misted up at that time, that I didn't see them coming. I just heard their voices, and then WHACK.
 
I'll share these joyful tales, as they come to mind.

AMAZING

damn why couldnt i have been in dublin today!

here i am stuck in fuckin catslebar in mayo!

You're awesome!

Leekclock for clock of the month!

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I just lost my load.

I so wish I could have seen it... oh well... good story.

Leek.... you never cease to amaze me, your dedication and hardwork are a inspiration not only to the clock crew but everyone who has the priveledge of knowing who you are. You are truly, someone to be admired.

Leek just told me that he got kicked off of part of his campus for wearing it, but he stayed around the other areas

And that lots of people {{{ }}}ed him. See? Everyone does love StrawberryClock.

if i lived near you, I would deffinately tape it.

i can't wait to see a documentry of the strawberry clock in action..bring it too the people, they despretly need another identifyable cartoon character.

for fucks sake leek give clock of the month to yourself. You deserve it more then any other clock here.

The amount of video we snagged is minimal because the battery ran out (we shot about 30 minutes, although not all at one place).
 
Sorry for the gaps in sound. Microsoft Movie Maker's fault. They're in 3 chapters.. They get better and better:
 
 
http://www.clockcrew.net/halloween05/ngpromochapter1.WMV
 

 
http://www.clockcrew.net/halloween05/ngpromochapter2.WMV