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TIL that this is the bird sound a cuckoo clock is imitating
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I live in the Black Forest. The older cuckoo clocks don't just sound awful, but they look like a demon has infested it.
My grandparents had one of those in the 1980s!
Shudder.
The one from my childhood is almost identical to this one, plus the three weights from the video pelespirit linked. Even the "IIII" instead of "IV" for the four*. I have no idea on its geographical origin, but it still exists — I saw it last week, ~~now it haunts my brother-in-law and nephew~~ my sister inherited it.
*something I'd only understand years later - "IV" is for Jupiter (IVPITER). Just a bit of respect over the old gods that survived.
I want to kill time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDtnsIvp8E0