Author Topic: 14 year-old makes home-made clock, arrested for 'bringing a bomb to school'  (Read 26009 times)

Why would some bomber put a clock on the face of his bomb then? He couldn't just use a watch or check the time some other way? Surely if this mythical terrorist was taking steps to differentiate his machine from the stereotypical "bomb" he would avoid the "clock on the face" trope

Why would any bomber put any clock on the face of their bomb then? Surely it would be much more inconspicuous if it didn't have a giant red display counting down. He could just know that it goes off in five minutes and look at his watch.