So you don't get to be legendary by using anything as dull as an
egg-timer then.
There was an ugly fall-out from Zaha's decision earlier this year with England boss Gareth Southgate claiming he didn't realise the Palace star's international future was "on a disappearing
egg-timer".
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Then depending on the length of the time period or periods dealt with, or the different purposes for which people are using time, there are varying devices to employ and read: a watch or a clock (which can be analogue or digital), a calendar, a timetable, a schedule, or the occasional sundial or
egg-timer. With all of these confounding features, if teachers want to give students the capacity to successfully deal with the attribute of time, then they need to make sure that they construct a thoughtful program of learning.
Hence the Doddy joke about Southport being the HQ of the
egg-timer industry.
"He asked, 'Didn't the spike stick in your neck?' "That was my
egg-timer moment.
It started out as an
egg-timer: when the blob rose to the top, the egg was ready!
"We haven't got an issue with the fact that work is drying up, there's around six months' work left to do on site, and the work is like an
egg-timer - it runs out.
I was handed a tray on which rested a pot of tea, a cup, and an
egg-timer. I asked for some milk.
This all happens while the electronic
egg-timer is ticking away and being tossed from player to player.
This compact DAB radio is at home in the kitchen as there is a handy
egg-timer function built in as well.
This compact DAB radio is also at home in the kitchen as there is a handy
egg-timer function built in as well.