Why have I not linked to banter-latte before?

[cdave]

The other day the Google blog observed that "fewer teens are wearing watches now because they use their phones to tell time instead"

I'd been wondered about that myself a while ago. Fortunately I knew an author who was looking explain, the mythology of mobile phones and other modern fairy talesI don't normally read Fantasy, but I really enjoyed

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[stevegreen]

I have three watches. I rarely wear any of them. And yes, I have used my mobile as a watch on rare occasions, but this ia for convenience rather than a cultural fad.

[cdave]

No, that's why you think you do.

The real reason is that the Intendant of What Time Is It? fell out with the Master of the Wristwatch, and started seeing the Proconsul of Portable Telephony. < /spoiler >

but read the story, rather than the spoiler.