Going Cuckoo  

Quick answer to an easy question to answer.
I have never had one of these things,but yes,you can still buy them.That wife of mine saw them at Kinross sunday market and she wanted to get one.She was ok till she was told the price,the guy wanted 55 quid,hahaha.

we never have it but I wouldn't mind having one if we have a big house. I think it will be too much for a small house, the bell sound at night I mean. the bird itself will drive my cat crazy so I don't mind it at all

The cuckoo-ing sherry you mean? Ooooooooooooh, I know that was a groaner. Anyway, no I don't have one and I think at this point it would drive me nuts. I had a friend who had several that she'd collected when she lived in Germany, and they all went off at different moments. I don't see why she wasn't totally nutty.

I am pretty sure there are still cuckoo clocks around, I am not sure if I could deal with one but my grandparents had one for as long as I could remember them having a home. I my self have a wall clock that rings the Westminster chimes every quarter hour half hour and of course chimes out the hours. I have a switch in the back that lets you choose no chimes partial chimes or full chimes, I have the partial, it starts with 6am and last chime is 10:45 pm. I would have the full chime but the walls are paper thin in this building and I do not know my neighbor well enough to inflict a bong bong at 12 midnight. If anything should ever happen to this clock i would replace it or repair it as I love the chimes. I some times do not even notice them. But a cuckoo clock would have to be approved by all before I would purchase one unless you want to drive some one out. lol

No i dont have but have always wanted one, i love them,i remember as a kid going to vist family or friends i dont remember all i do remember is the cuckoo clock,i love listening to them and the little bird. It has bee a long time since i have seen one thanks for this discussion it brought back some great memories for me.

I have never personally had one but my Grandmother and my Mum did and there was times I felt like shooting the Cuckoo lol
A Friend of mine still has one and hers has to be 15 years old now and it is still going

I think you should drink some cooking sherry. lol. I used to have a cuckoo clock. it drove me absolutely Cookoo. lol I had to buy cocoa puffs lol. (you know cookoo for cocoa puffs) I would not own one now unles it was an antique. Then it would be put up somewhere so it would not get broken.

Oh my grandmother had that cockoo clock. I remember the bird going off every half hour it would go cockoo cockoo several times it was loud. When I stayed over her house for the summer I would hear that clock and wakes me up every half hour I was going crazy here after the third night I woke up and took the clock down and hid it in the basement, that morning my grandmother thought someone had broken into the house because the clock was gone and hadn't heard it so I was honest and told her that it was driving me nuts and she laughed so hard and come to find out she was trying to get my grandfather to do something about that clock and found out that he used an ear plug I guess that clock has been in there for generations since my grandpaerents have passed my aunt has the clock and she said it drove her nuts so she doesnt rewind it.It's not a batetery type you just rewind it.

My grandma had one and not only did it announce the hour, it would also give one sound for every half hour.
It was actually really hard to sleep at night! I would wake up each time I hear that dang bird pop out to announce the time! LOL
But you know...I miss it!
I have long since moved away from home and live in a house that can become very quiet at night. Good right? But, I still miss hearing my Grandma's clock.

My partner's mother has one of those clocks too.
Last summer, my kids saw and heard it and thought it was totally cool.
But sure enough, they also expressed how it woke them up at night. ha ha
You never know...we might have that clock on day in the future.
And when my children give me grandkids...I will make sure that little bird pops out of the clock to wake them at night too. ha ha

Awww I love them! I had one on my bedroom wall as a child. In fact- it is still there- in my Dad's house! I would like tohave it here, but he is attached to it, so it will stay there until, I guess, I will inherit it! I'm not sre if you can still buy them, but I hope so! I really loved that bird - his cheery "cuckoo" used to really comfort me as a child. Cheers.