“If I only had five minutes left to live, I’d only be half as alarmed as normal, because my watch is five minutes fast. And I can get a lot done in 10 minutes.”
“If my doctor told me I only had five minutes to live, I’d probably change all the clocks in my house, because they’re all five minutes fast and I want to know exactly how much time I have left so I can use it wisely.”
“Five minutes ago it was five minutes late, and my watch is five minutes slow.”
“...five minutes from now, when everything else had dropped away and I realized the full impact of what I’d done, I’d feel my heart breaking.”
“And since Rebecca already placed your order five minutes ago, I can only assume that this was an excuse to check out my rack. All done?”
“How can I have my 15 minutes of fame when open mics only allow you to perform for 10 minutes.”