“Hard times like a stone clock”

“Hard times” doesn’t usually involve a stone clock, but there are jokes.
 
“RT @walteroho: Hard times like a stone clock #boss my #punchline :D” was posted on X/Twitter by Josh on April 24, 2011. “I jumped off a cliff and landed on a stone clock; it was then that I knew I had fallen on to hard times” was posted on X/Twitter by Matthew Tse on April 17, 2015. “As a child we had a clock made out of stone.  Those were hard times” was posted on X/Twitter by Puns AndOneliners on February 7, 2025. “When I was a child, we had a clock made out of stone. Those were hard times” was posted on Facebook by Jerome Kari on April 12, 2026.
 
 
X/Twitter
Josh
@JoshIdu
RT @walteroho: Hard times like a stone clock #boss my #punchline :D
3:42 PM · Apr 24, 2011
 
X/Twitter
Caleb Nelson
@caleb99OVOXO
Hard times like a mothafuckin stone clock.
10:52 AM · Dec 5, 2011
 
X/Twitter
Matthew Tse
@mwdtse
I jumped off a cliff and landed on a stone clock; it was then that I knew I had fallen on to hard times.
4:18 AM · Apr 17, 2015
 
X/Twitter
Arvis Brackeen
@fanboyofchrist
Why did the Clock marry the Stone?
Answer: Because it needed help getting through its “Hard Times”
#CornyJokes
5:07 PM · May 7, 2015
 
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
As a child we had a clock made out of stone.  Those were hard times.
https://punsandoneliners.com/randomness/stone-jokes/  #StoneJokes #Stone #Joke
From punsandoneliners.com
3:00 AM · Feb 7, 2025
 
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Puns AndOneliners
@punsandoneliner
As a child we had a clock made out of stone.  Those were hard times.
https://punsandoneliners.com/randomness/stone-jokes/  #StoneJokes #Stone #Joke
From punsandoneliners.com
11:00 AM · Apr 8, 2026
 
Facebook
Jerome Kari
April 12, 2026 at 4:13 AM ·
When I was a child, we had a clock made out of stone.
Those were hard times.
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
StockInitial4460—April 13, 2026
When i was young we were so poor we had a clock that was just rock.
they were hard times
 
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LaffGaff
@LaffGaff
When I was a child, we had a clock made out of stone.
Those were hard times.
#funny #jokes #dadjokes #dadjokesdaily
https://laffgaff.com/funny-joke-of-the-day/stone-clock-joke/
10:00 AM · Apr 14, 2026