I don't know if he's ever given me reason to actually hate him, but man do I love seeing Ales Hemsky get his clock cleaned.

As the New York Times put it, he "promptly got his clock cleaned," and this incentivized him to do more serious research on the subject.

"The Panamanians just don't mess with them, and for good reason, because they would get their clocks cleaned," a diplomat said.

"They got their clock cleaned in 2001," Mr. McAuliffe said.

"If we try to play by Marquess of Queensberry rules," said Gen. Brent Scowcroft during the recent anti-Taliban campaign, "we're going to get our clock cleaned."

Immense linemen declared their intentions to clean the clocks of opposing players, and men describing games sometimes said things like "He really got his clock cleaned that time."

Of course, if the LZ turns out to be "red," you may find yourself getting your clock cleaned while the rest of the company orbits above, sweating in safety.

Said Haley Barbour, former Republican National chairman, "Bush got his clock cleaned in New Hampshire.

Knizia thoughtfully puts this chapter just before the section on "Betting Games," presumably so that, armed with this knowledge, you won't get your clock cleaned at the local casino.

Here we been waiting years for Charlie to surface and fight, and now he's doing just that--and getting his clock cleaned!