Noted in passing as I reread some Benchley pieces:

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"I will quote from a noted authority on non-existent cities"

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Did you know that.... The reason why it always says "twenty minutes past eight" on those big watches that hang outside jewelers' shops is because that is actually the time at the particular moment when you are looking at it?

[I don't recall knowing about the 8:20 alternative to the classic 10:10. It's a logical inversion, of course. But I wonder if 10:10 supplanted 8:20, or whether they coexisted for a time... Is 8:20 "the pessimist's 10:10"?]

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The “O” in the name “Ogden” has four concentric circles in connection with it, as if the writer had got going and couldn’t stop. A valuable item for collectors of unusual letter “O’s.”