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jenniegurl
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Even though a man has several clocks in his house and a watch, he calls a phone line that tells you the time. Why?
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Re: *69
« Reply #1 on: Jun 26th, 2005, 9:17am » |
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Some ideas:
- He is blind .
- He came back from a long holiday and all clocks and watches stopped working. He needs to ask the time to set them.
- He is in love with the girl that tells the time, not suspecting it is just a machine .
- He is testing his phone line.
- He is testing the machine telling the time .
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jenniegurl
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Re: *69
« Reply #2 on: Jun 26th, 2005, 10:08am » |
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the blinde one is a very good guess.
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alien
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He made the call from the telephone booth. 
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jenniegurl
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Re: *69
« Reply #4 on: Jun 26th, 2005, 3:49pm » |
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nah, and he didnt catch a fish either.
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Re: *69
« Reply #5 on: Jun 27th, 2005, 12:14am » |
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He and his house were displaced in time, so he needs an external reference for the proper time
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Re: *69
« Reply #6 on: Jun 27th, 2005, 1:17am » |
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1 All clocks have broken
2 He calls so that he can set them to the correct time Already given
3 He lives in an airplane or a boat and he is constantly traveling, so he wants to know in which time zone he is
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Re: *69
« Reply #7 on: Jun 27th, 2005, 3:30am » |
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He's not in his house when he made that call.
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Re: *69
« Reply #8 on: Jun 27th, 2005, 8:43pm » |
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The man can read the time, but is not sure if it is AM or PM.
Or the man is in the bathroom where there is no clock, but he has a cell phone (the kind without a clock).
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Re: *69
« Reply #9 on: Jun 28th, 2005, 1:45am » |
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Or the man is checking whether his phone line is working.
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Re: *69
« Reply #10 on: Jun 28th, 2005, 5:52am » |
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There is a scheduled power cut at night. He knows the lights should come back after an hour, but it seems soo long. He cannot read the time, it is dark, so he calls the talking clock.
Yes, the phone network usually has its own power supply.
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alien
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He just moved in the house in Rome: he used to live in London so the clocks were set on London time.
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Re: *69
« Reply #12 on: Jul 10th, 2005, 9:38am » |
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He has been on the phone to his girlfriend. Since he called her, he is now concerned that his wife might come home and use the redial feature. So he calls the speaking clock to (try to) cover his tracks
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He is in the house of someone he doesnt like, and he wants to clock up a larger phone bill.
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Re: *69
« Reply #13 on: Jul 13th, 2005, 12:01pm » |
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on Jun 26th, 2005, 8:36am, jenniegurl wrote:Even though a man has several clocks in his house and a watch, he calls a phone line that tells you the time. Why?
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::" A man with one clock always knows what time it is. A man with many clocks never knows what time it is."::
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ashtar
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he has too many clocks. all clocks are at different speeds. he knows if he calls the phone lady, he will get the accurate time.
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Re: *69
« Reply #15 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 8:43am » |
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He is a maniac. When he sees a clock, he just has to buy it. And he cannot help calling the talking clock all the time.
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Re: *69
« Reply #16 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 9:14am » |
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on Oct 18th, 2005, 3:49am, ashtar wrote:| he has too many clocks. all clocks are at different speeds. he knows if he calls the phone lady, he will get the accurate time. |
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I like it 
"A man who owns a clock will always know the time. A man who owns two is never sure."
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Re: *69
« Reply #17 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 9:28am » |
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on Oct 18th, 2005, 9:14am, BNC wrote:| "A man who owns a clock will always know the time. A man who owns two is never sure." |
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Yeah, that's pretty much what otter said
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Re: *69
« Reply #18 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 11:32am » |
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on Oct 18th, 2005, 9:28am, towr wrote:
Yeah, that's pretty much what otter said
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