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Jonathan woke up from his sleep and felt that he was late for the important meeting that was scheduled for the day. So he looked at the wall clock to see the time. And although the clock was functioning properly, he was not able to know the time. Why?
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« Reply #1 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 7:36am » |
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He didn't have his eyeglasses on yet?
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Re: Time
« Reply #2 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 7:51am » |
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It was still dark night.
Or his wife sprayed the clock with black color.
Or there was no wall.
Or it is a wall clock, but it was not on the wall.
Or the clock was made in China.
Or only God can tell the right time.
Or everything is relative because of the theory of relativity.
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Re: Time
« Reply #3 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 8:01am » |
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He was in a boat. He drunk like there is no tomorrow the night before. He couldn't tell whether it is the morning or the afteroon. Anyway, on the boat, he don't know if they crossed a timeline and whether the clock has been adjusted. To make matters worse, today is the end of daylight saving time. He faintly remembers he wanted to adjust the clock, but doesn't remember whether he did it. Anyway the staff was supposed to do it during the day. Did they come already? He couldn't tell. It could even be he adjusted the time, but after the staff did it, or that he adjusted it in the wrong direction. And there is his cabin mate who mentioned it shoud be set to GMT. Did he set the clock to GMT? How can you tell? Well, all this isn't very important considering that from where he is lying (in the shower, completely dressed and soaked) he can see the clock in the mirror but not read the time because it is facing the other side.
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Re: Time
« Reply #4 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 8:01am » |
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No to all.
There was enough light.
He was a bachelor.
There were four walls in the room.
The clock was in the wall right in front of him.
The clock wasn't made in China. And even if it were, how does that matter?
Who said that only God can tell the time. I am not very religious though.
He never heard about Einstein, forget about relativity.
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Re: Time
« Reply #5 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 8:16am » |
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He was above the arctic circle in summer where there is 24 hr sunlight. The clock is analog so he could not tell if it was am or pm.
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« Reply #6 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 9:17am » |
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He is in the Chinese stock market and there are plenty of wall clocks showing the time in all the important cities. Each clock is neatly labeled with the name of the city, but unfortunately he doesn't read Chinese.
Of course, the clocks are not Chinese, they can afford clocks made in Switzerland. 
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Re: Time
« Reply #7 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 10:41am » |
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on Apr 24th, 2008, 9:17am, Grimbal wrote:| Of course, the clocks are not Chinese, they can afford clocks made in Switzerland. |
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Re: Time
« Reply #8 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 10:44am » |
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on Apr 24th, 2008, 7:33am, gotit wrote:| although the clock was functioning properly, he was not able to know the time. Why? |
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The clock was functioning properly but the batteries weren’t.
Or they are cruising in a yacht, so he should consider different time zones.
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« Reply #9 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 6:28pm » |
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The clock was functioning properly, but the hands fell off
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Re: Time
« Reply #10 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 7:06pm » |
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The meeting was about how easily clocks could be changed to be wrong, or about practical jokes or something. He was the host, but he was late(he was still asleep when it happened) and they changed his clock.
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Re: Time
« Reply #11 on: Apr 24th, 2008, 10:34pm » |
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No to all. He was in a room and the clock was perfect. The batteries were OK and the hands did not fall off.
Think riddlers, think...
Btw, one of you is sort of on the right track. But I won't say who for now.
Do I sound like Icey?
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Re: Time
« Reply #12 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 12:21am » |
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Btw, this riddle is not one that I have framed on my own. I actually saw it happen a few days ago and thought of putting it as a riddle.
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Re: Time
« Reply #13 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 5:42am » |
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Jonathan is blind.
Does it have to do with sunlight?
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Re: Time
« Reply #14 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 5:49am » |
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on Apr 25th, 2008, 5:42am, Iceman wrote: Jonathan is blind.
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No. But you are close.
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Re: Time
« Reply #15 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 6:41am » |
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Was he wearing those blinders that some sleepers use to keep the light out of their eyes?
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Re: Time
« Reply #16 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 6:57am » |
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Jonathan is a trained chimp.
Or he is a shark so he rolled his eyes backwards.
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Re: Time
« Reply #17 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 7:19am » |
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No to both.
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Re: Time
« Reply #18 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 7:54am » |
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He is late for his first lesson of 101 Clock Reading.
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Re: Time
« Reply #19 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 8:31am » |
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No. It was not a clock reading class. It was an official meeting.
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Re: Time
« Reply #20 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 9:04am » |
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He woke up after the sun had been shining on his face for awhile. After he woke up, he stared at the sun by accident and gave him temporary blindness.
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(thinks to self) Time for my speech to these college kids.
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Re: Time
« Reply #21 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 11:59am » |
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Maybe staring at his fiancée gave him temporary blindness. And if he marries her, he will be blind forever.
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Re: Time
« Reply #22 on: Apr 25th, 2008, 10:44pm » |
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No. Blindness is involved but you have to be more specific. Oops, I think it's a big hint.
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Re: Time
« Reply #23 on: Apr 26th, 2008, 7:30am » |
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The clock hands and background of the clock are of particular colors that are indistinguishable to the color blind.
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Re: Time
« Reply #24 on: Apr 26th, 2008, 8:27am » |
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Rainbow or daltonism? I remember the movie Abyss. How could I forget it? It had unidentified swimming objects. Anyway, when the protagonist wanted to cut the right wire, he couldn’t distinguish colors because of the water.
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