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(Message started by: jenniegurl on Jun 26th, 2005, 8:36am)
Title: *69
Post by jenniegurl on Jun 26th, 2005, 8:36am
Even though a man has several clocks in his house and a watch, he calls a phone line that tells you the time.  Why?

2 answers.
Title: Re: *69
Post by Grimbal on Jun 26th, 2005, 9:17am
Some ideas:
- [hide] He is blind [/hide].
- [hide] He came back from a long holiday and all clocks and watches stopped working.  He needs to ask the time to set them[/hide].
- [hide] He is in love with the girl that tells the time, not suspecting it is just a machine [/hide].
- [hide] He is testing his phone line[/hide].
- [hide] He is testing the machine telling the time [/hide].
Title: Re: *69
Post by jenniegurl on Jun 26th, 2005, 10:08am
the blinde one is a very good guess.
Title: Re: *69
Post by alien on Jun 26th, 2005, 3:46pm
He made the call from the telephone booth. ::)
Title: Re: *69
Post by jenniegurl on Jun 26th, 2005, 3:49pm
nah, and he didnt catch a fish either.
Title: Re: *69
Post by towr on Jun 27th, 2005, 12:14am
He and his house were displaced in time, so he needs an external reference for the proper time
Title: Re: *69
Post by Ajax on Jun 27th, 2005, 1:17am
1 [hide]All clocks have broken[/hide]
2 [hide]He calls so that he can set them to the correct time[/hide] Already given
3 [hide]He lives in an airplane or a boat and he is constantly traveling, so he wants to know in which time zone he is[/hide]
Title: Re: *69
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jun 27th, 2005, 3:30am
[hide]He's not in his house when he made that call.[/hide]
Title: Re: *69
Post by SWF on Jun 27th, 2005, 8:43pm
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).
Title: Re: *69
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jun 28th, 2005, 1:45am
Or the man is checking whether his phone line is working.
Title: Re: *69
Post by Grimbal on Jun 28th, 2005, 5:52am
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.
Title: Re: *69
Post by alien on Jun 28th, 2005, 5:22pm
[hide]He just moved in the house in Rome: he used to live in London so the clocks were set on London time.[/hide]
Title: Re: *69
Post by Padzok on Jul 10th, 2005, 9:38am

EITHER
[hide]
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  
[/hide]

OR
[hide]
He is in the house of someone he doesnt like, and he wants to clock up a larger phone bill.
[/hide]
Title: Re: *69
Post by otter on Jul 13th, 2005, 12:01pm

on 06/26/05 at 08:36:46, 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?

2 answers.


::[hide]" A man with one clock always knows what time it is.  A man with many clocks never knows what time it is."[/hide]::
Title: Re: *69
Post by ashtar on Oct 18th, 2005, 3:49am
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.
Title: Re: *69
Post by Grimbal on Oct 18th, 2005, 8:43am
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.
Title: Re: *69
Post by BNC on Oct 18th, 2005, 9:14am

on 10/18/05 at 03:49:20, 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.


I like it :)

"A man who owns a clock will always know the time. A man who owns two is never sure."
Title: Re: *69
Post by towr on Oct 18th, 2005, 9:28am

on 10/18/05 at 09:14:42, BNC wrote:
"A man who owns a clock will always know the time. A man who owns two is never sure."
Yeah, that's pretty much what otter said
;D
Title: Re: *69
Post by BNC on Oct 18th, 2005, 11:32am

on 10/18/05 at 09:28:48, towr wrote:
Yeah, that's pretty much what otter said
;D

<Gulp>  :-[


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