wu :: forums
        (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi)
      

        riddles >> what happened >> Time
        
(Message started by: gotit on Apr 24th, 2008, 7:33am)
Title: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 24th, 2008, 7:33am
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?
Title: Re: Time
Post by SMQ on Apr 24th, 2008, 7:36am
[hide]He didn't have his eyeglasses on yet?[/hide]

--SMQ
Title: Re: Time
Post by Iceman on Apr 24th, 2008, 7:51am
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.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Grimbal on Apr 24th, 2008, 8:01am
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.
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 24th, 2008, 8:01am
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.
Title: Re: Time
Post by denis on Apr 24th, 2008, 8:16am
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.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Grimbal on Apr 24th, 2008, 9:17am
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.  ;)
Title: Re: Time
Post by Iceman on Apr 24th, 2008, 10:41am

on 04/24/08 at 09:17:10, Grimbal wrote:
Of course, the clocks are not Chinese, they can afford clocks made in Switzerland.  ;)

Right on Grimbal.  :P
Title: Re: Time
Post by Iceman on Apr 24th, 2008, 10:44am

on 04/24/08 at 07:33:28, gotit wrote:
although the clock was functioning properly, he was not able to know the time. Why?

The clock was functioning properly but the batteries weren’t.

8)


Or they are cruising in a yacht, so he should consider different time zones.  
Title: Re: Time
Post by iono on Apr 24th, 2008, 6:28pm
The clock was functioning properly, but the hands fell off
Title: Re: Time
Post by temporary on Apr 24th, 2008, 7:06pm
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.
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 24th, 2008, 10:34pm
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?
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 25th, 2008, 12:21am
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.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Iceman on Apr 25th, 2008, 5:42am
Jonathan is blind.  8)


Does it have to do with sunlight?
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 25th, 2008, 5:49am

on 04/25/08 at 05:42:23, Iceman wrote:
Jonathan is blind.  8)


No. [hide]But you are close[/hide].
Title: Re: Time
Post by denis on Apr 25th, 2008, 6:41am
Was he wearing those blinders that some sleepers use to keep the light out of their eyes?
Title: Re: Time
Post by Iceman on Apr 25th, 2008, 6:57am
Jonathan is a trained chimp.  

Or he is a shark so he rolled his eyes backwards.
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 25th, 2008, 7:19am
No to both.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Grimbal on Apr 25th, 2008, 7:54am
He is late for his first lesson of 101 Clock Reading.
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 25th, 2008, 8:31am
No. It was not a clock reading class. It was an official meeting.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Ghost Sniper on Apr 25th, 2008, 9:04am
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.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Iceman on Apr 25th, 2008, 11:59am
Maybe staring at his fiancée gave him temporary blindness. And if he marries her, he will be blind forever.

:P  ::)
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 25th, 2008, 10:44pm
No. [hide]Blindness is involved but you have to be more specific.[/hide] Oops, I think it's a big hint. ;)
Title: Re: Time
Post by denis on Apr 26th, 2008, 7:30am
The clock hands and background of the clock are of particular colors that are indistinguishable to the color blind.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Iceman on Apr 26th, 2008, 8:27am
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.  
Title: Re: Time
Post by pscoe2 on Apr 26th, 2008, 2:12pm
i agree with denis tht the clock hands were indistinguishable due to the background.....
Title: Re: Time
Post by gotit on Apr 27th, 2008, 12:15am

on 04/26/08 at 07:30:12, denis wrote:
The clock hands and background of the clock are of particular colors that are indistinguishable to the color blind.


Yes. The backgorund was green and the hands were red. Jonathan was a victim of red-green color blindness.
Title: Re: Time
Post by Azgard on May 3rd, 2008, 7:39pm
[hide]It's a Braille clock[/hide]
Title: Re: Time
Post by Grimbal on May 5th, 2008, 6:17am
Or Denis didn't know how to read roman numerals  :-/.


Powered by YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.4!
Forum software copyright © 2000-2004 Yet another Bulletin Board