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Beliarsclew
Victim Of The Greed
Joined: 15 May 2004
Posts: 581
Location: Jordan-Middle East |
| What is the best watch? ~poll~ |
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My father told me this riddle ~or whatever~ and I liked to tell it to ya:
You've 3 different types of watches and you have to pick up one, what you will choose?
~1 A broken watch. (Don't work, for example:
The time on the watch is 09:00 after 1 hour it will still the same!
~2 A watch which advanced 30 minutes from the real time. (For example:
The real time is 09:00 in this watch ~in the same time~ it will be 09:30)
~3 A watch which is late 30 minutes from the real time. {For example:
The real time is 09:00 in this watch ~ in the same time ~ it will be 08:30)
What is your choice?
Am gonna post the best choice and the explanations after 14 day ~the poll limit~
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X-dANGEr
Unknown Destiny
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2383
Location: The X place |
the second one because, if you are on a date you will look at the watch and find it 30minutes later but you won't know that, so you will get faster.
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Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:57 pm |
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cfmdobbie
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 1859
Location: London, England |
Well, a broken watch will tell the correct time twice a day, but if your watch is a fixed amount slow or fast and you know what that amount is, that's much, much more useful to you. I'd go for the fast watch, because it might scare me into getting places on time... for once.
I suggest giving "your" answer much earlier than 14 days hence. In two weeks we won't remember that this thread even existed, as some of us have memories of goldfish, and are often distra... Oh, hey! Shiny thing!
*wanders off*
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Sem
Solid as a Rock
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
Posts: 3386
Location: at the Dot |
I'll go for watch 2, same reasons as mentioned above.
Although there most be some little thingie we miss to see
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Seth
Last Man Standing
Joined: 23 Jan 2002
Posts: 1008
Location: Faerun |
quote:
Originally posted by cfmdobbie
Well, a broken watch will tell the correct time twice a day, but if your watch is a fixed amount slow or fast and you know what that amount is, that's much, much more useful to you. I'd go for the fast watch, because it might scare me into getting places on time... for once.
I suggest giving "your" answer much earlier than 14 days hence. In two weeks we won't remember that this thread even existed, as some of us have memories of goldfish, and are often distra... Oh, hey! Shiny thing!
*wanders off*
So true 
Hey man we had here serious discussion, and you can’t just wander off like… WOW have you seen THAT.
mutters to himself Didn’t I suppose to chose something here. 
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Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:11 pm |
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Beliarsclew
Victim Of The Greed
Joined: 15 May 2004
Posts: 581
Location: Jordan-Middle East |
Ok little votes...
The right answer is the broken watch...
The reason:
The broken watch can be at least two times right in the day, for examble:
The watch stopped at 09:30 it'll be two times right in the day--->09:30 PM
, 09:30 AM..
The winner is cfmdobbie---{Congrats}
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Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:36 am |
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X-dANGEr
Unknown Destiny
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2383
Location: The X place |
I still think the fast watch, that watch will make you never miss an appoinment and i think that's good.
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Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:49 am |
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Beliarsclew
Victim Of The Greed
Joined: 15 May 2004
Posts: 581
Location: Jordan-Middle East |
I believe that it's good, But it's not better than the previous watch _~The broken one~_
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
That doesnt make any sense.
How could the 1st watch be any use at all? Sure, technicaly its correct twice a day, but:
1. It would only be correct for 2 seconds out of a 24hr day.
2. You would never know exactly when those two seconds occured.
3. If somehow you did know, then you dont need the watch in the first place.
The 2nd and 3rd Watches are infinately more useful.
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Kiwi Boy
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Joined: 03 Jan 2003
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Originally posted by Chekote
That doesnt make any sense.
Because your definition of "useful" is different from the poster's one. |
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Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:33 am |
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
quote:
Originally posted by Kiwi Boy
quote:
Originally posted by Chekote
That doesnt make any sense.
Because your definition of "useful" is different from the poster's one.
Useful has only one definition. But there was not "useful" in riddle question. Well, there was not correct question at all. Because "you must choose best watch" is really not a good question. It is just matter of what "best watch" means to you. |
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Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:53 am |
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Lintra
Elf Friend
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 9448
Location: Bermuda, the triangle place with SANDY BEACHES |
When ever we would act surprised that my Dad was right about something, he'd shrug and say "Even a broken clock is right twice a day".
I had to laugh about that - I was on the phone w/ my wife and she asked me the time so I glanced up at the grandfather clock we own and said 12:10. A few seconds later I sputtered out "Wait, that is wrong, that clock has been dead for a week, the real time is ... " a pause while I ran to another room and back "12:10. Wow. It *is* true - my Dad was right!". She knew exactly what I meant and we both had a good laugh.
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Chekote
Where’s my Banana?!?!
Joined: 08 Mar 2002
Posts: 1540
Location: Dont know, looks kind of green |
quote:
Originally posted by Kiwi Boy
Because your definition of "useful" is different from the poster's one.
I would be very interested to see what kind of definition could exist that could give any use whatsoever to that watch.... 
I will concede if there is one single example of that watch being useful as a timepiece.
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Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:32 pm |
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X-dANGEr
Unknown Destiny
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2383
Location: The X place |
Guys, i am with you the broken watch isn't the best one from my side.(Who looks to seconds???? )
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Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:41 pm |
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kriksa
Baron of the Court
Joined: 01 Apr 2004
Posts: 328
Location: Estonia |
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Originally posted by Beliarsclew
The broken watch can be at least two times right in the day,
what good will that do?? you still dont know when its right or not, cause you probably know your watch is dead
another reason why the second and third watch are better, is that you can set the time correct, but you need to repair the broken one, before you can do anything with it |
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