Braingle: 'Angry Response' Brain Teaser

Angry Response

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Puzzle ID:	#349
Fun:	(2.31)
Difficulty:	(0.89)
Category:	Trick
Submitted By:	22ACE
Corrected By:	Crazycriely

A man called his wife to say that he`d be home at eight o`clock. He got home two minutes past eight yet his wife was extremely angry with him. Why?

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She was angry because he was late.
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Comments

angie Jun 22, 2002	lol
megan Dec 23, 2002	Easy
singcan Jan 29, 2003	lol................ez..................
inudbz Mar 16, 2003	didnt hafta think
cuti_pie654 May 17, 2003	I got that it was a good one lol
amqrcl Mar 22, 2004	i actually got that one!!!
Tongue-Twister Nov 21, 2004	What?
DummyisDumb Mar 28, 2005	That doesn't make it a trick question!
babybabe1 May 30, 2005	i knew da answer but it didnt say anything about am or pm in da question or in da hint.
sdm1177 Jun 21, 2005	I think if it was that he got home two minutes BEFORE eight, that may have made more sense (to me).
XXOO555 Jan 21, 2006	ummm... ok it didnt even have anything about am or pm.... but other then that it was really easy
jntrcs Mar 18, 2006	dum...lol
jntrcs Mar 18, 2006	dum...lol
tintiniscool Apr 04, 2006	sarcastichardest trick EVER!!!
ava199345 Jun 20, 2006	ez ez ez
aaks94 Jan 10, 2007	that one was really easy, but it was nice for a change
LeafFan4life Mar 03, 2007	worst teaser dude-
snoopunicorn Mar 11, 2007	wow.....wouldnt he hav been 12 hours and 2 minutes late?? wayta go
snoopunicorn Mar 11, 2007	wait nevermind u never said 2 minutes ONLY...hehe
JalenStar3 Jun 19, 2007	That's very good!!!!!
Calehay Nov 02, 2008	Hint totally gives it away, but good ol' fashioned AM/PM teaser!
Flamey500 Jan 06, 2010	lol! I thought she was angry because he came home 2 minutes late. Great teaser, but really easy.
coinjar876 May 12, 2010	i thought he said 8am and he got back at 802pm I guess I still got it.
sashomarine Mar 23, 2013	Funny XD