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The Talking Clock
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A man had just redone his apartment, and he wanted to show it off to his friends. He showed them his whole apartment and in the final room there was a giant gong. One friend asked, "Why do you have a giant gong in the middle of the room?" The owner of the apartment replied, "Well, because it is my talking time clock." Another friend questioned, "Does it actually work?" So in reply the owner nodded and proved to everyone that it truly was a talking time clock. How did he prove this??
Answer
The owner hit the gong and it sounded loudly, and then a voice called from the other side of the wall. This voice shouted, "Hey! Stop sounding that gong. It's one thirty in the morning!"Hide Answer Show Answer
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That wont work if it is a reasonable hour, or if his neighbour is away
naw
lol,very funny,but if his neighbour were out then it would not work.still i like it!
what a bad remake of a joke
that one pretty kool, but i herd b4 as a joke with language unsuitble for a family site in it
this is the second joke i read turned into a riddle...they really don't work as riddles.
Jul 24, 2002
O_wise_one, in England it is spelt neighbour. 'Neighbor' seems just as wrong to me as 'neighbour' must do to you.
All these negative comments, and yet the teaser still has a high "fun" rating. Looks like the complainers are in the minority (as usual).
I thought this one was pretty funny. and i agree with bobbit. the "fun" rating is high, so the nit pickers are most likely outnumbered.
Good joke -- poor puzzle!
well maybe the guy new his neighbor was home because he did it earlier and he wouldn't have done it if it wasn't late at night.
It would have been really cool if i hadnt just saw that in a book.
hey forget all that negativity, your teaser was great and it made me laugh out loud,
I loved it, thanks!!
I loved it, thanks!!
Ha!
i heard that one as a joke and it was better as a joke
Yes..yes..heard it at the pub....but funny
lol lol lol hahhahahhahahahahaha
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Why the hell is he showing his apartment to his friends at 1:30 am? And how can he tell if his neighbors are in or out?
I laughed at the answer. Before I even had to look. So I'm very smart and easily amused.
I'm not criticizing your teaser at all, in fact I like it a lot and thought it was funny, but I had the same thought as bigbanggoo why is he showing off his apartment at 1:30?
What's creepy is that I was reading this teaser at 1:30 in the morning...
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