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wildnfunky · Icarian Member

What does it mean if a clock shows the correct time only twice a day

mole · Subterranean Member

It's a digital 24 hour clock that's running backwards.

wildnfunky · Icarian Member

THANX A LOT

ZutAlors! · Daedalian Member

I beg to differ, mole. The clock you propose would, in fact, show the correct time four times a day. The answer is, of course, that this is an el-cheapo alarm clock that's reset to the corresct time by its owner before he goes to bed and after he wakes up. I know this because I used to have one.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

I say it means that it's time to get a new clock. Or wind the one you have. Or replace the batteries.

Icarus · Daedalian Member

It's a digital clock that you're actually seeing the reflection from a mirror. So the only 2 times a day it's showing the correct time would be 11:11 am and 11:11 pm

Marvin · Pseudo-Yank

Wouldn't 12:51 show as 12:51 in the mirror too?
Your clock's probably just a normal one with hands that has stopped.

UnheardVoice · Daedalian Member

What does it mean if a clock shows the correct time only 60 times a day?

The person has gone insane trying to set the clock on his VCR, which is constantly blinking "12:00" thirty times per minute, 60 minutes an hour, and 24/7 since the dawn of man.

groza528 · No Place Like Home

ZutAlors!, I think mole is right because he specified that it was a 24 hour clock. If we picture it as an analog clock with only an hour hand, as well as an hour hand going in the correct direction, these two hands would line up twice in 24 hours.

Icarus · Daedalian Member

Marvin - This is one of those fancy new digital clocks where it isn't limited to the typical 8 position LED's to display each character, so it can show clearly the difference between a 2 and a 5

ZutAlors! · Daedalian Member

Ah, yes, I withdraw my objection to mole's solution. Although I can't help thinking that there's some easier solution to this problem... Hmph. Probably not.

Bicho the Inhaler · Daedalian Member

I haven't heard this one in a looooong time, at least ten years. I'm with Quailman and Marvin.

ChienFou · Leader of the pack

The last one I had of that sort got hurled across the room when I woke up late for a Bridge tournament. It was a mechanical clock and apart from the chore of having to sweep up the glass, the general collection of springs and cogs embedded in the plaster was extremely satisfying.

Antrax · ESL Student

Wouldn't a stopped analog watch show the correct time twice a day?
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