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| From | The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics.relativity |
| Subject | Re: "What time is it?" |
| Date | 2023-06-29 09:35 -0700 |
| Organization | To protect and to server |
| Message-ID | <649DB2D9.469F@ix.netcom.com> (permalink) |
| References | <649D2C10.B1A@ix.netcom.com> |
The Starmaker wrote:
>
> I don't know when things went wrong...
>
> but some where along the line
>
> you people got it all wrong.
>
> And it's been wrong ever since.
>
> But when a person ask the question..
>
> "What time is it?"
>
> They are not asking
> what time is it...
>
> they are asking
>
> for you
> to look
> at your clock
> and read to them
> what the clock reads.
>
> They are really asking...
>
> "What clock is it?" or
>
> "What o'clock is it?"
>
> If you want to know
> what time it is...
> (even though you're really
> asking What o'clock is it)
>
> you look at a clock.
>
> You don't find out
> what time it is...
> you find out
> what o'clock it is.
>
> "What clock is it?"
>
> It's 12 o'clock.
>
> If you ask "What time is it?"
>
> you going to get the same answer..
>
> It's 12 o'clock.
>
> "What o'clock is it?"
MR. LEUCHTAG
Liebchen, uh, sweetness heart,
what watch?
She glances at her wristwatch.
MRS. LEUCHTAG
Ten watch.
MR. LEUCHTAG
(surprised)
Such much?
--
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
and challenge
the unchallengeable.
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"What time is it?" The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-06-29 00:00 -0700
Re: "What time is it?" "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-06-29 09:29 -0700
Re: "What time is it?" The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-06-29 09:35 -0700
Re: "What time is it?" The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-06-29 12:16 -0700
Re: "What time is it?" The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-06-29 13:56 -0700
Re: "What time is it?" "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-06-30 10:54 -0700
Re: "What time is it?" "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2023-06-30 11:11 -0700
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