A piece of engineering logic.
Ask him to choose between a watch that is slow a second a day and a dead watch, he will choose the dead watch. Reason?
It will take the one second slow a day watch zillions of years before it shows the correct time again, but the dead watch will always show the correct time twice a day.
This reminds me of the ludicrous situation where teachers were told to set their objective exam questions making use of an even spread of all five (a, b, c, d & e) possible answers. For a student without a clue, he could get 20% marks by answering say, (a) in all questions!
A male beer drinker's logically brilliant retort...
Lady Interviewer: Do you drink every day?
Man: Yes.
Lady Interviewer: How much a day?
Man: Around 3 six-packs starting at noon.
Lady Interviewer: How much does a 6-pack cost?
Man: Roughly $10.00 at a deli.
Lady Interviewer: And how long have you been drinking like that?
Man: 15 years.
Lady Interviewer: So with a six-pack costing $10.00, and you consuming 3 six-packs a day, you are spending roughly $900 each month. In one year, you would then be spending $10,800, correct?
Man: Correct.
Lady Interviewer: If in 1 year you spend $10,800 on beer, not accounting for inflation, 15 years puts your spending roughly $162,000; correct?
Man: Correct.
Lady Interviewer: Did it ever occur to you that if you did not drink for the last 15 years, you could have bought a Ferrari?
Man: Do you drink?
Lady Interviewer: No.
Man: So where's your Ferrari ?
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Ask him to choose between a watch that is slow a second a day and a dead watch, he will choose the dead watch. Reason?
It will take the one second slow a day watch zillions of years before it shows the correct time again, but the dead watch will always show the correct time twice a day.
This reminds me of the ludicrous situation where teachers were told to set their objective exam questions making use of an even spread of all five (a, b, c, d & e) possible answers. For a student without a clue, he could get 20% marks by answering say, (a) in all questions!
A male beer drinker's logically brilliant retort...
Lady Interviewer: Do you drink every day?
Man: Yes.
Lady Interviewer: How much a day?
Man: Around 3 six-packs starting at noon.
Lady Interviewer: How much does a 6-pack cost?
Man: Roughly $10.00 at a deli.
Lady Interviewer: And how long have you been drinking like that?
Man: 15 years.
Lady Interviewer: So with a six-pack costing $10.00, and you consuming 3 six-packs a day, you are spending roughly $900 each month. In one year, you would then be spending $10,800, correct?
Man: Correct.
Lady Interviewer: If in 1 year you spend $10,800 on beer, not accounting for inflation, 15 years puts your spending roughly $162,000; correct?
Man: Correct.
Lady Interviewer: Did it ever occur to you that if you did not drink for the last 15 years, you could have bought a Ferrari?
Man: Do you drink?
Lady Interviewer: No.
Man: So where's your Ferrari ?
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