17 Aug 03
A party of Mensa members was being given a guided tour of the Clocks
and Watches Gallery. I bet you can't tell me which timepiece has the
fewest moving parts, said the Curator.A sundial bellowed the
intellectually gifted ones. OK, said the slightly peeved Curator,
which time piece has the most moving parts? There was a prolonged
silence.What was the answer?
Have fun,
IvanH.
17 Aug 03
Originally posted by ivanhoeThe answer can only be one thing: the thing with more parts then anything else: the universe. Or at least our earth in combination with our sun.
A party of Mensa members was being given a guided tour of the Clocks
and Watches Gallery. I bet you can't tell me which timepiece has the
fewest moving parts, said the Curator.A sundial bellowed the
intellectually gifted ones. OK, said the slightly peeved Curator,
which time piece has the most moving parts? There was a prolonged
silence.What was the answer?
Have fun,
IvanH.
17 Aug 03
Originally posted by ivanhoeIf you count all the individual grains of sand, then a suitably large hourglass would have the most moving parts.
A party of Mensa members was being given a guided tour of the Clocks
and Watches Gallery. I bet you can't tell me which timepiece has the
fewest moving parts, said the Curator.A sundial bellowed the
intellectually gifted ones. OK, said the slightly peeved Curator,
which time piece has the most moving parts? There was a prolonged
silence.What was the answer?
Have fun,
IvanH.
17 Aug 03
Originally posted by bbarr
If you count all the individual grains of sand, then a suitably large hourglass would have the most moving parts.
Yes bbar, the answer is an hourglass !!
An ordinary hourglass contains enough grains of sand
to be the timepiece with the most moving parts.
A red Ferrari is coming your way !!
IvanH.
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18 Aug 03
Originally posted by StarValleyWyWell, the hour glass needs gravity... How many parts does that have? 🙄
Post facto reasoning... How about the Sun Dial? It (the Sun) consists of more hydrogen atoms and/or quarks than does the sand thingy? I really, really need a car. I'm desperate!😵 It is an itegral part of the machine. Please make mine a really dark blue color.🙁 Please.
18 Aug 03
Originally posted by StarValleyWy
Post facto reasoning... How about the Sun Dial? It (the Sun) consists of more hydrogen atoms and/or quarks than does the sand thingy? I really, really need a car. I'm desperate!😵 It is an itegral part of the machine. Please make mine a really dark blue color.🙁 Please.
All right, you're lucky because I'm in a good mood today.
A Dark Blue Ferrari is coming your way !!
IvanH.
18 Aug 03
Originally posted by ivanhoeThanks, IvanH.
All right, you're lucky because I'm in a good mood today.
A Dark Blue Ferrari is coming your way !!
IvanH.
I'll be careful to keep my dark blue Ferrari out of the sun! And Sand. Dang! This means i can't take it to the beach. Oh, well. Didn't have time anyway.:'(
20 Aug 03
Originally posted by ivanhoeEhm...maybe I'm not reading it right, but to me "fewest" means "the one with the smallest amount".
I bet you can't tell me which timepiece has the
fewest moving parts, said the Curator.
Therefor the answer must be the sundial, wich has no moving parts at all. That is, if you count the shadow, wich all objects have.