On entering a dark attic a collector with 20:20 vision spotted a vase amid all the junk. He at first read the date inscribed on it as being exactly 330 years later then it actually was. When he got up close he saw he was mistaken, although the date was carved in large (Arabic) numerals and very clearly at that. How might his mistake have been caused?
2007-03-05 23:32:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The date was 1661. But the vase was upside down, so the collector at first read it as 1991, exactly 330 later than it actually was.
2007-03-05 23:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by Always Hopeful 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He read it upside down? The dust made the numbers look like different ones?
2007-03-05 23:38:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
or he read it as 990 when it was actually 660 due to being upside down
2007-03-06 00:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by craig 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
simple enough.. the person dint know arabic!! thus he took it to be some other date then it actually was..
2007-03-05 23:38:37 · answer #4 · answered by deepika_nt 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he read it upside down
2007-03-06 01:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by gamias 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the collector is a dumbass....thats how.
2007-03-05 23:35:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it was dark????
2007-03-05 23:36:18 · answer #7 · answered by xXx_AimZ_xXx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋