You are locked in a jail cell with no windows. and you need to tap out a message on the wall for the man in the other cell next to you. The problem is that you have to do it at exactly 9:15 PM, when the guard outside is switched, so your noise won't be noticed. You can't hear the switching of the guards through your walls, and you have no clock.
There is a faucet with water dripping very consistently from it in the corner, but you don't know if it is dripping at 30 or 40 or however many drops per minute, and that wouldn't give you the time in any case. You can just make out the chiming of a church bell, but it chimes just once at the top of each hour, so you can't tell the time from that. You can feel the wall facing west start to cool after the sun sets, but you don't know what time the sun is setting, and this isn't very precise in any case. Your dinner is always passed into your cell between 6:15 and 6:45. How do you determine when it is exactly 9:15 PM?
2007-12-20 20:12:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
I will tickle them hahaha lol.
2007-12-20 20:31:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The first time the chruch bell rings after dinner is passed will be 7pm. Count the drips until you hear it chime 8pm. Divide this number by 4 and you will know how many drops in 15 minutes. Wait until the church bell chimes 9pm and allow the appropriate number of drops. Time to tap your message!!
2007-12-21 04:18:10 · answer #2 · answered by marshfield_meme 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
When you hear the bell you start counting the drips of water until you hear the bell again. You will know how many drops are in a minute. When you get your dinner and you hear the next bell you will know it is 7PM. You count 2 more bells, its now 9PM. you count the drops until you get to 9:15. Than tap your message.
2007-12-21 04:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by Cotton 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay well you see when the chimes go off, the wait how long after ur meal comes knowing the time at that moment, then wait for the chimes to go off again sayings its 7 then until 9, then simply count out the final minutes
i dunno if thats the actual answer, but thats wat i wud do
2007-12-21 08:48:27 · answer #4 · answered by miinniie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you hear the guards start to switch
2007-12-21 04:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you hear the footsteps of the gaurd walking away and a door opening/ closing.
edit// marsh (above me) got it.
2007-12-21 04:19:20 · answer #6 · answered by rhay ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
man ill kick the walls i bet they guy will here me
2007-12-21 04:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by playmaker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The time wont matter cause the guy next to me probably wont know what time it is either...
2007-12-21 04:20:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Oh my....you really need a new hobby!
2007-12-21 04:16:57 · answer #9 · answered by Requesting Rita 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is that a trick question?
It is, isn't it?
2007-12-21 04:17:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋