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April 30, 2010
Challenge: What time is it? | Diga-me se for capaz: Que horas são?
Yesterday, I went to a hospital 'cause my sore throat was getting worse. In the waiting room, I saw these two clocks. What do they mean? Why two clocks? Do they show the same time?
Funny how they put the hours in our system (24h). We just say 19 o'clock, for example, but our analogical clocks actually show 7 (pm). Never seen one like that, have you?
But the one from the left... It's more complicated, right? Realize this: you're sick and trying to figure out what time is it. Detail: they were both not working.
So now answer me, please, what time was it, according to those clocks?
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Ontem, fui fazer um tour pelo hospital daqui, porque estou com uma baita dor de garganta (brasileira) desde que cheguei. Na sala de espera, vi esses dois relógios. Fala sério: dois relógios, um do lado do outro? Porque cargas d'água?
O da direita, tudo bem, engraçado ver como eles colocam as horas no nosso sistema (24h). Nunca tinha visto um assim, vc já? Mas o da esquerda... Difícil, né? Acho que é pra vc passar o tempo quebrando a cabeça enquanto espera! hahaha
Detalhe: os dois estavam parados. Então, falaí, que horas eram de acordo com esses relógios?
2 comments:
That's an easy one: one works (when working) as a stopwatch, so you know for how long you are there, or minutes to take the next medicine dose... the other one with "military time" (19h) is for people from "latino" countries Brazilians. (well, the answer looks good, for one I just made up! lol)
Bom, se fosse aqui... um deles indicaria o tempo que leva para ser atendida pelos médicos!!!
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