Brain Teaser

[Steven Thornberry]

Originally Posted by jmclaugh

Well done Steven, alas there is no prize.

My prize is the satisfaction I get from doing well. Ok, wake up out there!

[Scottie-TX]

Well yeah, but weighta minnit! Brass gears an' plates, wheelz, etc., also contain mollykools, nootrons, adams, an all that stuff two.

[Dave B]

Yeah, Scottie, but like a quart jar full of marbles, there's lots of air space, and I don't think yer allowed to count air molecules - besides, those are probly further apart than sand or water molecules anyway, cause air is pretty thin stuff.

[jmclaugh]

Originally Posted by Steven Thornberry

My prize is the satisfaction I get from doing well. Ok, wake up out there!

I got a "even I knew that" from my better half.

[Scottie-TX]

Your better half knew THORNY was a egotist?
'ell, we all gnu that.

[bangster]

HOWEVER.....
Every sun dial has the same number of moving parts, namely None. So, any sun dial counts as "the" one with the fewest moving parts.

BUT...
Not every hourglass contains the same number of sand grains. So tell me this, experts: WHICH hourglass is top dog in the moving parts hustings? It would be the world's largest hourglass, with the finest sand of any.

WHERE IS IT?

Another burning question in the world of horology.



bangster

[Scottie-TX]

Well, my read is:

If a sundial has the least number of moving parts which timepiece has the most moving parts?

This is subjective of course, but the question was not which SPECIFIC clock but rather, which TYPE of clock.
So, sundials have the least number of moving parts and hourglasses have the most number of moving parts.

[jmclaugh]

As Scottie says the question is generic not specific to any particular hour glass. Incidentally the hint given for the question was "it is not a clock".

[bangster]

AHA! You don't wish to answer the REAL question that I have asked, to wit: which PARTICULAR clock has the most moving parts?

Is it FEAR? or is it IGNORANCE? Or maybe BOTH??

I have obviously tapped into your deepest psychoses.



bangster

[Scottie-TX]

Yeah. Hate to admit it but indeed I believe you did succeed in tapping and exposing a deeply entrenched and well cloaked psychosis: "fear". "Fear of being wrong."
Incredible power, BONG!
Please promise not to divulge this weakness to anyone or wield this power recklessly.