Remember calling a number for the time and temperature? Here's a joke about that!

Posted by kezopster@reddit | Jokes | View on Reddit | 14 comments

A man and a woman meet in a bar and the man cannot shake the sense that they have met before. She assures him them haven't. They start tracing through their histories and she's right, they went to different schools, churches, and had a different group of friends.

Then it occurs to him. They haven't met, but he knew her voice very well. He worked at the local factory and every day he called the local bank for their time and temperature service so he could blow the lunch whistle precisely at noon.

"I've got it!" he announces. "You work at the bank! You're the time and temperature voice!" She smiles and admits that is her recorded voice. "I've always wondered, how do you know exactly what time it is?"

"Easy," she replies. "Every day at noon, the factory blows it whistle."

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Mikesaidit36@reddit

When digital clocks came around, banks would always display the time and the weather, alternately. This is to remind you to save up money for a rainy day.

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bharat_tw@reddit

the end reminded me of the tribal chief and the weatherman joke

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SeaOk7514@reddit

Uh, so........you just going to leave us hanging.

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Tight_Syllabub9423@reddit

Like a partridge in a pear tree

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bharat_tw@reddit

I don't get the reference. care to explain?

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Tight_Syllabub9423@reddit

Game meats, such as partridge, are traditionally hung before being eaten. This is done as a way of tenderising the meat.

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bharat_tw@reddit

hehe i also read the joke on this sub only and the link below is the oldest existing version of the joke on this sub https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/s/CpORdmrLeg

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kiti-tras@reddit

Well, it’s the same joke, mathematically speaking.

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gangawalla@reddit

There's a space-time continuum problem with this joke. The whistle won't blow until she says it's noon, and she won't know it's noon unless the whistle blows.

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LordCouchCat@reddit

Logically, captain, the whistle blower must take the time from 12-n, where n is the time for him to activate the whistle. This if n is 3 seconds, the whistle blower activates it when the clock gives 11:59:57. The clock controller hears the whistle and sets the clock at 12 noon. This avoids any paradox. It will however lead to a gradual drift of the declared noon from the correct time.

For further information please consult the Vulcan Science Directorate, Humour Resolution Division.

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The whistle won't blow until she says it's noon, and she won't know it's noon unless the whistle blows

Schrodinger's Noon.