Monday, June 4, 2007

What Time?

A man had been driving all night and by morning was still far from
his destination. He decided to stop at the next city he came to and
park somewhere quiet so he could get an hour or two of sleep.

As luck would have it, the quiet street he chose happened to be one
of the city's most popular jogging routes. No sooner had he settled
back to snooze when there came a knocking on his window. He looked
out and saw a jogger running in place.

"Yes?"

"Excuse me, sir," the jogger said, "do you have the time?" The man
looked at the car clock and answered, "7:15."

The jogger said thanks and left. The man settled back again, and was
just dozing off when there was another knock on the window and
another jogger.

"Excuse me, sir, do you have the time?"

"7:25!"

The jogger said thanks and left.

Now the man could see other joggers passing by and he knew it was
only a matter of time before another one disturbed him. To avoid the
problem, he got out a pen and paper and put a sign in his window
saying, "I do not know the time!"

Once again he settled back to sleep. He was just dozing off when
there was another knock on the window.

"Sir, sir? It's 7:45!"

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