Monday, November 9, 2015
Tagged Under: Funny
Super Technical Watch
Dated:
9:17 PM
Lester is struggling through a bus station when two great and obviously unventilated suitcases bearing in mind a stranger walks uphill to him and asks "Have you got the become outdated?" Lester sighs, puts the length of the suitcases and glances at his wrist. "It's a quarter to six," he says. "Hey, that's a beautiful fancy watch!" exclaims the stranger. Lester brightens a tiny. "Yeah, it's not bad. Check this out," and he shows him a era zone display not just for all times zone in the world, but for the 86 largest cities in the world. He hits a few buttons and from somewhere upon the watch a voice says "The period is eleven 'til six" in a definitely West Texas accent. A few more buttons and the connected voice says something in Japanese. Lester continues "I've adding regional accents for each city." The display is unbelievably high air and the voice is conveniently fantastic. The stranger is struck dumb following be fired taking place roughly. "That's not completely single one," says Lester. He pushes a few more buttons and a tiny but very hi-unmodified map of New York City appears upon the display. "The broken dot shows our location by satellite positioning," explains Lester. "View recede ten," he says, and the display changes to doing eastern New York State. "I agonized to benefit this watch!" says the stranger. "Oh, no, it's not ready for sale yet; I'm still functional out the bugs," says the inventor. "But impression at this," and he proceeds to work up that the watch is furthermore a enormously credible tiny FM radio receiver considering a digital tuner, a sonar device that can piece of legislation distances occurring to 125 meters, a pager when thermal paper printout and, most impressive of every one, the triumph for voice recordings of happening to 300 taking place to within satisfactory limits-size books, "even even though I unaided have 32 of my favorites in there so far afield," says the remote inventor. "I've got to have this watch!" says the stranger. "No, you don't comprehend; it's not ready." "I'll come going on as soon as the maintenance for you $1000 for it!" "Oh, no, I've already spent more than -" "I'll meet the expense of you $5000 for it!" "But it's just not -" "I'll manage to pay for you $15,000 for it!" And the stranger pulls out a checkbook. Lester stops to think. He's lonely put roughly $8500 into materials and build up together, and by now $15,000 he can make another one and have it ready for merchandising in lonely six months. The stranger frantically finishes writing the check and waves it in stomach of him. "Here it is, ready easy to get your hands on to to you right here and now. $15,000. Take it or leave it." Lester abruptly makes his decision. "OK," he says, and peels off the watch. They make the argument and the stranger starts happily away. "Hey, wait a minute," Lester points to the two colossal suitcases he'd been frustrating to torment through the bus station, "Don't forget your batteries."
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