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skank

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Mar 14, 2010 12:42 PM
My friends and I have discussed this over and over, and we seem to be split on it, let's hear what you think.

If someone calls you and tells you they're going to pick you up at 2:00 P.M., then they call back and say, I have to push it back an hour, what time are they going to pick you up?

1:00 P.M. or 3:00 P.M.?
Mar 14, 2010 12:42pm
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RLDE34

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Mar 14, 2010 12:45 PM
3 definitely
Mar 14, 2010 12:45pm
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GoChiefs

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Mar 14, 2010 12:50 PM
3:00
Mar 14, 2010 12:50pm
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Rotinaj

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Mar 14, 2010 12:50 PM
3 fer sho. 1 pm doesnt even make sense as an answer.
Mar 14, 2010 12:50pm
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Swamp Fox

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Mar 14, 2010 12:55 PM
My initial reaction was to say 3. I voted that way but I could see the possibility of 1 also after thinking a little about it. It would seem to me that if they were going to come a full hour early, this would necessitate the forewarning more than if they were going to be 1 hour later. I'm sticking with 3 but I see the potential confusion that might result from such a message.
Mar 14, 2010 12:55pm
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chicago510

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Mar 14, 2010 12:56 PM
If they were coming at 1:00, they would have said "I need to move it up an hour"

Back=Later
Mar 14, 2010 12:56pm
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queencitybuckeye

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Mar 14, 2010 1:00 PM
back = 3
up = 1
Mar 14, 2010 1:00pm
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Quint

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Mar 14, 2010 1:05 PM
I can't even believe there was an issue over this.
Mar 14, 2010 1:05pm
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Fab4Runner

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Mar 14, 2010 1:22 PM
3:00
Mar 14, 2010 1:22pm
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Mar 14, 2010 1:37 PM
3:00
Mar 14, 2010 1:37pm
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DeyDurkie5

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Mar 14, 2010 1:41 PM
Quint wrote: I can't even believe there was an issue over this.
Mar 14, 2010 1:41pm
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chicago510

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Mar 14, 2010 1:45 PM
Your friend must be a ratard if he thought it was 1
Mar 14, 2010 1:45pm
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Sonofanump

Mar 14, 2010 1:54 PM
skank wrote: let's hear what you think.
Some of your friends are not smart.
Mar 14, 2010 1:54pm
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skank

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Mar 14, 2010 1:55 PM
Quint wrote: I can't even believe there was an issue over this.
I couldn't either, but honestly, one day at work even, we asked about 10 different people and it ended up pretty much a tie.
Mar 14, 2010 1:55pm
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snyds113

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Mar 14, 2010 1:59 PM
pushing forward means getting there sooner=1
Pushing back means late=3
Mar 14, 2010 1:59pm
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BlueDevil11

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Mar 14, 2010 1:59 PM
1 makes no sense at all.
The answer is 3.
Mar 14, 2010 1:59pm
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Mar 14, 2010 2:02 PM
1 makes a little sense if you are thinking about how you count (1,2,3,4..etc) moving back from 2, you would go to 1...so i can see an argument but that is definitely farfetched and would agree they mean 3:00
Mar 14, 2010 2:02pm
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Apple

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Mar 14, 2010 2:16 PM
queencitybuckeye wrote: back = 3
up = 1
This
Mar 14, 2010 2:16pm
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ZWICK 4 PREZ

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Mar 14, 2010 2:20 PM
skank wrote:
I couldn't either, but honestly, one day at work even, we asked about 10 different people and it ended up pretty much a tie.
Where do you work, Stark MRDD?
Mar 14, 2010 2:20pm
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skank

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Mar 14, 2010 4:28 PM
ZWICK 4 PREZ wrote:
skank wrote:
I couldn't either, but honestly, one day at work even, we asked about 10 different people and it ended up pretty much a tie.
Where do you work, Stark MRDD?
Now think about it Zwick....Have you ever seen me there? :D
Mar 14, 2010 4:28pm
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trackandccrunner

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Mar 14, 2010 4:49 PM
Alright I voted for 3pm but after really thinking about I'd say its 1pm and here are a few reasons why.

1)Since it was just daylight savings this is a great explain most people use the saying Spring Forward(move ahead an hour) and Fall BACK(go back an hour).

2)Im sure we all have say we wish we could go BACK in time and change something that we did. Back refers to a period in time that has already happened just like 1pm would happen before 2pm.

3)I don't think time is really any different then counting or saying your ABC's and when you speak of going back its the number/letter that came before so its like going back from 2pm is 1pm just as going back from 2 is 1 or going back from B is A.

I guess its really all how you look at things and interpret the way they said it. And this is why I also say later or early that way there can't ever be any confusion.
Mar 14, 2010 4:49pm
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slingshot4ever

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Mar 14, 2010 5:31 PM
How is something so obvious the most important question ever? Thread title is very misleading.
Mar 14, 2010 5:31pm
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Mar 14, 2010 5:39 PM
Have to agree with everyone else. Push it back definitely means later. The poll is a runaway at 44-0.
Mar 14, 2010 5:39pm
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cat_lover

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Mar 14, 2010 5:42 PM
Push it back means later.
Mar 14, 2010 5:42pm
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Glory Days

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Mar 14, 2010 6:43 PM
"push it back" and "push it to the right" both mean later. "move it forward" or "to the left" mean sooner.
Mar 14, 2010 6:43pm