skank
Posts: 6,543
Mar 14, 2010 12:42pm
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.?
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.?
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RLDE34
Posts: 31
Mar 14, 2010 12:45pm
3 definitely
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Mar 14, 2010 12:50pm
3:00
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Mar 14, 2010 12:50pm
3 fer sho. 1 pm doesnt even make sense as an answer.
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Swamp Fox
Posts: 2,218
Mar 14, 2010 12:55pm
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.
chicago510
Posts: 5,728
Mar 14, 2010 12:56pm
If they were coming at 1:00, they would have said "I need to move it up an hour"
Back=Later
Back=Later
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Mar 14, 2010 1:00pm
back = 3
up = 1
up = 1
Quint
Posts: 737
Mar 14, 2010 1:05pm
I can't even believe there was an issue over this.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Mar 14, 2010 1:22pm
3:00
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Mar 14, 2010 1:37pm
3:00
DeyDurkie5
Posts: 11,324
Mar 14, 2010 1:41pm
Quint wrote: I can't even believe there was an issue over this.
chicago510
Posts: 5,728
Mar 14, 2010 1:45pm
Your friend must be a ratard if he thought it was 1
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Sonofanump
Mar 14, 2010 1:54pm
Some of your friends are not smart.skank wrote: let's hear what you think.
skank
Posts: 6,543
Mar 14, 2010 1:55pm
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.Quint wrote: I can't even believe there was an issue over this.
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snyds113
Posts: 749
Mar 14, 2010 1:59pm
pushing forward means getting there sooner=1
Pushing back means late=3
Pushing back means late=3
BlueDevil11
Posts: 1,911
Mar 14, 2010 1:59pm
1 makes no sense at all.
The answer is 3.
The answer is 3.
UA5straightin2008
Posts: 3,246
Mar 14, 2010 2:02pm
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
Apple
Posts: 2,620
Mar 14, 2010 2:16pm
Thisqueencitybuckeye wrote: back = 3
up = 1
ZWICK 4 PREZ
Posts: 7,733
Mar 14, 2010 2:20pm
Where do you work, Stark MRDD?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.
skank
Posts: 6,543
Mar 14, 2010 4:28pm
Now think about it Zwick....Have you ever seen me there?ZWICK 4 PREZ wrote:Where do you work, Stark MRDD?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.
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trackandccrunner
Posts: 1,283
Mar 14, 2010 4:49pm
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.
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.
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slingshot4ever
Posts: 4,085
Mar 14, 2010 5:31pm
How is something so obvious the most important question ever? Thread title is very misleading.
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Mar 14, 2010 5:39pm
Have to agree with everyone else. Push it back definitely means later. The poll is a runaway at 44-0.
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cat_lover
Posts: 2,388
Mar 14, 2010 5:42pm
Push it back means later.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
Mar 14, 2010 6:43pm
"push it back" and "push it to the right" both mean later. "move it forward" or "to the left" mean sooner.