pcardoza Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Jake is struggling through a bus station with two huge and obviously heavy suitcases when a stranger walks up to him and asks “Have you got the time?”Jake sighs, puts down the suitcases and glances at his wrist. “It’s a quarter to six,” he says.“Hey, that’s a pretty fancy watch!” exclaims the stranger.Jake brightens a little. “Yeah, it’s not bad. It’s an invention of mine I’ve been working on. Check this out” – and he shows him a time zone display not just for every time zone in the world, but for the 86 largest metropolises.He hits a few buttons and from somewhere on the watch a voice says “The time is eleven ’til six” in a very West Texas accent. A few more buttons and the same voice says something in Japanese. Jake continues “I’ve put in regional accents for each city”. The display is unbelievably high quality and the voice is simply astounding.The stranger is struck dumb with admiration. “That’s not all”, says Jake. He pushes a few more buttons and a tiny but very high-resolution map of New York City appears on the display. “The flashing dot shows our location by satellite positioning,” explains Jake.“Zoom out”, Jake says, and the display changes to show all of eastern New York state.“I want to buy this watch!” says the stranger.“Oh, no, it’s not ready for sale yet; I’m still working out the bugs”, says the inventor.“But look at this”, and he proceeds to demonstrate that the watch is also a very creditable little FM radio receiver with a digital tuner, a sonar device that can measure distances up to 125 meters, a pager with thermal paper printout and, most impressive of all, the capacity for voice recordings of up to 300 standard-size books, “though I only have 32 of my favorites in there so far” says Jake.“I’ve got to have this watch!”, says the stranger.“No, you don’t understand; it’s not ready…”“I’ll give you $1000 for it!”“Oh, no, I’ve already spent more than…”“I’ll give you $5000 for it!”“But it’s just not…”“I’ll give you $15,000 for it!” And the stranger pulls out a checkbook.Jake stops to think. He’s only put about $8500 into materials and development, and with $15,000 he can make another one and have it ready for merchandising in only six months. The stranger frantically finishes writing the check and waves it in front of him. “Here it is, ready to hand to you right here and now. $15,000. Take it or leave it.”Jake abruptly makes his decision. “OK”, he says, and peels off the watch.They make the exchange and the stranger starts happily away.“Hey, wait a minute”, calls Jake after the stranger, who turns around warily.Jake points to the two suitcases he’d been trying to wrestle through the bus station. .“Don’t forget your batteries.” 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martijnp Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hahaha good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droptopman Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Too funny. Sent from my droptop using telepathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) Just great Edited October 9, 2014 by Nightwatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torobravo Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielv2000 Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemark Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Haha good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezio Posted October 10, 2014 Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Was it the prototype for the smartwatch haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysharona Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Lol. Very nice. I thought I'd heard all the watch jokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk14 Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 haha not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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