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A broken clock is right twice a day

• tomsthumb 9y ago
  One going backwards is right four times. I'm not totally sure this extends your analogy appropriately, but it's an entertaining thought.
  • sssilver 9y ago
    Interesting. - A broken clock is perfectly right twice a day - A clock going backwards is perfectly right 4 times a day - A normal, working clock is probably never perfectly right
    • mercer 9y ago
      In the second case at least four times, no?
• SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
  Unless it's a 24-hour clock, then it's only once. Or the break isn't just a stoppage but simply a mis-setting. Or running fast or slow, at which point it will be right with some period other than twice/day. (The original phrase specifies a stopped clock, which eliminates the second two exceptions).