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International Date Line

We all know about the International Date Line; it is a line or meridian of 180’ it runs through the Pacific running north to south, if you lived exactly on that exact line what day would it be? I mean at the exact moment of transition, time would exist in both the am and the pm. Is it the day before, or today, or tomorrow?



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11"I have something else to say."
8Today
2Is it the day before
2Tomorrow

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LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 17-Jul-2008 1:11pm  
When you are in that Zone, you are in the here and now.
Matty
posted 17-Jul-2008 1:24pm  
I think I am too stupid to understand this question.
dab Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
posted 17-Jul-2008 1:30pm  
It's always today, wherever I am.
Melf Gold Qualifier
posted 17-Jul-2008 2:01pm  
'We all know about the international date line, but here's an explanation anyways.'
You can't live on a line.
Anyway.
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Double Gold Star Survey Creator
posted 17-Jul-2008 3:02pm  
I'm sitting right on top of the frikkin' International Date Line, and I still can't get a date!
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 17-Jul-2008 3:18pm  
I don't know; why don't you move there and find out?
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 17-Jul-2008 4:03pm  
If you lived exactly on the line you'd be very wet. And extremely narrow. Do you know how wide a line is?
llamamama Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 17-Jul-2008 4:04pm  
I seriously thought it was a television show. But to answer your question..it is neither. It is midnight.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 17-Jul-2008 4:11pm  
As a matter of fact, it's all dark.
moviesnob
posted 17-Jul-2008 4:40pm  
It's the day that I don't know what day it is.
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 17-Jul-2008 5:22pm  
today
ausfox
posted 17-Jul-2008 5:41pm  
Tomorrow. I've stood with my feet on either side of the line. Kind of cool.
aquawolfy
posted 17-Jul-2008 5:54pm  
Stop confusing my puny overworked mind more than it already is!!!!!!!
kcthedog Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 17-Jul-2008 11:04pm  
Today, yesterday was today the day before, and tomorrow will be today the day after.
kcthedog Survey Central Gold Subscriber
(reply to Enheduanna) posted 17-Jul-2008 11:22pm  
> I don't know; why don't you move there and
> find out?

You want me to go away? (with tail between legs exits)
Strider Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 17-Jul-2008 11:39pm  
The date line doesn't actually run through any country even though it should.
icurok Survey Qualifier
posted 18-Jul-2008 4:15am  
Nobody lives directly on the line. That's the whole point. It was specifically designed to avoid any landmass. You're either on one side or t'other.
Lahdee
posted 18-Jul-2008 7:56am  
*brain explodes*
Cain
posted 18-Jul-2008 10:25am  
If you lived on the Date Line, presumably today would be, erm, today?
Jody Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 18-Jul-2008 10:27am  
The local community would have to choose which day it was, then agree to all stick to that. It's really pretty arbitrary at that location.
Iseult Quadruple Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 18-Jul-2008 10:47am  
Whatever the convention is.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to kcthedog) posted 18-Jul-2008 11:49am  
I didn't know who the survey creator was when I made the comment. When I saw it was you, I had a twinge of a second thought, but then I decided I liked my answer too much to change it. And I must admit that this kind of supposedly-profound conundrum doesn't really do much for me, so I'm likely to be a little glib in response. It's nothing personal, though.
Matty
(reply to icurok) posted 18-Jul-2008 2:32pm  
That's not a very "other" response; are you slipping?
cloudhugger Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 18-Jul-2008 7:22pm  
"I have something else to say."


ok....no I don't
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
posted 19-Jul-2008 1:24am  
I have somewhere else to play
Pomeranian
posted 19-Jul-2008 7:05am  
You're not the boss of me, nerd.
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to bill) posted 19-Jul-2008 12:41pm  
Date lines dehumanize people
bill Survey Central Gold Subscriber Double Gold Star Survey Creator
(reply to LindaH) posted 20-Jul-2008 12:12am  
What are you doing Friday night?
LindaH Survey Central Gold Subscriber Bronze Star Survey Creator Survey Qualifier
(reply to bill) posted 20-Jul-2008 12:28am  
 * raspberry *
JessicaWoman99
posted 20-Jul-2008 1:32pm  
Today i think
kcthedog Survey Central Gold Subscriber
(reply to Enheduanna) posted 22-Jul-2008 1:55am  
NPT (nothing personal tak'in)  * yes * IBHF (I be havi'n fun)

A
diabeticdave
posted 21-Sep-2008 12:52am  
This question reminds me of those old jokes. If a rooster laid an egg on the peak of a house, which way would it roll ? Oh yeah !!!!! roosters don't lay eggs. DUH. If an electric train was traveling north and the wind was blowing south, which way would the smoke go ? DUH, Oh yeah electric trains don't blow smoke. This also remainds me of that bit in the movie Spaceballs when they're watching the video of the movie they are in, and he says "When does this happen in the movie?" It just happened. "Now ?" no we just past it. "Can we go back?" No "why not?" because we just past it. "when will then be now ?"  * dead face *
Soon !!!!!
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