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¿Question #223?
sumo: Can you explain the International Date Line?

ocdspectrum: Basically, for 3.99 a minute you can chat with interested singles from outside of your country.
Steerpike.Instance: yes
BOBBYCAN: Yes.
oldhoss: What are you not getting about it, exactly?
oldbrownsfan: ask me tomorrow
joshwolftree: yes I can
zemus: Yes, I think so.
Hendal: that is where they make all the commercials where the hot ladies are all chasing a guy who just put cologne on - it is really easy to get a date there
Spirit of 70: No.
kathleenryan: That's when you call a phone number and you type in the country code for a person you would like to date in that country.
bcooperok: Sure, if you cross the International Date Line headed east, you will lose a day of your life. If you cross it headed west, you have to pay twice as much income tax for the day.
Felimid: 800-number for people that want to go out with someone from another country. :)
xofour: If it were necessary I probably could, but it's nto something I would do without adequate motivation.
hannibal twin 8: It's the only way you can travel through time.
Woelf: It's a magical line that instantly transports you one day into the future or past, depending on the direction you take to cross it. Be sure to keep an eye out for the smoke monster.
jessitron: Everything has to be somewhere
nvarela: WTF is that?
Polgara: well, you have to draw the border somewhere and Europe liked to be in the middle?
vandemonium: Line. Date. International. yada yada
Blott: Yes.
scriptorum: Not as well as Mr. Spock could.
Statistician: Yes.
DHEK: I could, but probably not as well as the actual definition, which I'm sure you can look up yourself using Google or something.
Brentoon: I could, but then I would have to kill you
POvidiusNaso: Not right now. I'm hungry.
xlorp: Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, ce soir? Works for me!
vampywife: no
ryokowerx: Its when you're trying to explain "the bases" to a girl from another country who isn't familiar with the baseball euphanism
Munchkin_Micih: No, can you?
W Eric Martin: Yes.
SisyphusX: Yes. Cross it and die. (No wait, it's the effect of time zones.)
dwrigley: yes
B_J_S: Yes
Nekura: It's an escort service
brainrob: I think so ...
KDSN: yeah its a dating service for mail order brides.
hkishel: Yup
bigbadsteve: something to do with lonely foreign people
dietevil: yes, do you want me to?
Roger Yim: you mean 1-800-get-laid?
Unitbuster: No matter where you are, this line will get you a date.
ssmooth: Sure, what do you want to know?
javelin98: Sure -- it's the line in front of my apartment, and if you cross it, you have to date me. And it's international because I don't care where you're from, so long as ou're a good date.
GrandpaDave: It's the line that when the sun crosses, the date is the same all over the world, and that's where the new day beings. Why there, I have no idea.
gironha: Isn't it obvious?
skrutsch: Probably, if I had to.
sourwyrm: don't want to do it
Larry Chong: yes.
SteveK2: yes
arkibet: no.
davedanger: A dotted line by Alaska that certain couples can't cross
stephensj23: y
ThatFalafelGirl: no. i blame it on the sun.
The Unbeliever: 42
leece: It's the number you call if you're a lonely palm tree overseas.
cpahle: nope
Lord_Prussian: Not succinctly
Metaphora: Not very well.
viogression: Yes I can. But I won't.
puffinge: Is there a good reason for me to do that right now? I'm kinda busy here.
otrex: It's the line that you should only cross if you want to take someone of a different ethnicity out to dinner and a movie.
Quest22: No. Let it come up with it's own excuse.
Nomadik: Yes
rawk: fat women on the other end
batman: sure
steef: not well
toulouse: I don't think I'll have to. But if I do, I could make up something clever, I'm sure. Like the line on all calendars between two important days. Or the straight-edged section of the border between the US and Canada where folks engage in speed dating.
2amp: yes
Claytonius Maximus: Well, when a young man gets bored, and can't seem to find any women on his own, he calls this 1-900 number to talk to exciting international hot babes, one-on-one. It's only $4.95 per minute, toll charges might apply.
heli: yes, but nowadays they use AsiaFriendFinder.com ...
UhhhClem: Sure.
jpotell: yes. but it's a secret
isolated: Not without blushing.
m_r_tyler: Yes.
AlorielLelyn: Not in a few words, no.
djflippy: No
kennyb: its just there
Blackwind: It's in the Pacific ocean and on one side it's today and on the other it's tomorrow. Duh!
Zambo: I think so.
Grimwold: it's a queue of foreigners all waiting to get a date.
DangerMouse: No.
onky: No, can you?
Cavedog_pdx: I most certainly can as I've dated many Asian men.
Ludocrazy: Not well
geberus: yes
darthcliff: Ask me tomorrow/yesterday
haraggan: That's the line beyond which it's easy for me to get dates
Belash: yes
BobDodgerBlue: Sure
nerman8r: nope
raolsson: Yes
mrbeankc: Yep
sdownin: Not well
IngredientX: Doesn't it have something to do with European co-eds being easi... ::gets slapped by wife::
HappyProle: Back in the day time was purely local: one village's noon would be slightly different than the next village's. As the world has shrunk, it has proved more convenient to make time consistent across certain regions. The boundaries had to be drawn somewhere: hence timezones and inevitably, the international date line where the timezones end/begin.
snoozefest: yes
Shakar: Nope.
queequeg: Yes
djlg: Yes. (Do you want me to?)
jttm: Yes
Mike A: Yes.
seppo21: I could if I wanted to.
fizzix: If you lived there you would be home tomorrow.
melissa: Different cultures have different behavioural norms. You have to be especially careful if you are dating someone from another country, because they may have a different behavioural code than you, and may draw their boundary line at a different point. If you cross the International Date Line, anything may happen.
The Maverick: Why are you asking me? I didn't put it there...
CheetohFingers: no
tragicpoet: Hey baby you wanna go with me to Mexico?
nexttothemoon: It's a border area where migrants stealthily cross to reach farms so they can earn minimal wages harvesting dates. Truth.
Skyjack: Yes its my daughters belt and it will not be crossed by penalty of death.
berserkley: Yes I can
ValJor: Yes
janiera: Yes
Friendless: yes
AnakinOU: it's THE FUTURE. OOoooOOOoohhh...
Linnaeus: I could, but I don't want to.
EYE of NiGHT: Yes.
CDRodeffer: Yes
shumyum: um...duh?!?!
ensor: Yes. To you, no.
lyman: Sure, but first please specify which planet you are interested in.
Donkey Thong: Yes
HBGlover: I believe it is the line opposite the Prime Meridian.
MisterCranky: Sure, operators are standing by now. For just 3 quid for the first 30 seconds, and 1.50 for each minute thereafter, you can call and hook up with somebody purporting to be your international date.
LudesFactor: well, depends on the nationality, sometimes it's just a brush of the shoulder, sometimes it's "breakfast can wait"
louiseh: Yes
Jana798: no
Geniesse: Yes
Spielfreak: No, but I can give you one: Hey baby, you wanna go back to my place and check out my games?
hibikir: Does chewbacca live in Endor?
Jon_1066: If I wanted to.
bard: Yes
PopeBrain: It's that thing Superman used to save Lois Lane.
Zambogirl: yes
derk: It's the arbitrary delineation of one date and the next.
skelebone: Sure, you call it up and they set you up with hot foreign ladies. Only $6.99/minute.
CortexBomb: A service set up for swingin' singles with money to burn in 1982
Flyspeck23: The imaginary line where every day "begins".
chaddyboy_2000: It's a phone service that allows an Asian to date a Latino.
hacksword: Expensive as hell: $1 for the first minute, $2 for every minute after that.
Geosphere: The only language we need, my dear, is the language of love.
Dante_Cubit: Yes. It's where people go to find a soulmate on the island of Fiji.
WasQ: no
gnomehome: Sure
Debate: It has to go somewhere, and it means that I celebrate New Year's before you do. :)
sumo: No