Two brothers are on the phone. One lives in an East coast state and the other in a West coast state. One looks at his clock and mentions what time it is and says he’s got to go. The other brother responds, “Thats funny, its the same time here?”
As the question is worded, I can think of two ways this is possible, both of which I’m sure aren’t the answer you’re looking for. These are valid answers none the less.
Brother number two is lying or mistaken.
Brother number one looks at the clock and says, “It’s time for Monday Night Football.” Since MNF is live it is also time for MNF on the west coast.
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…not in THEIR own state but in the same time zone, when they talked to each other. Who cares where they are from. Where are they when they talked. (the same time zone)
Solution #1: Both brothers were looking at their VCRs for the time. Needless to say, both thought it was 12:00 exactly.
Solution #2: Brother #1 was in the part of Florida that’s in the Central Time Zone, Brother #2 was in the part of Oregon that’s in the Mountain Time Zone. It had just turned 2:00 AM CDT on the day the clocks get set back, so Brother #1 set his clock back to 1:00 AM (CST), which is the same showing that Brother #2 had (1:00 AM MDT).
As a note- riddles where the initial poster knows the answer belong in MPSIMS.
Solution #3: One brother lived in a state on the east coast of the US and the other brother lived in a state on the west coast of Australia. It was the week before daylight time went into play, so there was a 12 hour time difference, and the one brother said “It’s 8:00 here” and the other brother said, “Funny, it’s 8:00 here, too… although PM, not AM.”
Brother Number One is incarcerated in a Lunatic Asylum in Fort Bragg, California.
Brother Number Two is committed to a Prison for the Criminally Insane in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
Both are HOPELESSLY MAD, and had to be heavily sedated by their keepers in order to pry the telephone receivers from their hands.
Nonetheless, that night both brothers arose from their cots and, with nearly superhuman strength, SAWED OFF THE HEADS of their respective Wardens. The whole “same time” thing was a CODED MESSAGE between them, you see?