Question

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8 year old Aseem looks out of his window at 10 PM and finds that it's pitch dark outside. Disappointed, he goes off to sleep. He wakes up all tired, 14 hours later (yes he loves to sleep :P), and slides open his window hoping to find bright daylight shining outside, but he is disappointed once again - it's still pitch dark! He is puzzled, angry and disappointed!

Can you help explain li'l Aseem what's happening?

Answer 1

P.S. - There were no eclipse forecasts, and he's very much near the equator all the time.
There can be more than one reasonable answer to this situation, all I'm looking for is how imaginative we are - (doesn't require much out of the box thinking) :)

Answer 2

@apoorvk , may be he is day dreaming because of excessive sleep :P

Answer 3

Nope :P

Answer 4

Aseem is on a plane that took off at pm and 14 hrs later the plane crossed several time zones that made it still pm local

Answer 5

and i have no idea what the details are... :(

Answer 6

i can answer this using an lgbariddle >:))

Answer 7

@apoorvk , I think that there were very very thick dark clouds in the sky :P

Answer 8

no it's not the clouds :S

Answer 9

yes lgba how?

should i spoil the fun now? :D

Answer 10

take note of the extraordinary detail...14 hours of sleep

Answer 11

Yes, @dpaInc, this is exactly the answer I was looking for!!!!! Pretty fast and Phenomenal!!!!

Answer 12

wow..., that was a guess... i'm off to Las Vegas!!!

Answer 13

I was expecting people to veer of track, but @dpaInc you made short work of it - EXACTLY what I wanted to hear :P

Answer 14

*off

Answer 15

LOL, @apoorvk , how can you slide open a window of a plane :P

Answer 16

You can only slide open the shutter

Answer 17

windows are transparent shivam :p

Answer 18

yeah you slide the "plastic panel" open after which is the the thick glass window, which you obviously can't.

Answer 19

but you can break it

Answer 20

@lgba, unless you want the plane to crash, never do it :P

Answer 21

Yeah you can break it - and risk the lives of all the people onboard

Answer 22

it's not going to crash.....just...go out of control due to pressure

Answer 23

LOL @lgba, If the window braks, then due to pressure differece, the plan will be ripped apart mid-air

Answer 24

*breaks

Answer 25

shivam is right.

Answer 26

*plane

Answer 27

no it wont....the people will just fly out of the window....then the plane will crash....but at least people didnt die of "crash"

Answer 28

unless you are very lucky, you may be blown out.

Answer 29

I have seen the nat -geo air crash episodes . I love them. One such thing happened too

Answer 30

@lgbasallote , pressure is so intense that the plane will also break apart

Answer 31

but the people will fly out first :p

Answer 32

ive seen it ive been there..you dont want it

Answer 33

@lgbasallote , people who have put the seat belt won't fly out first. .

Answer 34

haha lol. btw i just came with another abstract solution.

This kid is so filthy rich, that he is on tourist trip in space, and ofcourse the space looks dark from outside the atmosphere due to absence of miniscule particles which diffract light! :P (space tourism is not a myth anymore btw)

Answer 35

then the seats will fly with them...all i know is they wont die of "crash" because they wouldve been long dropped before the plane reaches ground

Answer 36

LOL @ lgbasallote, if he flies with seats, then there are chances of survival because parachutes are underneath every seat :P

Answer 37

But he should catch hold of the seat and wearing parachute mid-air is almost impossible :P

Answer 38

random thought:
A plane is flying on the border of New Mexico and Arizona. Suddenly it crashes! Where do they bury the survivors?

Answer 39

lol

Answer 40

@jazy , in the sea :P

Answer 41

There are NO survivors!!

Answer 42

and you don't bury the survivors!!!

Answer 43

LOL, why should they bury the survivors, LOLOL :P

Answer 44

Survivors - why would you bury them? :D let 'em live

Answer 45

@apoorvk is correct:D lol

Answer 46

He / can survive if they wear the parachute 0.5 sec after the window broke. If he/she wears the parachute within 5 sec and then flies out, then there are chances of survival :P

Answer 47

WHY WOULD YOU LET THEM LIVE?!!! THEY SURVIVED A CRASH AND YOU LET THEM LIVE?!!! EUTHANASIA I SAY!!!!

Answer 48

@shivam_bhalla apparently the people's insides are gonna fly out :p

Answer 49

BWAHAHAHA!!!

Answer 50

along with the debris of the plane @lgba :P

Answer 51

Btw, parachutes aren't generally provided for everyone in economy class. Only business class folks get that luxury :/

Answer 52

@apoorvk , they are now mandatory for every class

Answer 53

sorry man... :(

Answer 54

WHAT?!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO SOCIAL CLASSISM?!!!

Answer 55

No they are just flotation devices. In fact parachutes aren't even provided in Business Class either (I was wrong) - they just get a life jacket sort of thing, while economy class has to make use of the 'foam' seat. Check this link http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080624233147AAGDzWT

@dpaInc 'sorry' what for?

Answer 56

@apoorvk , right :D I was confusing between life jacket and parachute :P

Answer 57

yup.