[DiogenesLamp]

If my good friend Brother Joe has facts to back his arguments I’m sure he’ll bring them forward.

He is the sort, that when you ask him "what time is it?", he tells you how to build a clock...

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... and the clock won't work.

[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "He is the sort, that when you ask him "what time is it?", he tells you how to build a clock..."

Because, if you are asking for the time of day, then the real issue is: why don't you already know it? Why are you even asking?
That's what needs to be addressed.

DiogenesLamp: "... and the clock won't work."

But of course it does work, otherwise you wouldn't be asking what it says.
Your problem is, you don't like what it says (i.e., the hour is late, FRiend) so you pretend it doesn't work.

C'est la vie.