A man at an airport was worried about missing his plane. He had no wristwatch, and he couldn't locate a clock, so he hurried up to a stranger and said, "Excuse me, could you tell me the time, please?"

The stranger smiled and said, "Sure." He set down the two large suitcases he was carrying and looked at his wristwatch. "It is 6:08, the temperature is 75. The barometric pressure is 30.19 and falling. Rain is predicted. In Madrid, the sky is clear. The temperature is 40 degrees Celsius. In Istanbul, the weather is sultry and the moon full."

"Your watch tells you all that?" the man interrupted.

"Oh, yes . . . and much more," said the stranger. "You see, I invented this watch, and there is no other timepiece like it in the world!"

"I want to buy that watch!" said the man. "I'll pay you $2,…