The context of the following conversation is Jessie asked them to tell the time but they had no watch so they looked at the sun.:
Casey says Jessie asked me the time but I don't have a watch..
The friend responds What did you do? Did you tell time by the sun?.
Casey responds Well, we gave it a shot..
The friend responds That must be hard when you don't know what you're doing..
Casey responds And we didn't, so we just asked someone else..
The friend responds I don't know why you tried that..