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1. In the 1995 World Snail Racing Championship, held in England, a garden snail named Archie sped through the 13-inch course in two minutes flat. He must have been exhausted. But if this speedy fellow could keep up the same pace, without stopping to rest, eat, or take bathroom breaks, how long would it take him to cover a whole furlong?
2. Assume you are buying a lot to build your dream home with roadside frontage of one chain. How far would you have to measure back to ensure you had a lot of two acres?
3. Forrest Gump's alma mater, Alabama, has a new football recruit. And he's fast. He's even faster than Forrest. This guy has been clocked at over 50 chains per minute. If LSU kicks off to Alabama and this new recruit catches the football on the goal line and he heads straight for the other goal line, how long will it take him to get there, assuming no LSU players get in his way?
4. Private Schmuck has messed up again. And he got caught. Sergeant Snorkel is tired of this guy's mistakes, so he really lays it on him this time. "Private Schmuck, I want you to take the water out of this full hogshead, and move it over to that empty hogshead beside it. You will not eat, or sleep, or take a break until it is done. You will use this tablespoon to do it. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!" "Yes, sir, replies the hapless Schmuck. Now, Private Schmuck isn't very smart, but he is fast. He can move one tablespoon of water every two seconds. So how long will he have to work before he can go visit the chow hall?
5. What's the difference between a long ton and a short ton?
6. Bud Weiser is kind of a heavy drinker. He likes to start the day with a six-pack of 12-ounce cans of beer before breakfast. Then he has another six-pack with his lunch. And, of course, he needs a six-pack to wash down dinner. Then he finishes the evening with a fourth six-pack of beers just before bed to help him sleep. Now a habit like this can get a little expensive, so he decides that he will start buying his beer by the barrel to save a little money. If he purchases a standard beer barrel and continues his drinking habits just as they were before, how long will that beer barrel last him?
7. George Herschel always wanted to be an astronaut, and he always wanted to visit the sun and see if it was as hot as everyone says it is. So when a short green man with big eyes offered him a deal on a flying saucer, he just couldn't pass it up. The LGM (Little Green Man) assured George that this baby could do right at 1 parsec per millennium. So George suited up and blasted off. Assuming the LGM was correct about the speed of the flying saucer, and assuming nothing happens to George, how long will it take him to get to the sun?
8. Alfred is a weightlifter. He started lifting weights when he was younger by attaching a gallon jug of water to each end of a pole and using it for a barbell. Well, now he's older, he's bigger, and he is training for the Olympics by lifting a hogshead of water on each end of a steel bar and doing dead lifts with it. How much weight is he lifting if you discount the weight of the bar and the weight of the hogshead containers?
9. In 1954 in Oxford, England, Roger Bannister became the first human (that we know of) to break the four minute mile. We'll discount any records set by early man fleeing sabertooth tigers. To set such a record, Roger had to exceed an average of 15 miles per hour. Just curious - what does 15 miles an hour work out to in furlongs per fortnight?
10. Alfred works as a messenger at the central headquarters of a huge manufacturing plant. One day the big boss called in Alfred and three of his fellow messengers "Guys, I've got four packages to be delivered to our four main factories. Just drop the packages off with the plant boss's secretary, then you can go to lunch. One of you needs to gallop 4 furlongs over to the North Plant, one needs to run/walk 1 kilometer to our East Plant, one needs to slog 600 fathoms over to the South Plant, and the last one needs to go the quarter league to the West Plant. Since cars are not allowed on campus, you will all have to go on foot. Alfred, since you're the senior messenger, you get first pick." Now Alfred wants to pick the shortest route so he can get on to lunch as fast as possible, so which route should select?
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