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To: robnhood who wrote (136)	3/22/2000 9:20:00 PM
From: c.horn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 415

OK. You have two water containers. One holds 9 gallons, and one holds 4 gallons. You have to put 6 gallons into a big bucket and not spill any. Wait. You have another small bucket that holds 2 gallons. No, that can't be right. OK. You have two water containers. One holds 7 gallons, and one holds 4 gallons. You have to put 53 1/2 gallons into your big rig. And you can't spill any. Like a big Peterbuilt with one of those little deals where you can sleep in the back, but no canteen or gas can or anything. And your load is like nuclear waste and you are stuck right outside of Reno. And all you have for a funnel is like a Twinkie box but no scissors. And it's dark. Yeah. Real dark. And it's raining. Nah, it never rains in Nevada. OK, make it Pennsylvania. And there is no exit off the interstate, and nobody will stop and your CB radio is broken 10-4. Right. OK. You have two containers. But one is not approved for holding diesel fuel. Wait. You have three containers. But one is not approved for holding diesel fuel. And your big rig already has 32 gallons in it. So you can't spill any. No, that's no good. OK, you ran out of diesel fuel. Yeah, that's it. And you can't let the Twinkies box get all soggy and then it might get stuck in there and screw things up and you can't get the gas cap back on and the cops will see you driving with a soggy Twinkie box sticking out of the fuel tank and you are smuggling diamonds from South Africa so you can't let the cops catch you. There is a Diet Pepsi can there over by the culvert but somebody stepped on it and it might leak, so that's no good. You have the radio going and it's playing "I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash, and you think that might be a clue, but it isn't. And you're smoking a cigarette. Right. So, how do you do it? That's the question.

To: robnhood who wrote (136)	3/22/2000 9:36:00 PM
From: c.horn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 415

Well? What's the answer to that? Let me think of an easier one for you.. OK, here, try this. You're in an airplane, and you are flying over the jungle. The pilot says that there is trouble and everyone should prepare for a crash landing. But suddenly, aliens appear in an alien spacecraft and grab the airplane in a tractor beam and take it out into space. But not too far, so you can still breathe. Then this kid that is sitting next to you who got on the plane by himself because his parents are divorced and one lives in New York and one lives in L.A. starts to freak out because his box of Junior Mints is weightless and all the Junior Mints are floating around and you think he might puke. Then this guy in the back starts yelling that there is no hope and you might as well just strangle yourself with your Jerry Garcia tie, but you don't think that's a good idea, you think it might be better to strangle him with your Jerry Garcia tie, but then you think maybe it would be wiser to strangle the Junior Mint kid because he is about to puke on your Jerry Garcia tie. Then the Flight Attendant gets on the intercom and starts telling jokes. (Southwest) You grab the Super Soaker that the kid smuggled on board and figure out that it's full of vodka and the kid is actually 37 years old and can't get on an airplane unless he has vodka and Junior Mints. You think about this for a second and realize that this whole thing is really a bit out of the ordinary. What do you do?