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Re: medieval warships
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:29:06 GMT
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A wood chuck could chuck two to eleven pounds of wood, if a woodchuck could
chuck its own weight.
According to a Wall Street Journal article, Richard Thomas, a wildlife
expert from New York, estimated that a woodchuck moves about 700 pounds of
dirt in building its burrow...so, he estimated that over that same time and
effort, a woodchuck could chuck 700 pounds of wood if a woodchuck could
chuck wood.
:P ttthhhhhppppt
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James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
#925
"Jeff Stembel" <jeff.stembel@noaa.gov> wrote in message
news:GMwA37.AvI@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.castle, Magnus Lauglo writes:
> > LFB, thanks once again!
> >
> > Man, this guy really knows "everything" :)
>
> Not quite. He can't answer the one burning question in everyone's mind:
> "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
> ;D
>
> Jeff
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| But.... A woodchuck doesn't have opposable thumbs, so it can't chuck anything. Also, the bulkiness of wood, given that it doesn't come in small pieces like dirt, could prevent it being actively chucked. Rolled maybe, presuming woodchucks have the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Not quite. He can't answer the one burning question in everyone's mind: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" ;D Jeff (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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