That was the part of the joke that I also got hung up on. Figured it was just thrown in there, hoping no one would catch it.
Charlie Griefer wrote: > ok, i get the punchline (and it's amusing)... > > ....but how can the physicist consider a finite piece of fencing to be > infinite in length? > > On 7/7/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>A farmer asks an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to build him >>the largest possible pen out of a fixed amount of fencing. >> >>Without giving it a second thought, the engineer builds the farmer a >>large, circular pen. >> >>After a moment's consideration, the physicist builds a long straight >>piece of fence, and says, "We can consider the length of the fence to be >>infinite," pointing out that fencing off half the globe would be a more >>efficient solution. >> >>The mathematician laughs gently at both of them, builds a tiny pen >>around himself, and says "I declare myself to be on the outside." >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163429 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
