LOL....the largest animal pen one could build with those materials is one that spans the whole world. The tiny little pen that you're standing in is the "outside" of the pen.
It is a rather geeky joke, but I liked it, since my background is in math... :) Tony Weeg wrote: > i dont get it :( > > 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." >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163387 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
