Monday, Too soon

Re: Monday, Too soon

They will argue about how to do it for at least 1 week, unless it is a full moon then it will take 2 weeks. When the actually get started on the job it will take 18 more days. But if one or both of them is a woman then they will have to stop and read the directions (which is translated from Chinese to English by someone who only knows Spanish) and can not even begin to dechipher what the direction are trying to say (that is why men do not even try reading directions) it will take a couple of days longer. Of course if Venus is rising then the job will never get done except on the second Tuesday of every month. When you add it all up, it will be somewhere between now and eternity.

Do not forget that the inspector will add another 10 days to the job. Time for another cigerette break followed by a coffee break. Oh I need to use the facilities.

Correct answer......except in the South.

... and then it's according to which day you start the job. In the south on a normal workday they will both fall out, fight and be in jail all by lunch time. ....unless it's a "hungover" monday morning, in which case, it could take all day. ....or if it's the Thursday before a "deer hunting Friday", in which case, neither will show up for work to begin with and the problem is put off until "hungover" monday. Things are just simplier down here.

Re: Monday, answer

I actually like your answers better than mine�especially waiting for the inspector, the fight, and the pre-deer hunting day, which consists mostly around here of adding an even more powerful scope to last years more powerful rifle (forget about sighting it in-too much trouble), getting the wife, girlfrind, or someone elses to make about eight quarts worth of beef and macaroni, and making that run for the extra case of beer, socks, and license holder. In spite of it all my answer can be done with basic fractions. 1st Worker does 1/6 of the work in one day. The other 1/12. Together 1/6 + 1/12. Total 3/12 which reduces to � per day or 4/4 =4 days. Another way. In twelve days the first worker does the job twice and the second worker once. Therefore three jobs in twelve days or one every four days. That's of course, as you point out, if neither of the two decide to practice their hunting using the nail gun.

Good Ole Kentucky Windage will . . .

get you there, too. You 'know' neither 3 nor 5 is correct; so you just choose 4. No fractions, no math, simple. Another name for that is n2ishun.

BobH