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Fish boiled in train?

# Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:35 – No comments

So, let's say we have a train full of fish. And water. Fish and water. And then we start the train. Now, the question is: Will the fish become boiled in the water?

It is not an easy question to answer. Indeed, it has been calculated that it requires infinite calculation time to calculate the answer. So we're not going to calculate it, we're just going to speculate in an odd and stupid way.

What we must first ask ourselves is whether there's free chips on the train. Then we must ask ourselves if there's any deep-friers on the train. If there are chips and if there are deep-friers, then obviously boiling the fish is a total waste as it could be deep-fried instead.

If no chips or deep-friers are available, such an easy solution can not be found, but we must instead investigate how many that want the fish to become boiled. If more than 50% of the inhabitants of the train want the fish to become boiled, then we must assume that they will make it so. If not 50% want this, or if there's not really any inhabitants to speak of (which is pretty likely, considering the train is full of fish and water), the mystery thickens even more.

And thus more questions are raised: Why are there fish and water on the train in the first place? Is the train underwater? Has a bridge collapsed? Why would the water begin to boil? Has there been a meltdown at the local power plant? Can the president of the world sing a christmas carol backwards? Does a president of the world even exist? Why are we asking ourselves so many questions? And so on.

The resulting statement is more or less "Who cares if the fish boils? It's a silly question." Kind of pathetic really. I mean, everyone knows fish aren't automatically boiled if a train starts, not even if it is full of water. And fish. Fish and water. Yeah.

Maybe I should sleep instead.

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