Wednesday, May 6, 2009

I have the answer


I was thinking today about the answer to a huge question that has plagued mankind for ages: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
To answer this question I did some research.

This is a picture of a woodchuck, also know as the groundhog. They can measure up to 26 inches long and weigh up to 9 pounds. So to answer this question: A woodchuck can not chuck very much wood if it could chuck wood. If a woodchuck weighs up to only 9 pounds it probably can't lift and/or throw a piece of wood that weighs more than it's body weight.

2 comments:

John said...

what if said piece of wood for the woodchuck to chuck were the size and mass of a small toothpick? Could aforementioned woodchuck then chuck the wood?

Kevin J. said...

Yes, I would surmise that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, it would be able to chuck a tooth pick because it's a very light piece of wood and weighs very little.