Who woulda thunk an innocent and simple riddle about a V formation woulda caused all the postulations about X's and Y's, depth perceptions, the preciseness of geese formations on takeoff, migration habits of hummingbirds, (including whether they hitchhike or not, which, on the surface, seems like a good idea for such wee creatures), and other fowl things.
People! We have to get our ducks lined up! Tom almost did, but he introduced geese into the duck's V and fowled the whole thing up.
Why is one leg of the V in a formation of ducks often longer than the other? The simple answer, of course: it has more ducks in it ! That is, unless one takes a photo of the formation and through digital enhancement discovers there really is a goose in it or that by measuring the spacing between ducks with an electron microscope proves ..............................................
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Hey, Ray Thanks for coming to my rescue.
My whole story was nothing but legend, folklore, fiction, and literary license...The only truth in the whole thing was the last three sentences. but it was a lot of fun. John
I know we have discussed the birds so when do we start to talk aboutthe bees?
David, anytime you are ready, go for it. Just be prepared; you know what kind of audience you have!
I dunno, Ray, that particular formation of ducks may have have had a goose in it, and that would explain the longer leg. As we all know, a goose is longer and if the distance X between the birds is constant, then the leg would be longer. Please, no jokes about bird brains.
BTW, Ray, you have to understand the defination of a "trick question". That is one for which I don't have an immediate answer.
Tom, in regard to the "trick question", I think you are ducking the issue.
I think I'm going to goose it and duck on outa here before I get dug in deeper and in worse trouble.
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