We are, this evening, going to bring you an amazing magical illusion. I shall give you *the answer* to a riddle and, later, I shall guide you through the first part of the riddle and then you shall see how magnificent *cough* I am.
Oh yes.
But first.
First, I need to make a cup of tea. I’ll be back.
Is there anything better than a hot mug of tea and an accompaniment of chocolate?
Is there?
Apart from sex, obv.
Anyway, as promised, the answer to the question is…
Four.
The first part of the riddle will, like a bus, be along shortly.
I am full of pizza.
And potato skins.
And barbecue sauce.
I know, it takes a lot of effort to look this good.
But I’m comfort eating.
Because I have a broken rib.
How painful is a broken rib?
Christ, it’s really bloody painful.
- Moving = painful
- being still = painful
- lying down = painful
- sitting down = painful
- standing up = painful
- coughing = very painful
- not coughing = painful
- sneezing = painful to almost make me black out
- not sneezing = painful
- stretching = painful
- not stretching = painful
- farting = painful
- not farting = painful
- sex… bearable
- not having sex = painful
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You should be very afraid.
The revelation that Gemma recently wrote a letter to Emma B is disturbing. But the music is excellent.
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So, think of a number.
Double it.
Add eight.
Divide by two.
Take away the number you first thought of.
And the answer is above.
Funny. When I did the riddle my answer came out as three. And that one.
x = ((n x 2) + 8)/2 – n
x = 2n/2 + 8/2 – n
x = n + 4 – n
x = 4 . . . always
x is not a function of n . . . ever
I.O.T.T.M.C.O.
(Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer)
Please feel free to hold this post in abayance until the liberal arts majors express their wonderment. :o)
Bulldog, BSIE, MSIE, PE
All said with tongue in cheek, of course.
I wanted to say what Bulldog said.
But I’m not clever enough, so I couldn’t.
Glad you enjoyed your barbecue.
Didn’t have spare ribs, by any chance?
Bloody hell. How did you manage to break a rib? I can sympathise because I’ve also broken some, and it really hurts.
Anyway, I can’t wait to get my iPhone back so I can catch up with your podcasts!
what I gather from this post is that if you have a broken rib you have to have constant sex….It was not clear if you break more than one rib whether you would need to take part in an orgy in order to get throught the pain….Additional partners for every additional break….Hmmm not sure how the wife would feel about that.
Allister and Bulldog, it’s the only mathematical trick I know, be gentle with me.
Masher, I have a spare rib, if that helps?
Annie, take 1x 17.2hh, 30mph bolting horse, add a stubble field with concrete-hard ground, then add a) gravity, b) slingshot force and c) an immediately executed 90-degree turn….
BlakLOG, I think constant sex releases endorphins which make it not only less painful than not having constant sex, it makes it helpful to the healing process. I’m sure you should be able to get it on the NHS.
So sorry for your broken rib and for Soph putting up with your misery.
I’ve listened to, purchased, and downloaded “Ben Walker’s Trubadork” because of your Podcast. He is brilliant and one of my blog readers is also purchasing his album. He should thank you!
Again, sorry for your pain.
S. Le, you are more awesome than you may be aware of. Thank you very much – and Soph and I would like you to pass our thanks on to your blog reader too. If you would like to email me your (and his/her) addresses, I would love to send you both a T-Shirt as a tangible ‘thank you’.
Ooooh, sorry to hear about the rib, that is not fun at all, in any way, shape or form. Hope you’re mending nicely and that the hospital have given you some fine drugs. Sadly the odds are that if you ride for any length of time, at some point you’re going to end up with something broken. At least you didn’t do anything worse, which might be a consolation once the rib has stopped making you wince every time you breathe in. Or out. Or not at all.