> 1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will
> support a 10-pound possum.
3/8"
> 2. Which of these cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks
> in
> your front yard? a) A '65 Ford Fairlane b) A '69 Chevrolet c) A '67
> Chevelle d) A '64 Pontiac GTO.
The Ford, every time.
> 3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons
> of
> shine produced per hour, how many car radiators are required to condense
> the product?
The proper unit here is pickup radiator, not car radiator, and everyone
knows each 5 gallons of shine per hour adds one more rad.
> 4. A woodcutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 RPM. The density of
> the pine trees in the plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is
> 2.3
> acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many
> Budweiser's
> will be drunk before the trees are cut down?
This is supposed to be hard? Heck, ALL of the Bud will be gone before the
chainsaw even gets started!
> 5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12
> simultaneously, what would be the percentage decrease in the ozone layer?
Now we are talking miracles. You want us to believe that any of them still
HAVE a charge?
> 6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a
> field
> rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The
> porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many
> > hound dogs will be killed?
Exactly half.
> 7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an
> average slope of 15%. The man has five children. Can each of his grown
> children put a mobile home on the man's land and still have enough
> property
> for their electric appliances to sit out front?
Yup. And the next generation, too.
> 8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 9000 yards down a steep
> slope on a secondary road at 45 MPH. The brakes fail. Given average
> traffic
> conditions on secondary roads, what is the probability that it will strike
> a
> vehicle with a muffler?
0%
> 9. A coal mine operates in a NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The
> > mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the
> beginning of > the 3rd shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will
> be smoked during
> the shift?
This cannot be calculated on the basis of the data supplied. You have to
tell us how many days it has been since payday.
> 10. At a reduction in the gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per
> generation,
> how long will it take a town that has been bypassed by the Interstate to
> breed a country-western singer?
Come on, Robert, every one of those towns has a population that is 30%
country-western singers already. Did you want to know how long until one of
them gets to the Opry? Paid or paying?
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