OT- A Riddle from vespapod

[vespapod]

A frog falls into a well fifty feet down... he can climb up three feet a day but at night he slips two feet down...
How many days will it take the frog to climb out of the well??

Yes, the frog is ALIVE!!

[conroy]

I would think it would take 50 days since he's making 1 foot of net progress a day. Although, I'm sensing there's a frog leg joke in there somewhere.

[vespapod]

not 50...too easy

[Dietmar]

48, of course

[Divemistress of the Dark]

is it day or night when he falls in....?

Damn, now I'm gonna be wondering!!

[ltwoman]

I didn't think frogs could crawl. Wouldn't he try to hop out?

And if Dietmar says 48 that's probably the answer.

A more important question is: When will he start to drink his own pee?

[vespapod]

48 is RIGHT!!!!

Congrats to birthday Boy Dietmar...

Its 48 days because at day 47 he is 47 feet high...at day 48 he crawls three more feet....out of the well!!!

[BongoBoy]

...as long as the Princess has her Blackberry on, she can probably make it there in hour or so. Then you send her down there kiss the Frog, now human, they can wait for FEMA and climb in the rescue cage.

So I'd say about 6 hours 12 minutes.

PHHHHth ! That was too easy.

BB.

[smudge]

[quote="BongoBoy"]...as long as the Princess has her Blackberry on, she can probably make it there in hour or so. Then you send her down there kiss the Frog, now human, they can wait for FEMA and climb in the rescue cage.

So I'd say about 6 hours 12 minutes.

PHHHHth ! That was too easy.

BB.[/quote]

Bongo sir, I think your calculations are very dependent on cell phone coverage in the vicinity of the well, the willingness of a 21st century princess to kiss frogs (if she's got a Blackberry she's probably more into internet dating), and who is in charge at FEMA at the time of the incident

I must argue with Dietmar on this issue. That frog is going to be dead from starvation or dehydration within a week.

[policefan]

On the 47th day the frog will be too busy kissing his princess and is not going to fall down the 2 feet at night.

[BongoBoy]

...he could eat frog legs to survive but that would hamper his progress and really fuck up his drumming chops later on.

[Johnny O]

Damn! I thought there'd be a Sting joke in there somewhere!

"Send your love down the well..."

[smudge]

[quote="Johnny O"]Damn! I thought there'd be a Sting joke in there somewhere!

"Send your love down the well..."[/quote]

Sheesh Johnny O. Until you posted a punchline to a joke that is yet to be written this discussion was surely in the running for the coveted and hotly contested Most Insanely Off-Topic Thread Award. You've gone an made it marginally On Topic.

[conroy]

I forgot to ask if this was African or European frog.

[Johnny O]

Damn! I thought there'd be a Sting joke in there somewhere!

"Send your love down the well..."

Sheesh Johnny O. Until you posted a punchline to a joke that is yet to be written this discussion was surely in the running for the coveted and hotly contested Most Insanely Off-Topic Thread Award. You've gone an made it marginally On Topic.

Yeah, but I thought Sting was the center of all creation...

In an effort to get back off-topic - Did you know that if you lick a frog, you will not get high but the frog will eventually die from the germs transferred from your tounge.