It has now been some time since I first visited this forum.
It's my home page for my internet navigator.
I have come to respect/admire the vast variety of knowledgable people "lurking around" here .... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

So I guess it's time I ask THE question that has been bothering me since my first english lessons :

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood ?????? <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

... never found the answer to that one ......... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

(yes ... it has been a straining day ... how did you guess ? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> )

A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck wood.

How about,

How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans?

yes ... but ... are you sure ...????? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

a good one too....
I will try to remember it.
I only knew the "woodchuck" one... that will be a new one..

Heh. Fun.

"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
All the wood that a woodchuck could, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

And, of course ...
"How many cans can a canner can, if a canner can can cans?"
A canner can can as many cans as a canner can, if a canner can can cans.

Thtay thafe,
J.T.

It's raining here, 51 degrees fahrenhiet and grey as a wallstreet broker. Theres a new local cafe featuring provencal cuisine. It is wedged between a Mac Donalds and a Dunkin' Donut. I was their first customer last saturday. I could have been in "A clean well lighted place" of Hemingway or a Tolouse-Lautrec painting. The owners were worried over such a slow beginning. So I ordered a full bottle of wine, an expensive vintage. I requested glasses poured for my two friends, and the lady at the next table. The maitre'de went along with my fantasy, and accepted my invitation to join us. We toasted my companions Francois Villon, Antoine de Saint-Exupery and I raised my glass to Edith Piaf at the next table. The maitre'de and I watched a oppossum walk past MacD's and casually into our gathering. With chivalrous elan, he welcomed his second customer with a plate of delicacies. I don't know about woodchucks, but possums, unlike another invasive mammal to California, are evolving culturally, if not genetically. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

So, all hope is not lost ...... for north american culture ... <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Alain, that only happens on the west coast. Over here on the east coast the opossums dumpster dive more often than i do. Of course that might be considered redneck chic.

'round hear they're what's for dinner... oh wait im confusing texas with louisiana <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

slight typo in yours as far as I remember it:

A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood

I learned it as:

A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

However, science marches on. For the definitive answer, see The Straight Dope archives:


http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_083a.html

Dear Cecil:

With regard to how much wood a woodchuck could chuck, etc., I am happy to say that science marches on, and the quaint but oh-so- unscientific answer you gave has been replaced with a modern one. See the enclosed article in the Wall Street Journal. --Randy B., Los Angeles

Dear Randy:

The article reports on the work of New York state wildlife expert Richard Thomas, who found that a woodchuck could (and does) chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. Thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt, or 700 pounds. We are pleased to know this, of course. But it sure isn't easy to fit into a snappy verse.

--CECIL ADAMS

That takes all the fun out of it!

ah !

at least it shows I'm not the only one being "gnawed" by this question.....

sure gave me a chuckle

Not for me <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I'm now trying to figure out what the answer would be in board-feet <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />