Goat, Wolf, Cabbage, Boat
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
The farmer crosses the river in a very small boat.
An ancient logical problem focuses on a farmer returning from market, where she purchased a goat, a wolf and a cabbage.
She can make them behave as long as they’re within reach, but if she leaves them alone the goat will munch the cabbage and the wolf will devour the goat.
To return home with her groceries she needs to cross a river in a very small boat, just big enough to carry herself and one of her purchases.
How does she safely transport everything across the river?
Our problem is different: Great Dane, Contractor, Bathroom, Winter.
The Great Dane is, of course, Sadie, our regal nine-and-a-half-year-old harlequin queen, a tall hunk of dog weighing about 140 pounds.
Our Contractor is Can, a soft-spoken Vietnamese who is deathly afraid of dogs.
The Bathroom is my ancient toilet facility, one of the two remaining eyesores in our house (my office is the other).
Winter is, of course, the season: cold.
