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Old 05-09-2007, 09:43 AM   #34
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How many Hobbits does it take to drink up the whole Green Dragon?
Well, if x kegs of beer are delivered to the Green Dragon each day, and each keg fills y mugs, one of which a single hobbit can drink in z hours; with an average of q hours in the Green dragon for each hobbit per day:

If qz < xy by a large amount, there will be excess beer and production will have to be slowed, resulting in mass unemployment amongst barley farmers who will be made redundant.

If qz = xy everything will be just fine.

If qz > xy a potential drinking-up situation is plausible. This would result in mass riots.

Now, we know that hobbits never rioted, and also that there was no great depression. Therefore it's safest to assume that qz has roughly equalled xy for all of the Shire's history, meaning that it will probably continue to do so until th Shire collapses.

All of which means no amount of hobbits could ever drink up the Green Dragon. Unless they invented straws.


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