Ant vs. Lion! Go!
May. 14th, 2013 10:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sniffnoySo I was in Chicago briefly the other week, staying with Mark and Kenneth, to pay last respects to Pierce Tower, not really going to write about that[0]. But I thought I should mention a silly conversation that occurred with Kenneth and a friend of his named Dick:
If an ant and a lion were scaled to the same size, which would win in a fight?
Well, obviously, that depends on whether the ant was scaled up to the lion's size, or the lion was scaled down to the ant's size.
OK then, better question: At what size would the fight be fair?
I'm not sure that question is really answerable (we also haven't specified what *type* of ant). But I think it's safe to say, at whatever size would be fair, they'd both be really terrible.
-Harry
[0]OK, one thing about that: Apparently the old method for getting on the roof of Pierce Tower no longer works. Also, neither Hannah nor Sasha seemed to remember me, which was disappointing. And obviously Isaac didn't. But Evangeline seemed to like me.
If an ant and a lion were scaled to the same size, which would win in a fight?
Well, obviously, that depends on whether the ant was scaled up to the lion's size, or the lion was scaled down to the ant's size.
OK then, better question: At what size would the fight be fair?
I'm not sure that question is really answerable (we also haven't specified what *type* of ant). But I think it's safe to say, at whatever size would be fair, they'd both be really terrible.
-Harry
[0]OK, one thing about that: Apparently the old method for getting on the roof of Pierce Tower no longer works. Also, neither Hannah nor Sasha seemed to remember me, which was disappointing. And obviously Isaac didn't. But Evangeline seemed to like me.
