Spencer's Ponderings

Tonight, I returned home from meetings and found Spencer feverishly working on a math problem. He continued to work as the rest of us discussed other things. Suddenly, he hit us with his findings.

"There is no way that Santa Claus could hand out all his gifts!" How did you come to that conclusion we asked. "Well, if Santa traveled at Mach 3, he could go around the world twice in 22.962962 repeat hours. Santa has to travel in a zig zag path to get around the world and he would have to travel around it more than twice. Also, he is stopping then going, stopping then going it's not like traveling around the world twice in a straight pattern."

Then he really let us have it. "Traveling that fast in an open sleigh, he wouldn't be able to breathe because of the force of the wind so he couldn't survive the trip."

I was flabbergasted, I asked Spencer what he was trying to tell us but before he could reach any conclusion Vicki asked Spencer, "As long as he brings the presents to your house, does it really matter?"

That's why she's the mom!