Discuss.

 

Average amount of wood a woodchuck would chuck in a given day:
742 butt cords of wood.


I have no idea what a "butt cord" is, so don't ask.

 

A 1/16" diameter nylon cord used for decorating and trimming rod butts.

 

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.

 

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

 

you are using the "begging the question" fallacy, also known as circular reasoning.

 

He could cut a quarter of a cord of conifer, if you gave him a quarter for every cord he cut.

 

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Woodchuck can't chuck wood.

 

agreed.