《The Problem》歌词

[00:00:15] If a man

[00:00:15] A

[00:00:16] Who weighs 11 stone

[00:00:17] Leaves from his home at 830 in the morning

[00:00:20] In a car whose consumption is 16

[00:00:23] 25 mpg

[00:00:25] At an average speed of 40 m

[00:00:26] P

[00:00:27] H

[00:00:27] To his office which is 12 miles away

[00:00:30] And he stops for a coffee on the way for 15 minutes

[00:00:33] And also puts air in one of his tyres

[00:00:36] Which has a slow puncture

[00:00:38] Letting out air at a rate of 2 lbs per square inch

[00:00:42] Per mile travelled

[00:00:43] When the car is moving at 32 m

[00:00:45] P

[00:00:46] H

[00:00:46] And he picks up a hitch hiker B

[00:00:48] Who weighs 14 stone plus suitcase

[00:00:51] But hitch hiker B who is a political activist

[00:00:54] Distributes leaflets from his suitcase

[00:00:57] Each of which weigh an ounce

[00:00:59] At the scale of 2 leaflets per person

[00:01:02] At every bus stop

[00:01:03] And every vehicle on either side of them

[00:01:05] At every red traffic light during the journey

[00:01:08] Which includes 20 bus stops

[00:01:09] With an average of 6 people per stop

[00:01:12] 5 lorries each with a passenger

[00:01:14] One of which exchanged a Yorkie Bar

[00:01:16] Weighing an ounce for 12 of the leaflets

[00:01:18] And 2 coaches each containing 51 people

[00:01:22] 7 of which from one coach returned the leaflets

[00:01:25] And 16 people from the other coach

[00:01:27] Who asked for a further leaflet

[00:01:29] Each for a member of one of their families

[00:01:33] Assuming that man A

[00:01:36] Then had to travel a further 2

[00:01:37] 86 miles

[00:01:38] Out of his way to drop off hitch hiker B

[00:01:42] How late would man A be

[00:01:44] In arriving at the office by 930 a

[00:01:45] M

[00:01:46] If he still had 6 miles to travel

[00:01:48] And his watch was running 23 minutes slow

[00:01:51] But the clock at the office was running

[00:01:53] 2 minutes faster than his

[00:01:55] Was in fact 17 minutes and 3 secs ahead

[00:01:59] Of the correct time

[00:02:00] Which was 230 in the morning in Caracas

[00:02:05] If when 5 miles from the office

[00:02:08] He telephoned his boss

[00:02:09] To apologize for being late

[00:02:11] But was told by his boss C

[00:02:13] To pick up a package 2

[00:02:15] 63 miles away

[00:02:16] From his present location

[00:02:18] And deliver it to client D in Bristol by train

[00:02:21] By 430 that afternoon

[00:02:23] And at the same time man D

[00:02:25] Was mistakenly told to come to London

[00:02:27] To receive same package from man A

[00:02:30] Now man A's train

[00:02:31] Train 1

[00:02:32] Left 30 mins

[00:02:33] Late

[00:02:34] But man D's train

[00:02:36] Train 2

[00:02:37] Left 5 mins early

[00:02:38] So when the trains passed each other

[00:02:41] Train 1 was travelling at 75 m

[00:02:43] P

[00:02:44] H

[00:02:44] To make up for lost time

[00:02:46] And train 2 was travelling at 52 m

[00:02:49] P

[00:02:50] H

[00:02:52] Would man A reach Bristol earlier or later

[00:02:54] According to his watch

[00:02:55] Which was now running 5 mins

[00:02:57] Slower

[00:02:57] Than man D's would have been

[00:02:59] Had he not got off the train

[00:03:01] And checked the correct time

[00:03:03] At a station between Bristol and London

[00:03:07] And stopped to phone A's boss

[00:03:09] Man C

[00:03:09] To double check A would be there to meet him

[00:03:12] And discover his mistake

[00:03:14] Catch next train

[00:03:15] Train 3

[00:03:15] Back to Bristol

[00:03:16] Which unlike A's train 1

[00:03:18] Which stopped at 4 stations on the way

[00:03:21] For 6 mins each stop

[00:03:22] Was an express train

[00:03:25] D's train caught up with A's train 1

[00:03:28] 4 miles from Bristol

[00:03:29] As the trains drew alongside each other

[00:03:32] A's train was travelling at 12 m

[00:03:34] P

[00:03:34] H

[00:03:35] And D's train was travelling at 13

[00:03:38] 6 m

[00:03:38] P

[00:03:38] H

[00:03:39] And man A was sat in the front

[00:03:42] How long would it take to fill the bath