Cal.E.'s Korner

C.: (ring) Hello.

d.: Cal.E., it’s me, d.c. I asked you to write the blog yesterday because I had a big test to study for. What happened?

C.: What do you mean by “what happened”?

d.: I didn’t see a blog post yesterday.

C.: Oh, right. d.c., you know that there wasn’t time during the Joe Groan podcast for all the animals in the Animal Olympics to be shown in the parade, right/

d.: I do, but what does that have to do with yesterday’s post?

C.: Well, Joe was going to cover the Animal Olympics by himself, but he had an emergency to attend to last night. So, he asked me to cover the first event. He said he thought he’d be back by the end of the event.

d.: Well, was he?

C.: He’s here, but the first heat of the event isn’t over yet.

d.: ???

C.: The first event was the long-distance tortoise races. Only two can compete n each heat, but it’s a long race.

d.: How long?

C.: It’s a ten kilometer race.

D,: I see. And how many heats are there before the final race?

C.: Sixteen.

d.: At an average of about 34 hours times sixteen is about twenty-two and two-thirds days, and the Animal Olympics only last for two weeks. So, how do they intend to get this race over with before the final day?

C.: Well, that’s why they did this race first. These aren’t your average tortoises, d.c. They’re Olympic Caliber racers who can run faster than the average.reptile. They’re the fastest tortoises on the planet!

d.: Well, even the fastest tortoise can only cover that distance in a little under twenty-one hours, so this is going to be a long race. Where are the two racers now?

C.: They should be coming up on the first turn now.

d.: At what time did the race start yesterday?

C.: Eight a.m.

d.: And it’s four o’clock the next day now. These are not the fastest tortoises on Earth. They may even be the slowest, so that’s all the time we have for today. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Korner.