Sunday, June 27, 2010

It's Like a Puzzle from the GRE Test...

Our living room at 6 PM yesterday.  You might not realize it, but this is actually pretty organized... On a side note, why is the picture flipped (mirror image)?  I took it with the camera on our MacBook.

A new question for the GRE quantitative reasoning section:

John, Nancy, and their three kids have already packed five suitcases (on the left) chock full to burstin' for a plane ride to the other side of the whirled.  However, they still have about 157.5 cubic feet of other junk (on the right) that they want to take, including 16 tubes of Sure Solid Deoderant, 4 large bags of Reese's minis, 12 bottles of children's medicines (generic ibuprofin, benadryl, etc.), six princess dress-up gowns, two pairs of Barbie shoes, three dolls with all clothes and accessories, two posters, Nancy's 48 pounds of makeup, and a wine rack.  How can John and Nancy fit the stuff on the right into the (already full) luggage on the left?

5 comments:

  1. WHY WHY WHY are you taking a wind rack to the dry dry dry country?

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  2. Well, so what are you going to do? I know it isn't anywhere near the same thing, but when we bought the RR house and we were heading out for our first summer there, I did exactly the same thing. Stocked up on all kinds of things that I was sure we were going to need and would miss. It just made me feel less nervous to have all the stuff. I still do it to some extent, but you will be surprised at how easy you adapt to what is there. :) I hope you can get most all of it there, but if you can't, it will be ok. Just send me the address and I will figure out how to ship the things you really miss. :)

    Good luck. Keep posting.
    <3, C

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  3. After the fact comment--Purchase two (2) more large pieces of luggage and you pack while John jumps up and down on the luggage!

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  4. Yes, in fact, I did just what Bob said. Thank you Walmart...two Jeep brand cheap suitcases marked $59 but actually only cost $24 (each)! LOVE THAT! We should have a blog posting soon...

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