POOR FATHER
The following sum was set for little Tommy to solve in his home lessons: “How long would it take a man, walking at the rate of 3£ miles an hour, to cover the distance run by a cricketer batting whilst 200 runs were scored, assuming that all were runs, there being no boundaries?” The teacher had a note sent by his mother the following morning: “Sir. —Please excuse my son’s absence, he is timing his father on the cricket ground, so as to give the correct answer to your question. Please don’t give him that sort any more, because his father can’t spare the time.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 25 June 1943, Page 3
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