Off-topic circumnavigating the earth in a mile or less

[Adam Funk]

On 2014-04-30, Ethan Furman wrote:

> Wow.  It's amazing how writing something down, wrongly (I originally had north and south reversed), correcting it, 
> letting some time pass (enough to post the message so one can be properly embarrassed ;), and then rereading it later 
> can make something so much clearer!

It's amazing how big a subthread appeared in response to a gag that I
think I got from a Car Talk puzzler.


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A recent study conducted by Harvard University found that the average
American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study by the AMA found
that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. This
means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon.
                 http://www.cartalk.com/content/average-americans-mpg